Original Cinerama Releasing Corp Window Card (14×22) for the Bernard L. Kowalski adventure drama, KRAKATOA: EAST OF JAVA (1969)—starring Maximillian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, and Barbara Werle. The producers learned of the geographic error—Krakatoa was really WEST of Java in the Sundra Strait—only after all the advertising and publicity materials had already been prepared. It was decided that it would be too costly to correct this error. While the effects surrounding the eruption are good and garnered the film its only Oscar nomination for Best Special Visual Effects— the acting, dialogue, and directing are lackluster at best. Kowalski was basically a TV director, and he never really uses the “big” screen, let alone Cinerama, to its full potential. The window card has the Cinerama fan-fold logo and a hand written announcement in the play-date area. Otherwise, the window card is in very good condition.

Original Paramount Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Henry Hathaway modern western, NEVADA SMITH (1966)—starring Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Arthur Kennedy and Suzanne Pleshette. In this classic study of vengeance, a half-breed (McQueen) evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down the three men who murdered his parents. The screenplay by two-time Academy Awards nominated screenwriter John Michael Hayes is adapted from a novel by Harold Robbins. This was one of the first films to apply the contemporary standards of sex and violence to a Wild West setting. This a prequel to The Carpetbaggers (1964) which featured Alan Ladd as the older Nevada Smith. This original one sheet poster is folded and in fine plus condition—with only some scribbling on the reverse side, some pinholes, and minor fold separations at the crossfolds.

Original Pathe-America Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the Sam Peckinpah western, THE DEADLY COMPANIONS (1961) starring Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, and Chill Wills. Keith plays an ex-army officer who accidentally kills a woman’s son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory. This was the first theatrical feature for “maverick” director Peckinpah, after a successful stint at directing a number of different TV shows. This original half sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Universal Pictures Window Card (14×22) for the Andrew V. McLaglen western, THE RARE BREED (1966) starring James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, and Juliet Mills. Headstrong widow Martha Price (O’Hara) and her daughter (Mills) together with their prize bull travel from England to Texas to sell their bull and thus introduce Hereford cattle to the American west. Along the way, they meet a cynical and hard-bitten drifter Sam Burnett (Stewart) who helps them on their adventure. Though fictionalized, the film is a fairly accurate account of the displacement of Longhorn cattle in Texas by intentional interbreeding with more conventional bulls. This is certainly one of the original “chick flick” westerns as the story is told from the point of view of the female heroine (Mills). This original window card is in very fine condition.

Original Walt Disney Productions Six Sheet Poster (81×81) for the Norman Tokar western family drama, SAVAGE SAM (1963)–starring Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, and Jeff York. This film was promoted as a sequel to the very popular Disney favorite, OLD YELLER (1957) and tells the story of Old Yeller’s son, Savage Sam. The three original brothers (Kirk, Corcoran, and York) have grown up and wind up getting kidnapped by a tribe of Native Americans, but Kirk manages to get away. When their uncle (Keith) and his posse find Kirk, Savage Sam proves invaluable in tracking the kids down and aiding in their rescue. Please note that the photograph of this poster is a linen-backed version in very fine condition, but this six sheet poster is in good condition and has not been linen-backed. Ask us about linen-backing.