Original MGM 1962 Re-Release Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the Richard Thorpe literary epic, IVANHOE (1952) starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, and George Sanders. This successful period picture was one of the top four moneymakers of 1952, grossing over $6.2 million. It was filmed on location in Great Britain with a mixed cast of American and British actors. Robert Taylor was handsome and chivalrous in the title role, while Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine provided glamour and grace. George Sanders is outstanding as the villainous Norman knight Bois Gilbert. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Picture. A great score by Miklos Rozsa as well. MGM re-released the film in 1962 and this re-release three sheet poster is in very fine condition.

Belgian original poster (35mm) for the Joseph L. Mankiewicz historical epic, CLEOPATRA (1963) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Rex Harrison. Originally this film was supposed to be two three hour movies—the first dealing with Caesar and Cleopatra and the second with Antony and Cleopatra. But Fox, reeling from the exorbitant cost overruns associated with this budgetary debacle, decided to release one four hour movie instead. Elizabeth Taylor’s original contract stipulated that she was to be paid $1 million. But after a lengthy $50 million lawsuit brought by the studio against Burton and Taylor and then a countersuit by Taylor, the studio finally settled with the actress for $7 million. A painting by Howard Terpning was used worldwide for the CLEOPATRA advertising campaign. The poster is in fine plus condition. Linen backing would make this poster shine! Ask us about poster conservation.

Original Columbia Pictures Title Lobby Card (11×14) for the Joseph L. Mankiewicz dramatic classic, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift. Based on a play by the very successful Broadway icon Tennessee Williams, the screenplay was skillfully adapted by Gore Vidal. Set in New Orleans in 1937, Hepburn plays a lady of means who is mourning the loss of her son. She wants to donate a million dollars to the hospital where Clift is a doctor if he will perform a lobotomy on her niece Taylor. The young woman seems to be totally traumatized by what she witnessed last summer. Tennessee Williams never forgave his own mother for letting his sister Rose have a lobotomy to “cure” her anxiety problems. The whole story turns on the character of the son Sebastian, but you never see his face or hear his voice in Taylor’s flashbacks. He is supposed to have died of a heart attack, but the audience finally discovers that it was a horribly cruel case of gay bashing. Both Taylor and Hepburn were nominated for Oscars. It was the eighth nomination for Hepburn and the third nomination for Taylor. This title card has two paper abrasions and is therefore graded as good and priced appropriately.

Original Columbia Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Joseph L. Mankiewicz dramatic classic, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift. Based on a play by the very successful Broadway icon Tennessee Williams, the screenplay was skillfully adapted by Gore Vidal. Set in New Orleans in 1937, Hepburn plays a lady of means who is mourning the loss of her son. She wants to donate a million dollars to the hospital where Clift is a doctor if he will perform a lobotomy on her niece Taylor. The young woman seems to be totally traumatized by what she witnessed last summer. Tennessee Williams never forgave his own mother for letting his sister Rose have a lobotomy to “cure” her anxiety problems. The whole story turns on the character of the son Sebastian, but you never see his face or hear his voice in Taylor’s flashbacks. He is supposed to have died of a heart attack, but the audience finally discovers that it was a horribly cruel case of gay bashing. Both Taylor and Hepburn were nominated for Oscars. It was the eighth nomination for Hepburn and the third nomination for Taylor. The one sheet is in very fine condition.

Original studio issued oversized photographs from Edward Dmytryk romantic drama, RAINTREE COUNTY (1957) starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, and Lee Marvin. When this film was in rehearsals, Clift’s notorious drinking problem got completely out of hand. When the film was half finished, Clift left a party given by Taylor and her husband Michael Wilding and crashed his car into a telephone pole, horribly disfiguring his face. Production on the film was shut down for weeks, but the film was finally completed and received four Academy Award nominations, including Taylor’s first nomination for Best Actress. There are three stills in the package. Two of the stills are of publicity paintings done for the film. The third still if of what we believe to be the 24 sheet poster. But the catch here is the portrait of Montgomery Clift. This still is in very fine shape. The 24 sheet still is a bit ragged and the still of Clift and Eva Marie Sainte was trimmed on one side, probably to accomodate the display. These are theater used stills which we acquired from a 70mm cinema that played the film originally.

Original Set of 8 British Front of House Cards (8×10) for the Richard Thorpe literary epic, IVANHOE (1952) starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, and George Sanders. This successful epic was one of the top four moneymakers of 1952, grossing over $6.2 million. It was filmed on location in Great Britain with a mixed cast of American and British actors. Robert Taylor was handsome and chivalrous in the title role, while Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine provided glamour and grace. George Sanders is outstanding as the villainous Norman knight Bois Gilbert. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Picture. This original set of British front of house cards are in fine plus to very fine condition.

Original Warner Brothers 40×60 Poster for the George Stevens western masterpiece, GIANT (1956) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, and Mercedes McCambridge. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, this sprawling epic of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates spans many years, beginning with the newlywed couple and following them into their middle age. Taylor gives one of the strongest performances of her career, and James Dean delivers the final performance of his too short career. The cinematography and production design are consistently beautiful. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Award—including Best Picture, Best Actor for both Hudson and Dean, and Best Supporting Actress for McCambridge. The film won the Best Director Oscar for Stevens. This scare oversized original poster has been professionally restored and is in very fine condition. This poster is considered one in half a dozen known copies.

Original Columbia Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Brian G. Hutton sexual melodrama, X, Y AND ZEE (1972) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Cain, Susannah York, and Margaret Leighton. Set in swinging London of the 1970s, Zee (Taylor) and Robert (Cain) are members of the social elite whose unique love-hate marriage heads towards destruction when he falls in love with a beautiful young widow names Stella (York). Taylor is at the top of her game as the soulless and relentlessly destructive monster we already saw her artfully portray in the earlier WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine plus condition.

Original Italian Busta (20×26) for the George Stevens western masterpiece, GIANT (1956) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, and Mercedes McCambridge. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, this sprawling epic of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates spans many years, beginning with the newlywed couple and following them into their middle age. Taylor gives one of the strongest performances of her career, and James Dean delivers the final performance of his too short career. The cinematography and production design are consistently beautiful. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Award—including Best Picture, Best Actor for both Hudson and Dean, and Best Supporting Actress for McCambridge. The film won the Best Director Oscar for Stevens. This original Itallian Busta of James Dean is in fine plus condition—with minor fold distresses and edge wear.

Original Italian Busta (20×26) for the George Stevens western masterpiece, GIANT (1956) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, and Mercedes McCambridge. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, this sprawling epic of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates spans many years, beginning with the newlywed couple and following them into their middle age. Taylor gives one of the strongest performances of her career, and James Dean delivers the final performance of his too short career. The cinematography and production design are consistently beautiful. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Award—including Best Picture, Best Actor for both Hudson and Dean, and Best Supporting Actress for McCambridge. The film won the Best Director Oscar for Stevens. This original Itallian Busta of Taylor and Hudson is in fine condition—with fold distresses, missing chips and tears in bottom border.

Original Italian Busta (20×26) for the George Stevens western masterpiece, GIANT (1956) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, and Mercedes McCambridge. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, this sprawling epic of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates spans many years, beginning with the newlywed couple and following them into their middle age. Taylor gives one of the strongest performances of her career, and James Dean delivers the final performance of his too short career. The cinematography and production design are consistently beautiful. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Award—including Best Picture, Best Actor for both Hudson and Dean, and Best Supporting Actress for McCambridge. The film won the Best Director Oscar for Stevens. This original Itallian Busta of Hudson, Carolyn Craig, Taylor, and Paul Fix is in good condition, with severe edge wear and missing chips from the bottom border

Original Italian Busta (20×26) for the George Stevens western masterpiece, GIANT (1956) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, and Mercedes McCambridge. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, this sprawling epic of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates spans many years, beginning with the newlywed couple and following them into their middle age. Taylor gives one of the strongest performances of her career, and James Dean delivers the final performance of his too short career. The cinematography and production design are consistently beautiful. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Award—including Best Picture, Best Actor for both Hudson and Dean, and Best Supporting Actress for McCambridge. The film won the Best Director Oscar for Stevens. This original Itallian Busta of Taylor and Hudson is in fine condition, with minor fold wear and edge distresses and some minor creases.