Original Italian Locandina (13×27) for William Friedkin’s film of the Mart Crowley play, THE BOYS IN THE BAND (1970), starring Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, and Cliff Gorman. This was one of the first mainstream films that brought homosexuality up close and personal to American filmgoing audiences. The movie went through a period of being considered unfashionable, but it is today recognized that this movie, released one year after The Stonewall Riots in New York, was humanizing and daring at the same time. The Italian poster has a slightly comic look contributing to its charm. Very fine condition.