Original United Artists Title Lobby Card for the John Huston romance-adventure classic, THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951), with truly brilliant performances by Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. This is the story of grumpy, gin-swilling roustabout Charles Allnut (Bogart), who is running a little tramp steamer with supplies to small East African villages at the onset of World War I. When German troops invade and destroy Hepburn’s missionary village, Allnut offers to take her on the Queen back to civilization, but not before carrying out a rather daring plan to blow up a German warship. Based on novel by C.S. Forester, the outstanding adaptation by James Agee and Huston was packed with unforgettable exchanges by Hepburn and Bogart and infused throughout by Huston with hilarious tongue-and cheek satire. One of the most popular movies of 1951, it was nominated for Best Director for Huston, Best Screenplay for Agee and Huston, Best Actress for Hepburn, and Best Actor for Humphrey Bogart (which he won). This original title card is in very fine condition. MovieArt will sell no reproductions.

Original Embassy Pictures Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the Anthony Harvey historical drama, THE LION IN WINTER (1968)—starring Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, and Nigel Terry. Adapted by James Goldman from his witty and sublimely literate, 1966 Broadway play, this film is one of the crowning achievements in cinematic storytelling. The tale revolves around the aging King Henry II (O’Toole) who must choose the successor to his throne from among his three sons (Hopkins, Castle, and Terry), while bringing his estranged and dysfunctional clan together for the Christmas holidays. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won three Oscars: Best Actress to Hepburn for her memorable portrayal of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, Best Screenplay to Goldman, and Best Original Score to John Barry. The three sheet was obviously printed for the roadshow engagement of this film, an exhibition plan which was abandoned by the producers.

Original Embassy Pictures Roadshow One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Anthony Harvey historical drama, THE LION IN WINTER (1968) starring Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, and Nigel Terry. Adapted by James Goldman from his witty and sublimely literate 1966 Broadway play, this film is one of the crowning achievements in cinematic story telling. The tale revolves around the aging King Henry II (O’Toole) who must decide the successor to his throne from among his three sons (Hopkins, Castle, and Terry), while bringing his estranged and dysfunctional clan together for the Christmas holidays. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won three Oscars: Best Actress to Hepburn for her memorable portrayal of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, Best Screenplay to Goldman, and Best Original Score to John Barry. This original roadshow one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Columbia Pictures Pressbook (11×17) for the Stanley Kramer interracial romance, GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)—starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton. Tracy and Hepburn play a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiance who is black. Racial prejudice was common in 1967; indeed, the first interracial kiss on American TV did not occur until 1969 on Star Trek. People needed to hear the message that color and race should not prevent two people who love each other from getting married. The film received 10 Oscar nominations—including Best Actor (Tracy for his last film role), Best Director, and Best Picture. The film received the Oscar for Best Screenplay and Best Actress for the second time to Katharine Hepburn. People wanting to read more about this film should pick up a copy of Mark Harris’ book PICTURES AT A REVOLUTION (Penguin Press, 2008). This original pressbook has no excisions and is in very fine condition. 14 pages of great material. If this is a film you love, you will like the pressbook — an interesting look into how Columbia marketed this movie.

Original Paramount Pictures Insert Poster (14×36) for the Joseph Anthony western thriller, THE RAINMAKER (1956) starring Katherine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey, and Lloyd Bridges. Lizzie (Hepburn) is a spinster living in a dusty little town and ignored by the only man to whom she’s ever been attracted, until a rainmaking con artist (Lancaster) rolls into town and seduces her. Anthony also directed the play on which the film was based. Later this story was turned into a broadway musical, 110 IN THE SHADE. This attractive folded insert in in very fine plus condition.

Original MGM 1955 Re-Release Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the George Cukor classic romantic comedy, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)—starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, and Ruth Hussey. Katherine Hepburn had been famously labeled “box office poison” by the exhibitors after several of her films in the late thirties had turned out huge flops. But the right property, the right cast and the right director combined to make THE PHILADELPHIA STORY her “comeback” vehicle. Not that she had ever really gone away. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY had been a popular play on Broadway, and Hepburn was prescient enough to buy the film rights for herself. It actually plays more like a film from the previous decade than the forties — witty, elegant, democratic, disdainful of pomposity. This re-release half sheet from 1955 needs some small amount of work, but is available for a fraction of the price of any 1940 poster. And the graphic is great with good images of the three main players. The poster is folded. Good plus condition. Has some marker on the reverse side which has bled lightly to the front. This can be fixed. We recommend paper-backing for this poster. MovieArt can help you with suggestions for restoration.

Original United Artists Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the David Lean Venetian romance, SUMMERTIME (1955) starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda, and Darren McGavin. This excellent drama was adapted from a Broadway play “The Time of the Cuckoo” by Arthur Laurents. It is a wonderful mood piece that captures the loneliness of a traveler in a foreign land, in this case a lonely spinster (Hepburn) who is hungry for love but too repressed to accept the love that married Brazzi offers. Reported to be the director’s favorite film, it is a stunningly beautiful movie that boasts great performances from Hepburn and Brazzi. Hepburn was nominated for Best Actress and Lean was nominated for Best Director. This original scene lobby card is in fine plus condition, with only some minor pinholes, creases, and one small tear in the bottom border.

This is an original United Artists Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the John Huston romance-adventure classic, THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951), with truly brilliant performances by Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. This is the story of grumpy, gin-swilling roustabout Charles Allnut who is running a little tramp steamer with supplies to small East African villages at the onset of World War I. When German troops invade and destroy Hepburn’s missionary village, Allnut offers to take her on the Queen back to civilization, but not before carrying out a rather daring plan to blow up a German warship. Based on novel by C.S. Forester, the outstanding adaptation by James Agee and Huston was packed with unforgettable exchanges by Hepburn and Bogart and infused throughout by Huston with hilarious tongue-and cheek satire. One of the most popular movies of 1951, it was nominated for Best Director for Huston, Best Screenplay for Agee and Huston, Best Actress for Hepburn, and Best Actor for Humphrey Bogart (which he won). This original scene lobby card of Hepburn and Bogart pleading their case is in good minus condition—with some fading, numerous pinholes, tape residue and creases on the corners.

Original United Artists Six Sheet Poster for the John Huston romance-adventure classic, THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951), with truly brilliant performances by Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. This is the story of grumpy, gin-swilling roustabout Charles Allnut (Bogart), who is running a little tramp steamer with supplies to small East African villages at the onset of World War I. When German troops invade and destroy Hepburn’s missionary village, Allnut offers to take her on the Queen back to civilization, but not before carrying out a rather daring plan to blow up a German warship. Based on novel by C.S. Forester, the outstanding adaptation by James Agee and Huston was packed with unforgettable exchanges by Hepburn and Bogart and infused throughout by Huston with hilarious tongue-and cheek satire. One of the most popular movies of 1951, it was nominated for Best Director for Huston, Best Screenplay for Agee and Huston, Best Actress for Hepburn, and Best Actor for Humphrey Bogart (which he won). This original six sheet is in near mint condition. MovieArt will sell no reproductions. Ask us about linen backing for large format posters.