Original MGM Style A Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the Vincente Minnelli romantic drama, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952) starring Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, and Gloria Grahame. The film tells the story of an actress, a director, and a screenwriter who are asked to help revive the career of ruthless Hollywood producer Jonathan Shields (Douglas). All three are reluctant because they have been used and betrayed by Shields in the past. Based on the career of David O. Selznick, this well-written drama was nominated for six Academy Awards and won five Oscars—including Best Supporting Actress to Grahame and Best Screenplay to Charles Schnee. This original half sheet poster with a luminous Lana Turner in the clutches of Kirk Douglas is folded and in very fine condition—with some pinholes in the corners, minor edge wear, light smudging in the borders, and minor tears in the bottom right corner and border.

Original MGM Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the Mervyn LeRoy musical comedy, LATIN LOVERS (1953) starring Lana Turner, Ricardo Montalban, John Lund, and Louis Calhern. Turner plays a woman with everything—including $37 million she has just inherited. But she can’t tell if men pretend to love her just for her money. She meets and falls for Montalban on a trip to Brazil. Turner was gorgeous in the film, and costume designer Helen Rose had the inspiration to dress her in combinations of black and white. She was striking in contrast to her ultra-lush Technicolor trappings. This original three sheet poster is folded and in very good condition. The poster is in two sections –never really assembled but probably used at a theater. It has some fold separation and some small tears and pinholes. We recommend linen backing for this poster. Ask us about poster conservation.

Original MGM Six Sheet Poster (81×81) for the David Miller historical drama, DIANE (1956)– starring Lana Turner, Pedro Armendariz and Roger Moore. DIANE was Lana Turner’s last picture for MGM, the studio where she joined its famous constellation of stars in the late 1930s. The film is given the full MGM treatment with lavish costumes and sets, a good score by Miklos Rozsa and some CinemaScope prints even being released in stereo, not that common in the fifties. Turner plays a French courtesan in this epic historical picture. She also gets the very young and very handsome Roger Moore in his pre-Bond years. For Turner fans, this large poster is typical of the MGM star treatment done large. Six sheets are printed on four panels. The poster is in very fine to near mint condition. This poster was probably never used.

Original MGM Set of Three Scene Lobby Cards (trimmed to 10.75×13.75) for the Robert B. Sinclair romantic drama, DRAMATIC SCHOOL (1938)—starring Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal, and Lana Turner. The story takes place in France and concerns a young dramatic school student who fantasies actually come true due to series of happy accidents. This was the last film of Rainer’s contract with MGM. What she wanted was to be offered better roles like the ones given to Greta Garbo, but for MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, there was only room for one Garbo on the MGM lot. All three scene cards are in very fine condition. These cards were once bound in a homemade scrapbook, and, therefore, they were all stitched in on the left side. All three cards have also been slightly trimmed. Nevertheless, the image area on all three cards is very fine to near mint.

Original MGM Insert Poster (14×36) for the George Sidney action adventure, THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1948) starring Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Van Heflin, and Vincent Price. Adapted from the celebrated novel by Alexandre Dumas, this film chronicles the musketeers as they thwart the plans of the evil Cardinal Richelieu (Price) to usurp the king’s power and authority. Turner gives her finest performance as the notorious Lady De Winter who lies, steals, and murders her way from France to England. Kelly also hits the mark with his very athletic portrayal of the hotheaded but good-hearted D’Artagan. Loaded with exciting sword fights and other action scenes, this colorful swashbuckling adventure romance is visually great entertainment. The film received an Academy Award nomination was for Best Cinematography. This original insert poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original MGM Insert Poster (14×36) for the Curtis Bernhardt musical, THE MERRY WIDOW (1952)– starring Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel, and Richard Haydn. Bernhardt’s THE MERRY WIDOW is the third take on this story, preceded by the 1934 version starring Maurice Chevalier and the 1925 version starring Mae Murray. In this remake, Crystal Radek (Lana Turner) is the widow of a wealthy native of the fictional country of Marishkovia, which is now broke. So, the Marshkovian king dispatches Count Danilo (Fernando Lamas) to seduce Radek and bring her fortune back to its homeland. Turner’s singing was panned and the film was not very successful, but as an MGM musical from the 50s it is a curious failure among such greats as SINGING IN THE RAIN, GIGI, LILI etc. A good image of Lana Turner, however, on a poster which is in very fine, folded, condition.

Original MGM One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Wesley Ruggles romantic comedy, SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS (1943)—starring Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, and Dame May Whitty. This delightful comedy finds Turner being bored with her job and with her life in Hotchkiss Falls. The film gave 21-year-old Turner her first big starring break in a film not dominated by a male star. While lightweight comedy for sure, Turner never misses a chance to give the role of scheming girl a sense of fun and innocence—with a sexy twist. This original one sheet poster is unbacked and in very good condition. There are some minor water stains along the bottom border and some minor fold distresses and separations.

Original MGM Six Sheet Poster (81×81) for the Richard Thorpe Biblical epic, THE PRODIGAL (1955)– starring Lana Turner and Edmund Purdom. Tuner is cast as Samarra, the high priestess of Astarte– the goddess of fertility and sexuality. This lightly-clad temptress incites Micah (Purdom), the model son of a Hebrew patriarch, to demand his share of the family fortune and go in pursuit of pagan women. Samarra further induces Micah to squander his money and betray his faith. Only after many trials and tribulations does Micah recover his senses and return home to a forgiving father. The film is a lesser light in the pantheon of epic films, but this poster is spectacular. This original six sheet poster is in near mint condition.