Original Six sheet poster for the Daniel Mann drama BUTTERFIELD 8 starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, and Eddie Fisher. Elizabeth Taylor was facing the scorn of a nation – for “stealing” Debbie Reynold’s husband Eddie Fisher – when MGM decided to cash in on the scandal and make Taylor take this role of bad-girl-from-hell as the final film in her contract to the studio. Taylor purportedly hated the movie, but it turned out to be Gold for her. The film is adapted from John O’Hara’s prohibition-era novel about a high class call-girl. But in this film, set contemporaneously, Elizabeth Taylor plays a hard-drinking, sexed-up, bed-hopping model, who gets her kicks from seducing and then dumping one man after another. Taylor always complained that the film was a total piece of trash. But her over-the-top performance was just what the role required and won her the first of her two Oscars for Best Actress. What is unfathomable is how anyone could be interested in cold-fish Laurence Harvey. When Taylor grinds her stiletto heels into Harvey’s toes, we cheer. Elizabeth’s best line in the film: “I’m not like anyone; I”m me.” Taylor never had, in any film, a more biographical line. This handsome poster is shown in four individual photos of the four panels. The poster is unassembled. The four panels are joined together to make one large format poster. The lower right panel is soiled, but not irreparably. We recommend restoration for this poster. There are some chips out of the poster, some small holes. We have therefore graded the poster as good plus. Ask us about poster conservation and linen backing.

Original French One Panel Poster (47×63) for the Daniel Mann drama BUTTERFIELD 8 starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, and Eddie Fisher. Elizabeth Taylor was facing the scorn of a nation – for “stealing” Debbie Reynold’s husband Eddie Fisher – when MGM decided to cash in on the scandal and make Taylor take this role of bad-girl-from-hell as the final film in her contract to the studio. Taylor purportedly hated the movie, but it turned out to be Gold for her. The film is adapted from John O’Hara’s prohibition-era novel about a high class call-girl. But in this film, set contemporaneously, Elizabeth Taylor plays a hard-drinking, sexed-up, bed-hopping model, who gets her kicks from seducing and then dumping one man after another. Taylor always complained that the film was a total piece of trash. But her over-the-top performance was just what the role required and won her the first of her two Oscars for Best Actress. What is unfathomable is how anyone could be interested in cold-fish Laurence Harvey. When Taylor grinds her stiletto heels into Harvey’s toes, we cheer. Elizabeth’s best line in the film: “I’m not like anyone; I”m me.” Truer words were never spoken. BUTTERFIELD 8 is a true Movieart favorite. This beautiful French 47×63 is a wonderful example of stone lithography with art is by Roger Soubie and is in very fine condition. This poster should be linen backed because of fold separations at the intersections which could be enlarged if the poster is not handled with care. The integrity of the paper, however, is quite nice.

Original U.S. 30×40 for the Daniel Mann drama BUTTERFIELD 8 starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, and Eddie Fisher. Elizabeth Taylor was facing the scorn of a nation – for “stealing” Debbie Reynold’s husband Eddie Fisher – when MGM decided to cash in on the scandal and make Taylor take this role of bad-girl-from-hell as the final film in her contract to the studio. Taylor purportedly hated the movie, but it turned out to be Gold for her. The film is adapted from John O’Hara’s prohibition-era novel about a high class call-girl. But in this film, set contemporaneously, Elizabeth Taylor plays a hard-drinking, sexed-up, bed-hopping model, who gets her kicks from seducing and then dumping one man after another. Taylor always complained that the film was a total piece of trash. But her over-the-top performance was just what the role required and won her the first of her two Oscars for Best Actress. What is unfathomable is how anyone could be interested in cold-fish Laurence Harvey. When Taylor grinds her stiletto heels into Harvey’s toes, we cheer. Elizabeth’s best line in the film: “I’m not like anyone; I”m me.” Truer words were never spoken. BUTTERFIELD 8 is a true Movieart favorite. This unusual 30×40 poster is a rare size for this title, featuring more color than the one sheet. This poster could be paper-backed to make it more presentable. Condition is rated as fine.

Original Columbia Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Edward Dmytryk melodrama, WALK ON THE WILDSIDE (1962) starring Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, and Barbara Stanwyck. Both the jazzy musical score by Elmer Bernstein and the black and white cinematography by Joe MacDonald evoke a kind of film noir mood, which totally complements the underlying theme of embittered decadence. Barbara Stanwyck, as the bossy madam of the Doll House brothel, became the first American actress to portray an open lesbian character in a feature film. This poster is folded and in very fine condition. This is a theater-used poster, but there are no fold separations and only a few pinholes.

Original United Artists Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the John Frankenheimer mystery thriller, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)—starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury. Based on a novel by Richard Condon, this excellent thriller tells the story of a former Korean War POW (Harvey) who is brainwashed by the Chinese communists into becoming a political assassin. An eerie coincidence, the film dealing with the assassination of an American presidential candidate was released in the U.S. in the year before the real-life assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The topic of the film was so politically sensitive that it was prohibited in the former “Iron Curtain” countries until after the fall of the Soviet Union. Angela Lansbury, who absolutely captivates and steals every scene she is in, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. This original three sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition. It appears to have never been used and is unassembled.

Original MGM Insert Poster (14×36) for the Daniel Mann drama BUTTERFIELD 8 starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, and Eddie Fisher. Taylor had just married singer Eddie Fisher, her fourth husband after the death of producer Mike Todd, stolen ostensibly from the Beloved Trouper Debbie Reynolds. The howl
of condemnation was loud. MGM decided to cash in on the bad publicity and make Taylor take this role of bad-girl-from-hell as the final film in her contract to the studio. Taylor purportedly hated the movie, but it turned out to be Gold for her. The film is adapted from John O’Hara’s prohibition-era novel about a high class call-girl. But in this film, set contemporaneously, Elizabeth Taylor plays a hard-drinking, sexed-up, bed-hopping model, who gets her kicks from seducing and then dumping one man after another. Taylor always complained that the film was a total piece of trash. But her over-the-top performance was just what the role required and won her the first of her two Oscars for Best Actress. What is unfathomable is how anyone could be interested in cold-fish Laurence Harvey. When Taylor grinds her stiletto heels into Harvey’s toes, we cheer. Elizabeth’s best line in the film: “I’m not like anyone; I”m me.” Truer words were never spoken. A rolled very fine copy of the insert.