Original United Artists Six Sheet Poster (81×81) for the Sidney Lumet jury drama, 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)—starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, and John Fiedler. A dissenting juror (Fonda) in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the other jurors that the case is complicated. In the ensuing mini-drama, we learn about each of the juror’s prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. This excellent drama was nominated for three Academy Awards—including Best Picture, Best Director for Lumet, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Reginald Rose. This original six sheet poster is in very good condition. This poster is a theater-used example and has considerable rumpling and minor fold distresses. It would be an excellent candidate for linen backing.

Original 20th Century-Fox Insert Poster (14×36) for the John Cromwell romantic biography, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM (1946)—starring Irene Dunn, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb, and Gale Sondergaard. This was the first of three films and one short-lived TV series based on the popular novel of Margaret Landon. It is the fascinating story of English governess Anna Owen (Dunne) who becomes the royal tutor to the children of King Mongkut (Harrison) of Siam in 1862. Besides the charming screenplay, the performances are outstanding, the direction intimate and compassionate, the art direction and costumes sumptuous, and the cinematography breathtaking. Indeed, the film was nominated for five Academy Awards and received the Oscar for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. This poster is in fine plus condition. A small tear in the border has been repaired with archival tissue.

Original Paramount Pictures Twenty Four Sheet Poster (9 ft x 20 ft) for the Walter Lang romantic comedy, BUT NOT FOR ME (1959) starring Clark Gable, Carroll Baker, Lilli Palmer, and Lee J. Cobb. A 57-year old Gable plays a Broadway producer who is attempting to revive his and a one-time prize-winning playwright’s (Cobb) careers, when he discovers that his secretary (28-year-old Baker) is in love with him. Not only does Baker revitalize him but also makes him think of re-marrying. But his former wife (Palmer) keeps bringing him back to earth about the age difference between Gable and Baker. Eventually, Gable come to his senses and goes back to Palmer. This original twenty four sheet poster on 16 panels (meant to be displayed as an exterior billboard) is in very good condition and has been “assembled” here with photo software to give an entire image. Condition is very good, especially for a poster this large. Some small tears, smudges, particularly on the reverse side, minor blemishes.

This is an original MGM One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Richard Brooks drama, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (1958) starring Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, and Lee J. Cobb. It was a major task to adapt such a complicated and lengthy novel by Dostoyevsky to film. Though most of the high notes of the book plot are covered, parts of the plot had to be pared down to make a workable film. The performances are all quite good, especially Cobb who plays the father and steals every scene he is in. Indeed, he received the lone Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. There is excellent direction by Brooks who sustains the emotional intensity of the novel but keeps everything on an intimate (as opposed to epic) scale. This original one sheet poster is folded and in fine condition, with minor fold separations and some masking tape on left border and back of poster. We have used repair tissue on the separation to keep the poster from further distress. A great Brynner image.

Original Italian Four Sheet Poster (79×55), release of 1960, for the Elia Kazan iconic crime drama, ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)– starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, and Eva Marie Saint. This powerful drama tells the story of ex-prize fighter Terry (Brando) who becomes a longshoreman and struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. This is certainly one of the great American films to show the horrors of corruption and injustice and the willingness of one brave man to stand up to this evil. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards, the film won eight Oscars– including Best Picture, Best Actor to Brando, Best Supporting Actress to Saint, Best Screenplay to Budd Schulberg, and Best Director to Kazan. This original Italian four sheet is folded and in very good condition.

Original Columbia Pictures 1956 Re-Release One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Robert Rossen film noir classic, JOHNNY O’CLOCK (1947) starring Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, and Lee J. Cobb. Powell plays a casino manager and junior partner in a gambling club. Totally obsessed with personal greed and emotionally cold, Johnny feels he is powerless and caught in a web outside his control. The film has all the noir traits of hard bitten dialogue, a drunken moll, and a pervading sense of cynicism and corruption. This original re-release one sheet poster is in very fine plus condition.