Original Columbia Pictures Title Lobby Card (11×14) for the Joseph L. Mankiewicz dramatic classic, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift. Based on a play by the very successful Broadway icon Tennessee Williams, the screenplay was skillfully adapted by Gore Vidal. Set in New Orleans in 1937, Hepburn plays a lady of means who is mourning the loss of her son. She wants to donate a million dollars to the hospital where Clift is a doctor if he will perform a lobotomy on her niece Taylor. The young woman seems to be totally traumatized by what she witnessed last summer. Tennessee Williams never forgave his own mother for letting his sister Rose have a lobotomy to “cure” her anxiety problems. The whole story turns on the character of the son Sebastian, but you never see his face or hear his voice in Taylor’s flashbacks. He is supposed to have died of a heart attack, but the audience finally discovers that it was a horribly cruel case of gay bashing. Both Taylor and Hepburn were nominated for Oscars. It was the eighth nomination for Hepburn and the third nomination for Taylor. This title card has two paper abrasions and is therefore graded as good and priced appropriately.

Original Columbia Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Joseph L. Mankiewicz dramatic classic, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift. Based on a play by the very successful Broadway icon Tennessee Williams, the screenplay was skillfully adapted by Gore Vidal. Set in New Orleans in 1937, Hepburn plays a lady of means who is mourning the loss of her son. She wants to donate a million dollars to the hospital where Clift is a doctor if he will perform a lobotomy on her niece Taylor. The young woman seems to be totally traumatized by what she witnessed last summer. Tennessee Williams never forgave his own mother for letting his sister Rose have a lobotomy to “cure” her anxiety problems. The whole story turns on the character of the son Sebastian, but you never see his face or hear his voice in Taylor’s flashbacks. He is supposed to have died of a heart attack, but the audience finally discovers that it was a horribly cruel case of gay bashing. Both Taylor and Hepburn were nominated for Oscars. It was the eighth nomination for Hepburn and the third nomination for Taylor. The one sheet is in very fine condition.

Original studio issued oversized photographs from Edward Dmytryk romantic drama, RAINTREE COUNTY (1957) starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, and Lee Marvin. When this film was in rehearsals, Clift’s notorious drinking problem got completely out of hand. When the film was half finished, Clift left a party given by Taylor and her husband Michael Wilding and crashed his car into a telephone pole, horribly disfiguring his face. Production on the film was shut down for weeks, but the film was finally completed and received four Academy Award nominations, including Taylor’s first nomination for Best Actress. There are three stills in the package. Two of the stills are of publicity paintings done for the film. The third still if of what we believe to be the 24 sheet poster. But the catch here is the portrait of Montgomery Clift. This still is in very fine shape. The 24 sheet still is a bit ragged and the still of Clift and Eva Marie Sainte was trimmed on one side, probably to accomodate the display. These are theater used stills which we acquired from a 70mm cinema that played the film originally.

Original 20th Century-Fox One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the George Seaton war drama, THE BIG LIFT (1950) starring Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, and Cornell Borchers. This film is a semi-documentary about the Berlin Airlift in 1948 intertwined with the stories of two Air Force NCOs involved in the operation. Truly a time capsule of postwar Berlin, the film was actually made on location in Berlin with the full cooperation of the US Air Force whose men actually played minor roles. This original one sheet poster with bright colors is folded and in fine plus condition, with only some minor paper distress along one fold line.

Original MGM Title Lobby Card (11×14) for the Edward Dmytryk romantic drama, RAINTREE COUNTY (1957) starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, and Lee Marvin. When this film was in rehearsals, Clift’s notorious drinking problem got completely out of hand. When the film was half finished, Clift left a party given by Taylor and her husband Michael Wilding and crashed his car into a telephone pole, horribly disfiguring his face. Production on the film was shut down for weeks, but the film was finally completed and received four Academy Award nominations, including Taylor’s first nomination for Best Actress. This original title card is in very fine to near mint condition.

This is an original Columbia Pictures Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the Joseph L. Mankiewicz dramatic classic, SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift. Based on a play by the very successful Broadway icon Tennessee Williams, the screenplay was skillfully adapted by Gore Vidal. Set in New Orleans in 1937, Hepburn plays a lady of means who is mourning the loss of her son. She wants to donate a million dollars to the hospital where Clift is a doctor if he will perform a lobotomy on her niece Taylor. The young woman seems to be totally traumatized by what she witnessed last summer. Tennessee Williams never forgave his own mother for letting his sister Rose have a lobotomy to “cure” her anxiety problems. The whole story turns on the character of the son Sebastian, but you never see his face or hear his voice in Taylor’s flashbacks. He is supposed to have died of a heart attack, but the audience finally discovers that it was a horribly cruel case of gay bashing. Both Taylor and Hepburn were nominated for Oscars. It was the eighth nomination for Hepburn and the third nomination for Taylor. This original three sheet poster is in very fine plus condition. This copy was never used and is about as good as it gets in terms of condition.

Italian re-release Due Foglio Poster (39×55) for the Alfred Hitchcock crime thriller, I CONFESS (1953) starring Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, and Karl Malden. In Quebec City, Father Logan (Clift) is accused of killing a well-known lawyer. Father Logan knows the identity of the murderer, but he can’t reveal his identity because the man confessed the crime to him in the confessional. In some respects, the film works as a response to the witch hunts of the 1950s, with a priest unwilling to testify against another person. This poster is folded and in very fine condition. One of the best posters we have seen on this underrated Hitchcock film.

This is an original Paramount Pictures insert Poster (14×36) for the George Stevens romantic drama A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951) starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters. The film is based on the Theodor Dreiser novel, An American Tragedy. This directorial masterpiece by Stevens is considered by many critics to be the best performances in the acting careers of Clift, Taylor, and Winters. This film about doomed love and the descent into darkness was the winner of six Academy Awards including Best Director to Stevens. The film was also nominated for Best Picture as well as Best Actor (Clift) and Best Actress (Winters). This original insert poster is in fine plus condition and has been paper-backed.

Original Paramount Pictures Six Sheet Poster (81×81) for the George Stevens romantic tragedy A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951) starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters. The film is based on the Theodore Dreiser novel, An American Tragedy (1925.) This directorial masterpiece by Stevens is considered by many critics to be among the best performances in the acting careers of Clift, Taylor, and Winters. This film about doomed love, the striving for upward mobility, and a descent into darkness was the winner of six Academy Awards including Best Director to Stevens. The film was also nominated for Best Picture as well as Best Actor (Clift) and Best Actress (Winters). This original six sheet poster is in very fine condition with one modest paper replacement and restoration. Very, very rare. MovieArt will sell no reproductions; absolutely authentic.