Original Sheet Music (9×12) for the song “St. Louis Blues” sung in the Allen Reisner music biography, ST. LOUIS BLUES (1958) starring Nat “King” Cole, Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald, and Pearl Bailey. The film is the biography of the composer Will Handy, and the song is performed by Nat “King” Cole and Peal Bailey and reprised later by Eartha Kitt. Although this sheet music is not the official sheet music from the film, it is sheet music for this famous song. Although the photo shows the image slightly eclipsed, the real sheet music has not been trimmed in any way and is in very fine condition.

Original Paramount Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Allen Reisner musical biography, ST. LOUIS BLUES (1958) starring Nat “King” Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, and Ella Fitzgerald. This film is the biography of blues composer Will Handy, who grew up in Memphis the son of a preacher who fully intended for his son to use his musical talents only in church. Will can’t stay away from the popular blues, but he does finally reconcile with his father after his music receives overwhelming critical acclaim. The real Will Handy served as a consultant on the film, but sadly never lived to see it open. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very good condition.

Original MGM One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the George Schlatter sex comedy, NORMAN… IS THAT YOU? (1976)– starring Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan, and Michael Warren. Foxx, who was already a big hit at the time with his successful television series “Sanford and Son” gets a chance to deliver a host of funny one-liners when he discovers that his son (Warren) is not only gay but has a white boyfriend (Dugan). Originally folded, this one sheet poster is in very fine condition.