Original Belgian Poster (14×22) for the Peter Glenville historical drama, BECKET (1964) starring Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, John Gielgud, and Gino Cervi. The play “Becket” by Jean Anouilh was originally presented on Broadway during the 1960-61 season, ran for 193 performances, and received several Tony awards including Best Play. In the film version, O’Toole portrays Beckett admirably as a man of ambitious loyalties, but ultimately finding his loyalty to the church when the king makes him Archbishop of Canterbury. The film is well written with memorable acting by the entire cast and great production values. It received 12 Academy Award nominations—including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor nominations for both Burton and O’Toole. Edward Anhalt won the film’s only Oscar for adapting the screenplay from the original Anouilh play. This original Belgian poster is in fine plus condition.

Belgian original poster (35mm) for the Joseph L. Mankiewicz historical epic, CLEOPATRA (1963) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Rex Harrison. Originally this film was supposed to be two three hour movies—the first dealing with Caesar and Cleopatra and the second with Antony and Cleopatra. But Fox, reeling from the exorbitant cost overruns associated with this budgetary debacle, decided to release one four hour movie instead. Elizabeth Taylor’s original contract stipulated that she was to be paid $1 million. But after a lengthy $50 million lawsuit brought by the studio against Burton and Taylor and then a countersuit by Taylor, the studio finally settled with the actress for $7 million. A painting by Howard Terpning was used worldwide for the CLEOPATRA advertising campaign. The poster is in fine plus condition. Linen backing would make this poster shine! Ask us about poster conservation.

Original Warner Brothers One Sheet poster for Mike Nichols important American film, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis. This cinematic masterpiece is based on a play by Edward Albee, which won both the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. The play was remarkably adapted for the screen by Ernest Lehman. It is the story of one horrendous night in the lives a very bitter, aging couple (Taylor and Burton), who with the help of limitless quantities of alcohol use the visit of a younger couple (Dennis and Segal) to fuel anguish and emotional torture towards each other. Indeed, the audience is as exhausted as the characters by the end of this ordeal. The film won five Academy Awards– including Best Actress for Taylor, Best Supporting Actress for Dennis, and Best Cinematography for Haskell Wexler. The film was also nominated for eight more awards—including Best Actor for Burton, Best Supporting Actor for Segal, Best Director for Nichols (in his directorial debut), Best Score for Alex North, and Best Picture. This original one sheet is in very fine condition except for one fold separation which we have addressed with archival tissue. A great candidate for linen backing. Ask us about poster conservation and restoration or read the article on this website.

Original Warner Brothers Insert Poster (14×36) signed by Elizabeth Taylor for the Mike Nichols classic drama, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis. This cinematic masterpiece is based on a play by Edward Albee, which won both the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. It is the story of one horrendous night in the lives a very bitter, aging couple (Taylor and Burton), who with the help of limitless quantities of alcohol use the visit of a younger couple (Dennis and Segal) to fuel anguish and emotional torture towards each other. Indeed, the audience is as exhausted as the characters by the end of this ordeal. The film won five Academy Awards– including Best Actress for Taylor, Best Supporting Actress for Dennis, and Best Cinematography for Haskell Wexler. The film was also nominated for eight more awards—including Best Actor for Burton, Best Supporting Actor for Segal, Best Director for Nichols (in his directorial debut), Best Score for Alex North, and Best Picture. This original poster is signed in purple pen by Taylor; closeups of the signature are available upon request. This original insert poster is in very fine condition.

TWENTY FOUR different Original MGM production stills (8×10 black and white glossy) for the Vincente Minnelli melodrama THE SANDPIPER, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton,Eva Marie Saint, and Charles Bronson. Taylor is a bohemian painter living gorgeously in the Big Sur area of the California Pacific Coast. Richard Burton is the schoolmaster of an (Episcopal!) school for boys, married to the the dutiful Eva Marie Saint. Mix the two and you have an illicit romance set against the driftwood and sea gulls. This one is a guilty pleasure. MGM’s idea seemed to be to exploit the white hot fame of moviedom’s most famous couple while at the same time trying to drag the Burton’s back somewhere near respectability. Bronson is Taylor’s hunky boyfriend. These stills give a wonderful peep into the production of the movie. Condition is near mint on these fine stills. NOT ALL THESE STILLS ARE PICTURES. Inquire about the others through the website. We’ll send you photos of the rest!

Two Posters. Original United Artists Advance One Sheet Poster (27×41) and Standard One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Sidney Lumet psychological drama, EQUUS (1977) starring Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, and Joan Plowright. This film is a masterful adaptation of an emotionally disturbing stage play. Originally produced in London, it later opened on Broadway at the Plymouth Theater in 1974 and won the Tony award for the best play. It tells the story of a psychiatrist (Burton) who investigates the savage blinding of six horses by a shy and unassuming stable boy (Firth). Burton, Firth, and playwright and screenwriter Peter Shaffer all received Academy Award nominations. Both of these one sheet posters are in very fine plus condition. The standard one sheet has artwork by Bob Peak.

Original MGM Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the Vincente Minnelli melodrama THE SANDPIPER (1965) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton,Eva Marie Saint, and Charles Bronson. Taylor is a gorgeous bohemian painter (if only!) living gorgeously in the Big Sur area of the California Pacific Coast. Richard Burton is the schoolmaster of an church affiliated school for boys, married to the the dutiful Eva Marie Saint. Mix the two and you have an illicit romance set against the driftwood and sea gulls. This one is a guilty pleasure. MGM’s idea seemed to be to exploit the white hot fame of moviedom’s most famous couple while at the same time trying to drag the Burton’s back somewhere near respectability. Bronson is Taylor’s hunky boyfriend. The poster has that sort of modernist look to the illustration. The three sheet is comprised of two separate panels. This was a theater-used copy and the two panels are already joined. Fine condition with some obvious wear, colors good. There are some minor flaws indicative of general wear and tear. This copy would linen back very well. Ask us about poster conservation and linen backing.

Original MGM six sheet poster for the Vincente Minnelli melodrama THE SANDPIPER, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton,Eva Marie Saint, and Charles Bronson. Taylor is a bohemian painter living gorgeously in the Big Sur area of the California Pacific Coast. Richard Burton is the schoolmaster of an (Episcopal!) school for boys, married to the the dutiful Eva Marie Saint. Mix the two and you have an illicit romance set against the driftwood and sea gulls. This one is a guilty pleasure. MGM’s idea seemed to be to exploit the white hot fame of moviedom’s most famous couple while at the same time trying to drag the Burton’s back somewhere near respectability. Bronson is Taylor’s hunky boyfriend. The poster has that sort of modernist look to the illustration. The six sheet is comprised of four separate panels. They are shown here contiguously but not fully butted together in order to give the viewer an accurate view of each panel. Condition is fine. This was a theater-used copy. There are some small tears, some minor missing paper, some fold distress and general use wear and tear. Color is good. This poster could be linen backed effectively. Ask us about poster conservation and linen backing.

Original 20th Century-Fox One Sheet Poster (27×41) for Henry Koster’s THE ROBE (1953) starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Dean Jagger, Jay Robinson, Torin Thatcher and Richard Boone. This epic tale of the crucifixion of Christ and the healing power of faith was originally advertised as “The first motion picture in CinemaScope–the modern miracle you see without glasses!” Thanks to Philip Dunne’s literate script and some impressive musical scoring and production values, this Biblical epic told a persuasive tale of multiple individuals — gladiators, slaves and centurions — caught up in the infamous reign of the psychotic Roman emperor, Caligula. This one sheet poster for the film’s 1963 re-release is in very fine condition. There are some pinholes. Colors are bright and unfaded.

Original 20th Century Fox One sheet for the Joseph L. Mankiewicz historical epic, CLEOPATRA (1963)—starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Rex Harrison. Originally this film was supposed to be two three hour movies—the first dealing with Caesar and Cleopatra and the second with Antony and Cleopatra. But Fox, reeling from the exhorbitant cost overruns associated with this budgetary debacle, decided to release one four hour movie instead. Elizabeth Taylor’s original contract stipulated that she was to be paid $1 million. But after a lengthy $50 million lawsuit brought by the studio against Burton and Taylor and then a countersuit by Taylor, the studio finally settled with the actress for $7 million. The six sheet and the 24 sheet are arguably the best U.S. posters on this title. The Howard Terpning art was used worldwide for the CLEOPATRA advertising campaign. This poster does feature artwork done by Terpning for the U.S. poster campaign. This one sheet was used the the 35mm exhibition of the film in 1964. This poster has a corner missing from the lower right. Please note.

Original 20th Century Fox Window Card (14×22) for the Stanley Donen comedy/drama, STAIRCASE (1969) starring Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Cathleen Nesbitt, and Beatrix Lehmann. Once you get past the shock of seeing two of the theater’s most notorious womanizers playing a middle-aged gay couple, you’ll be amazed and surprised at such a touching and sensitive story. Burton is particularly memorable in the heart-breaking scenes with his invalid mother (Nesbitt). This is both a funny and a sad movie about lonely people and their search for love and acceptance. This original window card is in near mint condition.

Original French One Panel Poster (47×63) for the Anthony Asquith drama, THE V.I.P.S (1963) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Maggie Smith, Margaret Rutherford, and Orson Welles. The story concerns a group of rich, powerful, and influential passengers who are grounded at Heathrow airport during heavy fog and proceed to hammer out their personal affairs in the airport lounge. This movie was the first time Taylor and Burton appeared together since CLEOPATRA, and while most critics demurred, the public ate it up. The film has acquired a certain cult status now, and was recently the subject of a documentary film. Rutherford won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her comic performance as the Duchess of Brighton. With beautiful artwork by Roger Soubie, this original French poster is in very fine plus condition.