Original Universal Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Edward F. Cline musical comedy, NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (1941) starring W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Billy Lenhart, Margaret Dumont, and Susan Miller. This zany story revolves around Fields trying to sell a script to a producer. This was the last film to feature Fields in a leading role. Thereafter, his health began to decline, forcing him into supporting roles or cameos. Fields is one of the few comedians whose fame has endured because of his essentially unlikable personality. In this original lobby card, Fields joins comedy all-star Margaret Dumont and her daughter played by Susan Miller. Dumont plays a woman who hates men so much that she brings her daughter up on top of an isolated precipice. The scene card is in fine condition with only some minor touch-up and restoration to Field’s body.

Original Universal Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Edward F. Cline musical comedy, NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (1941) starring W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Billy Lenhart, Margaret Dumont, and Susan Miller. This zany story revolves around Fields trying to sell a script to a producer. This was the last film to feature Fields in a leading role. Thereafter, his health began to decline, forcing him into supporting roles or cameos. Fields is one of the few comedians whose fame has endured because of his essentially unlikable personality. In this original lobby card, Fields is sitting with his niece, played by Gloria Jean in a railroad car talking to character actor Claud Allister. This card had minor issues, was professionally restored and is in fine plus condition.

Original Universal Pictures Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the George Marshall comedy masterpiece, YOU CAN’T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN starring W.C. Fields and Edgar Bergen. This hilarious film has Fields running a second rate circus and trying to stay one step ahead of the law and his creditors. Fields was a tremendous hit on the radio, especially on ventriloquist Edgar Bergen’s program, where he had a long running “feud” with Bergen’s “dummy” Charley McCarthy. The film is an attempt to capitalize on this feud, and gags and double takes by the scheming Fields fuels the romp. With torn paper collage caricature art by Jacques Kapralik, this original half sheet poster is in very fine condition. Extremely rare in any condition, this very fine copy in very fine condition is one of the best film posters we currently own. The image area is in great condition – and this half sheet was never folded, but there are some distresses and near-chips in the border area. For this reason we would recommend paper backing for this poster. Ask us about poster conservation.