Original MGM Style A Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the Vincente Minnelli romantic drama, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952) starring Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, and Gloria Grahame. The film tells the story of an actress, a director, and a screenwriter who are asked to help revive the career of ruthless Hollywood producer Jonathan Shields (Douglas). All three are reluctant because they have been used and betrayed by Shields in the past. Based on the career of David O. Selznick, this well-written drama was nominated for six Academy Awards and won five Oscars—including Best Supporting Actress to Grahame and Best Screenplay to Charles Schnee. This original half sheet poster with a luminous Lana Turner in the clutches of Kirk Douglas is folded and in very fine condition—with some pinholes in the corners, minor edge wear, light smudging in the borders, and minor tears in the bottom right corner and border.

Original MGM Insert Poster (14×36) for the Mervyn LeRoy biography, BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST (1941) starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, and Marsha Hunt. Garson plays Edna Gladney, a remarkable woman who takes pity on how the law treats children who are without parents. She opens a home for orphans and begins to place them in good homes. Eventually she leads a fight in the Texas Legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records. Garson delivers a fantastic performance as the compassionate and strong Gladney; indeed, she received an Academy Awards nomination for Best Actress for this role (one of her seven nominations and one win). The film also received nominations for Best Picture and Best Cinematography, and the film won the Oscar for Best Art Direction. This original insert poster is folded and in very good condition. The folds, however, are very fragile, and we recommend paper or linen-backing to preserve this classic poster.

Original MGM One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Richard Brooks romantic drama, THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS (1954) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, and Eva Gabor. Based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald story “Babylon Revisited,” which takes place in Paris after World War I, MGM decided to update the story to Paris after World War II. But the Paris of the roaring twenties that Fitzgerald wrote about is not the Paris of the forties. Director Brooks does for the first time bring out the startling acting abilities of Elizabeth Taylor, even at the tender age of 22. Her portrayal of Helen’s character is complicated, nuanced, and layered with deep sadness. This original one sheet poster is in fine plus condition, with no fold separations and vivid colors.

Original MGM One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Herman Hoffman short documentary, THE HOAXTERS (1952) starring Marilyn Erskine, Howard Keel, George Murphy, and Walter Pidgeon. After a review of fascism and Nazism, the film continues with a short history of Russian communism and warns of its dangers to the American way of life. This original one sheet poster is in very fine condition.

Original MGM Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the Mervyn LeRoy musical biography, MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID (1952) starring Esther Williams, Victor Mature, and Walter Pidgeon. This film is the biography of Australian swimming sensation Annette Kellerman, who overcame childhood polio to achieve fame as a professional swimmer and film star in the early decades of the 20th century. She is also known for creating a scandal in 1902 by introducing a one-piece bathing suit at a public beach. Although the usual over-the-top swimming choreography was subdued in this film, Williams still broke her neck diving off a 50-foot tower wearing a golden swimming costume. She spent six months in a body cast before recovering to complete the film. This original three sheet poster is in very fine condition.

Original Columbia Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Otto Preminger dramatic masterpiece, ADVISE & CONSENT (1962) starring Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, and Walter Pidgeon. This one sheet is a rare style with alternate art by the great American illustrator Saul Bass. ADVISE AND CONSENT is one of the more entertaining political film of the sixties and is about a Senate investigation into a President’s newly nominated Secretary of State. During the hearings, the nominee reveals a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate but also bring into question the President’s judgment. Sound familiar? The characters are beautifully drawn, the performances are all equally brilliant, and Sam Leavitt’s luminous black and white cinematography creates just the right mood. ADVISE AND CONSENT was one of the very successful films by director Otto Preminger. Preminger’s notion of edgy adult drama enjoyed a huge commercial success in the decades of the 1950s and 1960s. This one sheet poster created by famed artist Saul Bass is linen-backed and in very fine condition. With art similar to the three sheet, this style one sheet poster is RARE. Some slight border repair.

Original Columbia Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Otto Preminger dramatic masterpiece, ADVISE & CONSENT (1962) starring Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, and Walter Pidgeon. This is the most entertaining political film of the sixties and is about a Senate investigation into the President’s newly nominated Secretary of State. During the hearings, the nominee reveals a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate but also bring into question the President’s character. The characters are beautifully drawn, the performances are all equally brilliant, and Sam Leavitt’s luminous black and white cinematography creates just the right mood. This one sheet poster created by famed artist Saul Bass is in near mint condition.

Original 20th Century Fox Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the Irwin Allen sci-fi adventure, VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1961)—starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, and Peter Lorre. Pidgeon leads fellow iconoclasts aboard a giant, futuristic submarine in a desperate race to save the earth from fiery oblivion. The submarine model and interior sets cost almost half a million dollars to create. After the film was a box office hit, director/producer Allen was able to convince ABC to turn it into a TV series starring Richard Basehart. This original three sheet poster is folded and in fine plus condition.

Original Italian (79×55) for the William Wyler musical comedy, FUNNY GIRL (1968) starring Barbra Steisand, Omar Sharif, and Kay Medford. This is the musical biography of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish tenements of the Lower East Side of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies. The original Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theater on March 26, 1964 and was nominated for the 1964 Tony Awards for Best Musical and Score. The film was 26-year-old Streisand’s feature film debut, directed by the great William Wyler, and it became the highest grossing film of 1968. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Musical Score, and Best Original Song. Streisand shared the Oscar for Best Actress with Katharine Hepburn, one of the few times in the Oscar’s history that nominees tied for the award. Hepburn won her Oscar for THE LION IN WINTER. This poster is printed on two panels. The poster is unbacked, both panels are folded but are in very fine condition. Prettier by far the any of the American posters. While the credits are in Italian, Columbia kept the English title for the Italian release.

1946 re-release 20th Century-Fox Insert Poster (14×36) for the John Ford family drama, HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941) starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood, and Roddy McDowall. Based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn, this is the story of a turn-of-the-century Welsh mining village that is changing from a pristine paradise into a despoiled coal region. The center of the film is the Morgan family headed by Crisp and Allgood. Crisp plays the conservative father who does not agree with his sons on the need for a union. All of this is seen through the eyes of young Hugh Morgan (McDowall in his first major role). The film received 10 Academy Award nominations and won five Oscars–including Best Picture, Best Director to Ford, and Best Supporting Actor to Crisp. This original insert poster is in very good condition, with some distresses, pinholes, and fold separations.

Original MGM Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the H.C. Potter war drama, THE SHOPWORN ANGEL (1938) starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, and Walter Pidgeon. This film is a sweet romantic tale about a young soldier (Stewart), who quite accidentally comes between a Broadway actress (Sullavan) and her playboy boyfriend (Pidgeon). An earlier version of the film had been made in the last days of the silent era. This original three sheet poster is in excellent condition. Rare in the three sheet format. Fine plus condition. The poster was torn, and this tear was expertly repaired in the restoration process. Presents beautifully.

Original Columbia Pictures Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the Otto Preminger political drama, ADVISE & CONSENT (1962) starring Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, and Walter Pidgeon. The film is about a Senate investigation into a President’s newly nominated Secretary of State. During the hearings, the nominee reveals a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate but also bring into question the President’s character. The characters are beautifully drawn, the performances are all equally brilliant, and Sam Leavitt’s luminous black and white cinematography creates just the right mood. Originally folded, this three sheet poster created by famed artist Saul Bass is in very fine condition. The poster is printed on two panels and is unbacked. Ask us about linen backing.