Original Paramount Pictures Six Sheet Poster (81×81) for the John Farrow war drama, WAKE ISLAND (1942) starring Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, and William Bendix. This was the first war movie made after the attack on Pearl Harbor; indeed, Paramount began work on the film before the real battle for Wake Island was over. Though some consider this film just American war propaganda, it tires to tell the story of a small detachment of Marines and civilian contractors who held the Japanese at bay for about two weeks and did this on their own knowing there would likely be no reinforcements sent to help them. The film received four Academy Award nominations—including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director for Farrow, and Best Supporting Actor for Bendix. This original six sheet poster is linen-backed and in fine condition.

Original Paramount Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the John Farrow film noir, CALCUTTA (1947) starring Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix, and June Duprez. Ladd and Bendix play cargo pilots working the route from India to China and trying to solve the murder of a fellow pilot. The film turned out to be Ladd’s most successful film of the 1940s, grossing more that even THE BLUE DALHIA (1946). This original scene lobby card is in very fine plus condition.

Original United Artists One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Alfred E. Green murder mystery, COVER UP (1949) starring William Bendix, Dennis O’Keefe, and Barbara Britton. Insurance investigator O’Keefe arrives in a small town to check out an apparent suicide. But from the beginning, he begins to think this suicide is a cover up for a murder. The believable rapport between O’Keefe and Bendix, the charms of leading lady Britton, and the flavor of a small town at Christmas—all combine to create an unusual and entertaining mystery. This original stone lithograph one sheet poster is folded and in fine plus condition, with vivid colors and only some minor edge distresses and small tears in the border area only.

Original Paramount Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Sidney Landfield comedy thriller, WHERE THERE’S LIFE (1947) starring Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix, and George Coulouris. Hope plays Michael Joseph Valentine, a New Yorker who just happens to the son of a Eastern European monarch, who is drawn into a comic power vacuum and an attempt to place him on the throne. But not before lots of shenanigans occur. Typical Bob Hope fare gets the big Paramount treatment. A very nice portrait card of Hope, William Bendix and Signe Hasso. Fine plus condition. Some edge wear on the top edge. Colors vivid.

Original 20th Century-Fox Style A Stone Lithograph One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Walter Lang drama, SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (1946) starring John Payne, Maureen O’Hara, William Bendix, Cedric Hardwicke, and Connie Marshall. While employing the theme of a young couple adopting a child, this incarnation has the mother dying and leaving the child to cope with the loss personally while also helping her adoptive father overcome his bereavement. The title comes from the mother’s love of listening to records and in particular her favorite hit tune of the day, “Sentimental Journey.” Sentiment, tragedy, and even a touch a comedy (thanks to William Bendix) combine beautifully in this winning and charming story. This poster is a beautiful example of the Fox stone-lithographer’s craft. Beautiful.