Original RKO Insert Poster (14×36) for the Allan Dwan film noir, SLIGHTLY SCARLET (1956) starring John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, and Kent Taylor. The film was based on a novel by James M. Cain, who already had three of his books adapted for the screen in the 1940s: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944), MILDRED PIERCE (1945), and THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946). This story has a very convoluted plot about scheming and political intrigue in California. Payne reprises his small-time gangster role, and his twin temptations are Fleming (the mayor’s girl Friday) and Dahl (a man-devouring kleptomaniac). Legendary noir cinematographer John Alton works in color here and introduces surreal bursts of lime green, burnt orange, and deep orchid into his otherwise bleak and dark trapezoids. This insert is unfolded and is in very fine condition.

Original RKO Portrait Lobby Card (11×14) for the Allan Dwan film noir, SLIGHTLY SCARLET (1950) starring John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, and Kent Taylor. The film was based on a novel by James M. Cain, who already had three of his books adapted for the screen in the 1940s: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944), MILDRED PIERCE (1945), and THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946). This story has a very convoluted plot about scheming and political intrigue in California. Payne reprises his small-time gangster role, and his twin temptations are Fleming (the mayor’s girl Friday) and Dahl (a man-devouring kleptomaniac). Legendary noir cinematographer John Alton works in color here and introduces surreal bursts of lime green, burnt orange, and deep orchid into his otherwise bleak and dark trapezoids. This original portrait lobby card is in near mint condition.

Original 20th Century Fox Three Sheet Poster (41.25×78.75) for the Allan Dwan musical family drama, YOUNG PEOPLE (1940) starring Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, and Charlotte Greenwood. The story involves a vaudeville couple (Oakie and Greenwood) who adopt a baby girl (Temple) and then decide to retire from show business so Temple can have a normal life when she’s growing up. It was Temple’s last film for Fox and her final “little girl” performance. It marked the end of an era for the legendary child star who delighted movie audiences in the 1930s, but whose popular box-office appeal was now fading—and fading fast. This original three sheet poster is linen-backed and in fine condition.

Original Danish Poster (23×32) for the Allan Dwan western, WOMAN THEY ALMOST LYNCHED (1953) starring John Lund, Brian Donlevy, Audrey Totter, and Joan Leslie. This unusual Republic western has two women as central characters. Kate (Totter) is married to the leader of a notorious gang of raiders during the Civil War. But the arrival of an “eastern girl” Sally (Leslie) sets up an eventual showdown between the two women. This original Danish poster is linen-backed and in fine plus condition.