Original MGM Insert Poster (14×36) for the Douglas Sirk war drama, HITLER’S MADMAN (1943) starring Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, and Howard Freeman. This original insert poster is folded and in good condition. Some fragility to a fold line. Colors are vivid.

Original Universal One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Douglas Sirk classic melodrama, MAGNIFIENT OBSESSION (1954) based on the novel by Lloyd C. Douglas and starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. This film was a remake of the 1935 version, which stars Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor. Just as the earlier film made Robert Taylor’s career, this film was a breakthrough film for Rock Hudson. Indeed, he would do eight more successful movies with Sirk. In this film, Hudson plays a shallow, womanizing, heavy drinking, spoiled playboy. Causing an accident in which Wyman goes blind, he tries to redeem himself by giving selflessly to others and devoting his life to medicine to find a way to restore her eyesight. With excellent performances by Hudson and Wyman (who was nominated for Best Actress), superb production values, and an emotional classical score by Frank Skinner, this drama became an audience favorite. This original one sheet poster is linen-backed and in very fine condition.

Original Columbia Pictures Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the Douglas Sirk film-noir, SHOCKPROOF (1949)– starring Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, and Esther Minciotti. Released from prison after five years for killing a man to protect her gambling lover Harry (Baragrey), Jenny (Knight) is assigned to parole officer Griff (Wilde). Trying to help her go straight, Griff moves her to his house as a companion to his blind mother. Jenny and Griff fall in love and secretly marry, since marriage is strictly forbidden between a parolee and parole officer. But when Harry tries to blackmail Jenny, he is shot in the struggle. Griff thinks that no jury would believe that the shooting was an accident; so, he joins Jenny on the lamb and works as a day laborer. This original half sheet poster is in very good condition. Some staining on the bottom and left edge. Nevertheless a good noir design. Very femme fatale!

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Douglas Sirk melodrama, ALL I DESIRE (1953) starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, and Maureen O’Sullivan. This well-crafted film is the story of Naomi Murdock (Stanwyck) who deserted her small-town family in 1900 to go on the stage. Ten years later her daughter Lilly (Nelson) invited her mother back to see her in the high school play. Barbara Stanwyck is always a compelling screen presence, and she brings subtlety and authenticity to this role. Originally folded, this one sheet poster is in very fine plus condition. Art by Reynold Brown.