Original Universal Pictures Lobby Card (11×14) for the Fritz Lang film-noir, SCARLET STREET (1945) starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea. Lang’s storytelling, mood, and pacing are all very well crafted. The performances of Robinson, Bennett, and Duryea are all memorable as well. Robinson, in particular, shows remarkable versatility in portraying a mild-mannered bank cashier who wants only to dabble in his painting, but he comes to realize that he has gotten caught up in a very complicated web of lies and deceit. This original scene lobby card of Bennett and Robinson is in very fine condition.

Original MGM Six Sheet Poster (81×81) for the Fritz Lang film-noir, FURY (1936)– starring Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel, and Bruce Cabot. After Joe Wilson (Tracy) is arrested on sparse evidence for a heinous crime, a vengeful crowd burns down the courthouse where the suspect is being held. A trial ensues in which the DA (Abel) prosecutes the violent mob, leading to one central mystery: what happened to Wilson’s body? Lang’s first American film was distinctly topical and controversial for MGM studios, which at the time mainly produced big-budget musicals and star-studded melodramas. Here is a large poster that beautifully distills the best of MGM posters. MGM, usually content to use white as a background color, created posters that would heavily brand the studio by “look” of the posters. Here is the exception that proves the rule. Beautiful stone lithography, lots of drama, as befits a Fritz Lang film. This original six sheet poster is linen-backed and in very fine plus condition.

Original 1948 Masterpiece Productions Re-release scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Fritz Lang film-noir, YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (1937) starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Joan Graham (Sidney) is the secretary to the public defender in a large city. She is in love with a criminal named Eddie Taylor (Fonda), believing him to be a good person who just had some tough breaks. She uses her influence to get him released early, and they get married. But things go downhill from there, and they both wind up on the run. Lang expertly directs a stark film about one man’s small place in a vast and oppressive universe where good intentions count for nothing. This original re-release lobby card of Fonda in prison is in very fine plus condition.

Original 1948 Masterpiece Productions Re-release Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Fritz Lang film-noir, YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (1937) starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Joan Graham (Sidney) is the secretary to the public defender in a large city. She is in love with a criminal named Eddie Taylor (Fonda), believing him to be a good person who just had some tough breaks. She uses her influence to get him released early, and they get married. But things go downhill from there, and they both wind up on the run. Lang expertly directs a stark film about one man’s small place in a vast and oppressive universe where good intentions count for nothing. This original re-release Title lobby card shows Sidney pumping gas while Fonda robs the attendant. The card is theater-used, certainly, and is in fine plus condition, with only minor tears and edge wear.

Original Belgian Poster (14×22) for the Fritz Lang “film noir western” in Technicolor, RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952) starring Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, and Mel Ferrer. Dietrich, reprising her role from DESTRY RIDES AGAIN thirteen years later, is the boss of an outlaw hideout casino where Kennedy comes seeking the man who killed his girl in a robbery. Lang’s direction is exceptional. Indeed, this beautifully atmospheric and suspenseful film captures all the complex nuances of the characters, at times teetering on the verge of camp. Unfortunately, the narrative theme, “The Legend of Chuck-a-luck,” horribly sung by unknown ballad singer William Lee is a continual annoyance. Fortunately the songs chosen for Dietrich are much better, even captivating in her iconic style. This original Belgian poster is one of the best posters in the world for this film and is linen-backed and in very fine condition.