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.