Original MGM Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the John Frankenheimer racecar drama, GRAND PRIX (1966) starring James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and Yves Montand. This film has a soap opera plot pasted on some really great racing scenes with exceptional cinematography and a great musical score. The real stars of the film are the beautiful Formula 1 “cigar” cars of the 60s. The film also chronicles how the racing world was changing from the gentlemen’s league of the 50s to the overtly commercial and brutally competitive environment that F1 racing was to become. This original three sheet poster is linen-backed and in fine plus condition, with only a minor water stain in the bottom border area.

Original MGM Program Book (9×11) for the John Frankenheimer racecar drama, GRAND PRIX (1966) starring James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and Yves Montand. This film has a soap opera plot pasted on some really great racing scenes with exceptional cinematography and a great accompanying musical score. The real stars of the film are the beautiful Formula 1 “cigar” cars of the 60s. The film also chronicles how the racing world was changing from the gentlemen’s league of the 50s to the overtly commercial and brutally competitive environment that F1 racing was to become. This original program is in very fine condition.

Original MGM Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the John Frakenheimer drama, ALL FALL DOWN (1962)—starring Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Brandon DeWilde, and Angela Lansbury. Novelist and playwright James Leo Herlihy wrote two popular novels in the sixties: “Midnight Cowboy” and “All Fall Down.” In ALL FALL DOWN (1962), the hedonistic and womanizing elder son (Warren Beatty) of a wealthy couple (Angela Lansbury and Karl Malden) finally finds the girl to whom he believes he can be faithful (Eva Marie Saint). John Frankenheimer’s third film, ALL FALL DOWN explores what it means to be manly versus what it means to be a man and in that sense shares a common theme with MIDNIGHT COWBOY. This original three sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original United Artists Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the John Frankenheimer mystery thriller, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)—starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury. Based on a novel by Richard Condon, this excellent thriller tells the story of a former Korean War POW (Harvey) who is brainwashed by the Chinese communists into becoming a political assassin. An eerie coincidence, the film dealing with the assassination of an American presidential candidate was released in the U.S. in the year before the real-life assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The topic of the film was so politically sensitive that it was prohibited in the former “Iron Curtain” countries until after the fall of the Soviet Union. Angela Lansbury, who absolutely captivates and steals every scene she is in, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. This original three sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition. It appears to have never been used and is unassembled.

This is an originally 20th Century-Fox Presskit (9 x 11.5) for the 1975 John Frankenheimer action/thriller sequel THE FRENCH CONNECTION II, staring Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, and Cathleen Nesbitt. Hackman delivers a virtuoso performance as Popeye Doyle—the hard-nosed cop sent to Marseilles to unearth the shifty drug smuggler Alain Charnier (Rey), the man that got away in the original 1971 film. This original presskit is in used but good condition. The cover is worn and has two small tears on the right side. There are 10 different B&W studio action stills (an additional three duplicates are also included) in their original brown protective sleeve. There are also press releases of cast and production staff, a production information guide, a history of the Marseilles connection, and 17 other short items. There are also biographies of Frankenheimer, Hackman, Rey, Fresson, and Nesbitt.

Original United Artists One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the John Frankenheimer classic prison drama, BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ (1962) starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, and Telly Savalas. This film is based on a fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, a convicted murderer who at one point had over 400 birds in his cell. Burt Lancaster gives one of the more memorable performances of his career; indeed, the entire cast is first- rate. Not only was Lancaster nominated for Best Actor, Savalas and Ritter were also nominated for Best Supporting Actor/Actress. Stroud was still in prison when the film was released. He never saw the film, nor did the film result in his release. Originally folded, this one sheet poster is in near mint condition.