U.S. one sheet for the sexploitation / exploitation film HANDLE WITH CARE produced and directed by John K. McCarthy. Mr. McCarthy
made only three films. These sexploitation films were the forerunner of the modern adult film industry. Loosening sexual and racial mores in the early 1960s spawned fare such as this. God knows how awful the movie was, but the one sheet is immortal. Prudes will not think it funny. They will probably think it is IMMORAL , not immortal. We have several of these. Get ‘em while they’re hot. Average used condition with some distresses and small holes, graded as Very Good Plus to Fine.

Original All-American One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Josh Binney all African-American musical, HI-DE-HO (1947) starring popular and high energy bandleader Cab Calloway, Ida James, and Jeni Le Gon in a film about jazz, jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Though the plot is thin, the musical and dance numbers, especially by Calloway and his amazing band, are quite wonderful. Calloway and his band show why they were first-class musicians and first-class entertainers. Also featured are Dusty Fletcher, Lois, the Peters Sisters, and the Miller Brothers. This original one sheet poster is linen-backed and in very fine plus condition– with only some minor touch-ups and minimal restorations.

Original Focus Features One Sheet poster for the Kasi Lemmons film TALK TO ME (2007) starring Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer and Martin Sheen. TALK TO ME is the true-life story of Washington DC radio personality Ralph Waldo “Petey” Green Jr. who became an iconic figure during the late 1960s, a time of dramatic upheaval, both socially and musically. The poster is in very fine plus condition, rolled and double-sided.

Original Sony Pictures one sheet (27×40) for the Preston Whitmore II film CROSSOVER (2006) starring Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, and Wayne Brady. A black youth is determined to take advantage of a basketball scholarship so as to attend UCLA in pre-med studies. Offers from the NBA and personal issues erupt creating some hard choices. Double-sided. Unfolded. Very fine plus condition.

Original Buena Vista One Sheet Poster (27×40) for the Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes crime thriller, DEAD PRESIDENTS (1995) starring Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, and Freddy Rodriguez. This film tells the poignant story of a young black man growing up in the Bronx in the 1960s. His parents want him to go to college, but he enlists in the Marine Corp instead. He survives four brutal years of the Vietnam War and finally returns home to make a new life. But a struggling economy and the lack of education gradually draw him into a life of crime. This original one sheet poster is double-sided and in very fine plus condition.

Original Paramount Pictures lobby card set for the Allen Reisner musical biography, ST. LOUIS BLUES (1958) starring Nat “King” Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, and Ella Fitzgerald. This film is the biography of blues composer Will Handy, who grew up in Memphis the son of a preacher who fully intended for his son to use his musical talents only in church. Will can’t stay away from the popular blues, but he does finally reconcile with his father after his music receives overwhelming critical acclaim. The real Will Handy served as a consultant on the film, but sadly never lived to see it open. Superb cards feature all of the principal players in what are some of the best cinema images of each of the black superstars. And as a plus, NEAR MINT. Larger file photos of each of the cards are available; please inquire.

Original TriStar Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Carl Franklin crime mystery, DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995) starring Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, and Don Cheadle. This is the story of an African-American man (Washington) who is hired to find a woman (Beals) and gets mixed-up in a murderous political scandal. Director Franklin does a magnificent job not only of recreating the Los Angeles of the late forties but also of telling the story from a black perspective. This original one sheet poster is unfolded and in near mint condition.

Original Toddy Pictures 1940s Re-Release Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Leo C. Popkin comedy/drama, REFORM SCHOOL (1939) starring Louise Beavers, Reginald Fenderson, Monte Hawley, and Eugene Jackson. Like many of the all-black films of the 1930′s, this film was sparsely produced and unevenly acted. Beavers heads the cast as Mother Barton—a reform-minded matron who tries to improve the conditions in a rundown reformatory. The young reform school inmates are billed as the “Harlem Tuff Kids”—an obvious homage to the all-white “Dead End Kids.” The film was re-released by Toddy Pictures in the 1940s under the title, PRISON BAIT. This original scene lobby card is in very fine condition.

Original Million Dollar Productions Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Leo C. Popkin comedy/drama, REFORM SCHOOL (1939) starring Louise Beavers, Reginald Fenderson, Monte Hawley, and Eugene Jackson. Like many of the all-black films of the 1930′s, this film was sparsely produced and unevenly acted. Beavers heads the cast as Mother Barton—a reform-minded matron who tries to improve the conditions in a rundown reformatory. The young reform school inmates are billed as the “Harlem Tuff Kids”—an obvious homage to the all ‚Äìwhite “Dead End Kids.” This original scene lobby card is in very fine condition.

Original Toddy Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham comedy short, PIGMEAT’S LAUGH HEPCATS (1947) starring Markham, Monte Hawley, Lillian Randolph, and Vernon McCalla. Pigmeat Markham was a burly burlesque comedian who began his show business career as a tap dancer before breaking into black vaudeville. His nickname “Pigmeat” came from a comedy sketch where he declared himself “Sweet Poppa Pigmeat” onstage, and the nickname stuck. This original scene lobby card with Pigmeat Markham scratching his head is in very fine condition.

Original Toddy Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the African-American musical comedy, HOUSE-RENT PARTY (1946)—starring Pigmeat Markham, John “Rastus” Murray, Claude Demetri, and Rudolph Toombs. Musical acts appearing in the film include Macbeth’s Calypso Band (featuring Lord Invador), Alberta Pryne, and Ozzy Mallon’s Jitterbugs. House-rent parties formed the backbone of Harlem nightlife from the 1920′s through the 1940′s. For a reasonable admission, plus the cost of liquor and food, guests could dance, flirt, and gamble, while the hosts collected enough money to pay the landlord. This original scene lobby card is in fine plus condition. There is a scratch across the card surface. Priced accordingly. An easy fix for conservation. Ask us about poster restoration and conservation.

Original Toddy Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the African-American musical comedy, HOUSE-RENT PARTY (1946)—starring Pigmeat Markham, John “Rastus” Murray, Claude Demetri, and Rudolph Toombs. Musical acts appearing in the film include Macbeth’s Calypso Band (featuring Lord Invador), Alberta Pryne, and Ozzy Mallon’s Jitterbugs. House-rent parties formed the backbone of Harlem nightlife from the 1920′s through the 1940′s. For a reasonable admission, plus the cost of liquor and food, guests could dance, flirt, and gamble, while the hosts collected enough money to pay the landlord. This original scene lobby card is in very fine condition.