Original American Cinema Releasing One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Clive Donner comedy, CHARLIE CHAN AND THE CURSE OF THE DRAGON QUEEN (1981) starring Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, and Richard Hatch.  In the slapstick parody of the Charlie Chan films of the past, the famous detective (Ustinov) is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders.  This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Sheet Music (9×12) for the song “The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish” sung in the Busby Berkeley musical comedy, GARDEN OF THE MOON (1938) starring Pat O’Brien, Margaret Lindsay, and John Payne. The plot involves a very young John Payne and his band traveling from New York to play in the ruthless and unscrupulous Pat O’Brien’s popular club in Los Angeles. This film gave Payne the kind of break that led to a seven-year contract with Fox after they saw him as the brash band leader/singer. “The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish” performed by Payne and his band is the most memorable song in the film, and this original sheet music is in very fine condition.

Original Sheet Music (9×12) for the song “Wishing (Will Make It So)” sung in the Leo McCarey romantic comedy, LOVE AFFAIR (1939) starring Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, and Maria Ouspenskaya. This film became one of the great romantic films of the 1930s, primarily because of the on-screen chemistry between Dunne and Boyer, both of whom exuded charm and sophistication. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Original Song for Buddy G. DeSylva’s “Wishing,” sung by a group of children in the film. Although the original owner’s name is written in pen on the cover, this original sheet music is in very fine condition.

Original Sheet Music (9×12) for the song “White Christmas” sung in the Mark Sandrich musical comedy, HOLIDAY INN (1942) starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, and Virginia Dale. Astaire plays the elegant and charming show business professional who’s ambitious for success. Crosby plays the talented, but lazy partner who just wants a life of ease and comfort. Both guys become very interested in Marjorie Reynolds. The song “White Christmas” sung by Crosby won composer Irving Berlin the Oscar for Best Original Song. The song became the best selling single of all time until it was surpassed by Elton John’s “Goodbye, England’s Rose” in 1997. Although it does have the original owner’s name written in pen on the cover, this original sheet music is in very fine condition.

Original MGM Title Lobby Card (11×14) for the Willis Goldbeck drama, 3 MEN IN WHITE (1944) starring Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Marilyn Maxwell, Keye Luke, and Ava Gardner. Since the original Dr. Kildare, Lew Ayres, became a conscientious objector during the war, the series shifted to the irascible Dr. Gillispie (Barrymore) with Luke and Johnson competing to be Barrymore’s assistant. A young Ava Gardner is flawlessly beautiful as a young woman caring for her arthritis-stricken mother. This original title card is in very fine condition.

Original MGM Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Willis Goldbeck drama, 3 MEN IN WHITE (1944) starring Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Marilyn Maxwell, Keye Luke, and Ava Gardner. Since the original Dr. Kildare, Lew Ayres, became a conscientious objector during the war, the series shifted to the irascible Dr. Gillispie (Barrymore) with Luke and Johnson competing to be Barrymore’s assistant. A young Ava Gardner is flawlessly beautiful as a young woman caring for her arthritis-stricken mother. This original scene card is in very fine condition.

Original Monogram Pictures Group of Five Scene Lobby Cards (11×14) for the Robert F. Hill street-gang expose, EAST SIDE KIDS (1940) starring Leon Ames, Dennis Moore, Joyce Bryant, and Hal E. Chester. This film is a social drama/comedy centering upon the lives and activities of youth in the tenement district of New York City’s lower east side. It was the forerunner of the popular East Side Kids/ Bowery Boys comedies, which used a similar format to this film but with a different cast and characters.

Original Pathe Comedy One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Leo McCarey short silent comedy, NO FATHER TO GUIDE HIM (1925) starring Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Mickey Bennett, and Josephine Crowell. This hilarious surreal farce is about a father (Chase) who has lost his son in a custody battle and has to “kidnap” him just to be able to take him to the beach. Chase and his wife slit up because his mother-in-law (Crowell) hates him. Chase shows once again that he was a genius at playing a guy who never has anything good happen to him. This beautiful stone lithograph one sheet poster is linen-backed and in very fine condition.

Original United Artists Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Tim Whelan romantic comedy, THE DIVORCE OF LADY X (1938) starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, and Ralph Richardson. This short and sweet British comedy tells the story of a barrister (Olivier) who falls in love with a woman (Oberon) he mistakenly thinks his client will soon be divorcing. Oberon is delightful in her role, and there is wonderful on-screen chemistry between Oberon and Olivier. This original scene lobby card of Richardson and Olivier is in very good condition.

Original United Artists Style B One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Stanley Kramer cult comedy classic, IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963) starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Side Caesar, and Buddy Hackett. With a $7 million budget, this movie wanted to be the biggest, most lavish comedy ever made with a seeming cast of “thousands” of some of the funniest comedians of the time. The movie-wags pronounced Stanley Kramer MAD when he departed from his usual brand – the socially conscious, progressive, liberal film that had marked his career throughout the 1950s — films like THE DEFIANT ONES, ON THE BEACH and INHERIT THE WIND, and filmed this comic epic for the new single-lens CINERAMA circuit. But in a way, Kramer was merely continuing his war against greed, but this time in a comic vein, using the best comedians of the era to show what happens when avarice takes over the lives of a group of people out to find a pile of buried cash. Two wonderful posters were created for the film, one by Mad magazine artist Jack Davis and this one by the modernist illustrator and designer Saul Bass. This style B one sheet is for the 35mm release of the movie. The poster has some fold separation in the top vertical fold and minor pinholes and rumples. This original one sheet poster is folded and in fine plus condition.

Original 20th Century Fox One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Peter Yates family drama, BREAKING AWAY (1979) starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, and Barbara Barrie. This film tells the story of a small-town teen, Dave, who is obsessed with the Italian cycling team and who vies for the affections of a college girl. The film also deals with Dave and his charming misfit group of friends who are all trying to decide what to do with their lives, having just graduated from high school. This timeless coming of age drama is told with extraordinary craft, honesty, and sensitivity. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards—including Best Picture, Best Director for Yates, Best Music, and Best Supporting Actress for Barrie. Steve Tesich won the Oscar for Best Screenplay. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Belgian Poster (14×22) for the Cyril Frankel comedy, ON THE FIDDLE (1961) starring Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, and Stanley Holloway. Released in the U.S. under the title OPERATION SNAFU, this British military comedy could not have been done during the actual period of World War II in Great Britain, a film in which the central character (Lynch) is a conman slacker who teams up with a dim gypsy (Connery) to skillfully avoid fighting and advance their economic endeavors. This original Belgian poster is in very fine condition.