Original Maysles Brothers Productions, Inc. premiere poster (25×35) for the Albert and David Maysles rock concert documentary, GIMME SHELTER (1971) starring the Rolling Stones, the Jefferson Airplane, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. This film is a documentary of the 1969 Rolling Stones Tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont Speedway in December of 1969—only four months after the iconic Woodstock Festival. About 300,000 people came to the concert, and the organizers put the Hell’s Angels in charge of security.  The Angels spent most of their time beating up spectators and killing at least one.  This event was construed by the media to herald the end of halcyon hippie days of rock.   This original poster was created by the Maysles Brothers for the New York City Premiere at the Plaza Theater.  The poster is unusual not only because the premiere poster is very rare, but also because of the anachronistic photo of the Stones circa 1965 – four years before the fateful venue at Altamont.  GIMME SHELTER was subsequently distributed by 20th Century Fox, but this poster is not a Fox one sheet.

Original United Artists Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the music biography, SATCHMO THE GREAT (1957). Originally recorded as an interview on Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now” TV program in 1951, Murrow later expanded it into a feature-length documentary movie about the jazz great. Within the film, Armstrong’s life is portrayed through his music. The documentary features his trip to West Africa, which he immediately adopted as his ancestral home because of how much he liked the people there. Originally folded, this half sheet poster is in fine condition.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the short documentary, PEEWEE LEAGUERS (1965) about Bo Belcher’s Baseball camp at Chandler, OK and narrated by New York Yankee’s star 2nd baseman Bobby Richardson. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

The smaller counter-standee posters for this 1966 surfing classic have been seen in the last several years, but the full one sheet size is now definitely scarce. Wonderful day-glo ink art by John Van Hamersveld. THE ENDLESS SUMMER began its trek to feature film status as a series of homemade but rather excellently filmed surfing travelogues, presented in high school and civic auditoria throughout California, created by the inveterate surfer Bruce Brown. These individual films were fashioned into a 95 minute theatrical film released by Cinema V. In this movie the surfers Michael Hynson and Robert August criss-crossed the world in search of the most seductive wave they could find. Engaging homespun narration, laced with the sixties most bitchin’ surfing lingo and guitar, and spot-on colorful (16mm!) cinematography attracted audiences all over the world. The film has been often imitated – it spawned its own sequel, THE ENDLESS SUMMER 2 (1994) and most recently the hi-def technically dazzling STEP INTO LIQUID (2003). And the Australians made a bunch of surfing features of their own. Ask about our collection of those! But for sheer charm, nothing can top THE ENDLESS SUMMER. Very fine plus, folded.

Original Warner Bros. Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Robert Altman and George W. George documentary, THE JAMES DEAN STORY (1957) narrated by Martin Gabel. Made shortly after his untimely death, the film makes use of still photographs with narration and interviews, including Dean’s aunt and uncle who raised him after his mother died when the boy was nine years old. Here his “rebel” side is seen more as an expression of loneliness and search for acceptance. The Warner’s produced documentary was early to lionize Dean, and the project was put in the hands of the young Robert Altman. This beautiful scene card of Dean with his nephew exemplifies what we mean. The photographer is Roy Schatt. Condition is very fine.

Original One Sheet poster for the Jeff Tremaine documentary movie JACKASS THE MOVIE (2002) starring Johnny Knoxville. This documentary, based on the hit MTV reality show, follows a group of contemporary stooges as they attempt various dangerous, stupid, and gross stunts. The poster is rolled, double-sided and in very fine plus condition.

Original MGM Advance One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Jack Haley Jr. musical documentary, THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT (1974) starring Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, and Esther Williams. This holy grail of musical documentaries lets the MGM stars present their favorite moments from the studio’s 50 year history, presenting both the still-famous as well as the once-famous. Even though few of the films included had been restored at the time of release—THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT is still a feast of brilliant colors, gorgeous costumes, and spectacular dance numbers. This original advance one sheet poster is folded and in good condition—with some tape on both the front and reverse sides.

Original Warner Brothers One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Michael Wadleigh iconic rock documentary, WOODSTOCK (1970). Considered by many critics to be the best music documentary of all time, others consider it to be one of the very best documentaries ever filmed on any subject. It is a very intimate look at the Woodstock Music and Art Festival held in Bethel, New York in 1969 and in a broader sense a record of the 1960′s “hippy” culture or, as they were often called, the “counterculture.” Peace, love, and music were the themes of the day, and many of the performances are nothing short of amazing. Jimi Hendrix (complete with his frenzied version of “The Star Spangled Banner”), Country Joe and the Fish, Joan Baez, The Who, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash are just some of the legendary performers immortalized in this film. It deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, as well as being nominated for Best Editing and Best Sound. This original one sheet poster is an unbacked folded one sheet in very fine plus condition. Great color. No missing paper.

This is an original New Line Cinema One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Bruce Brown surfing documentary sequel, THE ENDLESS SUMMER 2 (1994)—featuring principal surfers Robert “Wignut” Weaver and Patrick O’Connell. Brown, king of surfing documentarists, returns after nearly thirty years to trace the steps of two young surfers to top surfing locales around the world. Along the way we see many of the people and locations that Bruce visited in the original THE ENDLESS SUMMER (1966). Many people find the sequel to be even more spectacular and beautiful than the original film. This original rolled one sheet poster is double-sided and in very fine condition.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the sports documentary, FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1966 (c.1966). This documentary is a compilation of the best plays of the 1966 NFL and AFL pro football season. This original one sheet poster is in very fine plus condition.

Original MGM One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Herman Hoffman short documentary, THE HOAXTERS (1952) starring Marilyn Erskine, Howard Keel, George Murphy, and Walter Pidgeon. After a review of fascism and Nazism, the film continues with a short history of Russian communism and warns of its dangers to the American way of life. This original one sheet poster is in very fine condition.

Original 20th Century Fox One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Albert and David Maysles rock concert documentary, GIMME SHELTER (1971) starring the Rolling Stones, the Jefferson Airplane, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. This film is a documentary of the 1969 Rolling Stones Tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont Speedway in December of 1969—only four months after the iconic Woodstock Festival. About 300,000 people came to the concert, and the organizers put the Hell’s Angels in charge of security, who spent most of their time beating up spectators and killing at least one. This original one sheet poster is folded and in near mint condition—with only one minor fold separation.