Original Warner Brothers Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Michael Curtiz war drama, PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE (1944) starring Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michele Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre. Many people consider this film an attempt to recapture the magic of CASABLANCA (1942); indeed, both films had many of the same cast as well as the same director, screenwriter, composer, and producer. This film is also a rousing piece of war propaganda, but has Bogart playing a French journalist framed for murder because of his political beliefs. He is sent to Devil’s Island but escapes with four comrades, who eventually wind up on a French freighter bound for home. In a great action sequence toward the end of the film, Bogart and his cohorts prevent the takeover of the ship by Nazi sympathizers. This original scene card of Bogart and other men on the deck of a ship is in very good condition with some tiny pinholes in the image area and borders.

Original Universal Pictures Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for Harry Keller drama, THE FEMALE ANIMAL (1958) starring Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling, and George Nader. A screen actress (Lamarr) has fallen for the young extra (George Nader) who saved her life on the set of her most recent film. Unfortunately, her daughter (Powell) becomes involved with her new beau and the two women compete childishly for his affections. Hedy Lamarr’s penultimate film is considered corny and simplistic, but still endearing.  This three sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Andrew V. McLaglen western, THE RARE BREED (1966) starring James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, and Juliet Mills.  Headstrong widow Martha Price (O’Hara) and her daughter (Mills) together with their prize bull travel from England to Texas to sell their bull and thus introduce Hereford cattle to the American west.  Along the way, they meet a cynical and hard-bitten drifter Sam Burnett (Stewart) who helps them on their adventure.  Though fictionalized, the film is a fairly accurate account of the displacement of Longhorn cattle in Texas by intentional interbreeding with more conventional bulls.  This is certainly one of the original “chick flicks” as the story is told from the point of view of the female heroine (Mills).  This original one sheet poster is in very good condition.

Original British Quad Poster (30×40) for the Robert Aldrich war drama, THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967) starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, and John Cassavetes.  This popular World War II drama tells the story of an insubordinate major (Marvin) who gets one last chance to redeem himself by selecting military prisoners to take on a mission to parachute behind enemy lines and cause general havoc.  The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and won the Oscar for Best Sound Effects.  This original British quad poster is linen-backed and in very fine condition.

Original Polish Poster (27×39) for the Ingmar Bergman family drama masterpiece, FANNY AND ALEXANDER (1982) starring Pernilla Allwin, Bertil Guve, Allan Edwall, and Ewa Froling. This amazing film is a sumptuous tale of an early 20th century Swedish family, the Ekdahls—Oscar and Emilie (the parents) and Fanny and Alexander (the children). When the father dies, the mother first seeks counsel from the local bishop and eventually marries him. The children are then forced to move to the bishop’s austere and forbidding chancery. A period piece of stunning detail, the film was nominated for six Academy Awards—including Best Director and Best Screenplay for Bergman. The film won four Oscars: Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography, and Best Foreign Language Film. This original Polish poster with artwork by Wieslaw Walkuski 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 Allied Artists One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Jus Addiss crime thriller, THE CRY BABY KILLER (1958) starring Jack Nicholson, Harry Lauter, Carolyn Mitchell, and Brett Halsey. Twenty-one-year-old Nicholson makes his feature film debut as a juvenile delinquent, who panics when he thinks he’s committed murder and takes a man, a woman, and the woman’s infant as hostages. Executive Producer Roger Corman had attended acting classes with Nicholson and, believing him to be the best actor in the class, offered him this now historical role. This original one sheet poster is in fair condition only, is fragile, and should be linen-backed. Ask us about linen backing and poster restoration.

Original MGM 1962 Re-Release Three Sheet Poster (41×81) for the Richard Thorpe literary epic, IVANHOE (1952) starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, and George Sanders. This successful period picture was one of the top four moneymakers of 1952, grossing over $6.2 million. It was filmed on location in Great Britain with a mixed cast of American and British actors. Robert Taylor was handsome and chivalrous in the title role, while Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine provided glamour and grace. George Sanders is outstanding as the villainous Norman knight Bois Gilbert. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Picture. A great score by Miklos Rozsa as well. MGM re-released the film in 1962 and this re-release three sheet poster 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.