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 Paramount Pictures Six Sheet Poster (81×81) for the John Farrow war drama, WAKE ISLAND (1942) starring Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, and William Bendix. This was the first war movie made after the attack on Pearl Harbor; indeed, Paramount began work on the film before the real battle for Wake Island was over. Though some consider this film just American war propaganda, it tires to tell the story of a small detachment of Marines and civilian contractors who held the Japanese at bay for about two weeks and did this on their own knowing there would likely be no reinforcements sent to help them. The film received four Academy Award nominations—including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director for Farrow, and Best Supporting Actor for Bendix. This original six sheet poster is linen-backed and in fine condition.

Original Belgian Poster (13×21) for the Henry Hathaway war drama, SUNDOWN (1941) starring Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, and George Sanders. The film chronicles the British fighting the Nazis in Africa, who discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aide in overcoming the Germans. The film received three Oscar nominations: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Musical Score. This original Belgian poster is unfolded 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.

Original United Artists Insert Poster (14×36) for the Richard Marquand spy drama, EYE OF THE NEEDLE (1981) starring Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Phillip Martin Brown, and Stephen McKenna. Sutherland plays a German spy who has information that will reveal the details of the D-Day invasion but who also becomes involved with the wife of crippled man on a an isolated island off the Scottish coast while he waits to be picked up. The island vistas are breathtaking, and the score by Miklos Rosza is stunning. This original insert card is rolled and in very fine plus condition.

Original Columbia Pictures Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the Tom Gries war drama, HELL’S HORIZON (1955) starring John Ireland, Marla English, Bill Williams, and Hugh Beaumont. This well-designed poster is in very fine condition. Folded.

Original MGM Insert Poster (14×36) for the Douglas Sirk war drama, HITLER’S MADMAN (1943) starring Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, and Howard Freeman. This original insert poster is folded and in good condition. Some fragility to a fold line. Colors are vivid.

Original Republic Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Geroge Sherman war thriller, STORM OVER LISBON (1944) starring Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, and Richard Arlen. Very Fine Condition.

Original Republic Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Geroge Sherman war thriller, STORM OVER LISBON (1944) starring Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, and Richard Arlen. Some paper tape on the reverse of the card and some writing in pencil which we have erased. Edgewear on the right border. Fine condtion. Colors vivid.

Original Republic Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Geroge Sherman war thriller, STORM OVER LISBON (1944) starring Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, and Richard Arlen. Atmospheric card of von Stroheim smoking a cigarette. This card has some paper tape on the reverse side. Not a big deal, but we have nevertheless graded it as fine.

Original Republic Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Geroge Sherman war thriller, STORM OVER LISBON (1944) starring Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, and Richard Arlen. Atmospheric card of murder scene. Very Fine to Very Fine Plus. Colors vivid.

Original Universal Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the John Rawlins war drama, WE’VE NEVER BEEN LICKED (1943) starring Richard Quine, Noah Beery Jr., Anne Gwynne, and a young Robert Mitchum (only in the second year of his film career). Much of the movie was filmed on the Texas A&M campus in College Station, Texas. The scenes of life in the Corps of Cadets, the mascot Reveille, and the “Aggie War Hymm” played by the Fighting Aggies Marching Band are all extremely interesting as an example of what life was like on the campus in the early forties. Indeed, for many years after the film was made Aggie Cinema would show the film to every incoming freshman class at the outdoor cinema, The Grove. The blatant anti-Japanese message now categorizes this film as war propaganda, but you also have to remember that the attack on Pearl Harbor was still fresh in the audience’s mind. Robert Mitchum supposedly hated his performance so much that he bought as many of the existing prints as possible and burned them. Arch rivals at The University of Texas refer to this film as We’ve Never Been LIKED! Minor pinholes, otherwise quite good. Color vivid.