Movie Art

Original RKO One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Don Hartman holiday-themed romantic comedy, HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)—starring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, and Wendell Corey. Released on Christmas Eve in 1949, this bright and engaging comedy has single-mom Leigh being wooed by two men over the Christmas holidays—the warm-hearted dreamer Mitchum and seriously dull Corey. Both 20-year-old Leigh and her young 8-year-old son Gordon Gebbert are innocent and charming. Robert Mitchum departed from his usual machismo in to make this seasonal romantic comedy. The film was such a flop that RKO backed out of it’s contract with director Don Hartman. However, HOLIDAY AFFAIR has become a popular Christmas movie over the years thanks to regular TV broadcasts during the holiday season. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Paramount Pictures Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the Michael Curtiz all-time Christmas favorite, WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)—starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. All of the performances were wonderful, and Irving Berlin’s score was about half new songs and half from previous scores. Crosby is charming, witty, and utterly delightful. Danny Kaye is hilarious, and Clooney is riveting as the older of the two Haynes sisters. Vera-Ellen as the younger sister is also wonderful and performs some unbelievably good dancing. Of course, Crosby sang “White Christmas” in an earlier Paramount musical, HOLIDAY INN (1942) also scored by Irving Berlin. Indeed, Berlin won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year and was nominated for Best Original Song for “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep” in WHITE CHRISTMAS. This was also the first film done in Paramount’s new wide screen process called VistaVision. This original half sheet poster is in fine condition. There are some distresses on centerfold line as well as some small creases, pinholes, and tears in the border area. This poster would present beautifully if restored and linen-backed.

Original Anglo-Amalgamated U.S. Three sheet poster for BURN, WITCH, BURN. The original title of this British movie is NIGHT OF THE EAGLE. Janet Blair is shown as soon to be incinerated witch. Also starring Peter Wyngarde and directed by Sidney Hayers. The poster is in very good condition. Definitely theater used and the two pieces of the three sheet are already glued together.

Original United Artists One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Samuel A. Taylor comedy, THE MONTE CARLO STORY (1957) starring Marlene Dietrich, Vittorio De Sica, Arthur O’Connell, and Jane Rose. Originally titled MONTECARLO in the Italian version, this film was known in the U.S. as either THE STORY OF MONTE CARLO or MONTE CARLO. An icy Dietrich plays a woman with a lot of class, but no money to satisfy her taste for the best things in life. De Sica also plays a fortune hunter who teams up with Dietrich to get richer gaming partners. The highlight of the film is Dietrich trying to seduce O’Connell with her vamp version of “Back Home in Indiana.” This original one sheet poster is folded and in fine plus condition, with only some grease pencil writing at the bottom of the poster.

Original Allied Artists One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Andrew V. McLaglen police drama, MITCHELL (1975) starring Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, and Linda Evans. Straying far from the movie cop stereotype of the time—Baker plays a hard-nosed, soft-bellied cop named Mitchell who has an affinity for porn, Schlitz, and prostitutes. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Favorite Attractions 1953 Re-Release One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Andre De Toth romantic drama, THE OTHER LOVE (1947) starring Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Richard Conte, and Gilbert Roland. Retitled MAN KILLER in the 1953 Re-Release—Stanwyck plays a concert pianist who checks herself into a Swiss sanitarium for tuberculosis and promptly falls in love with her young doctor (Niven) against a background of Alpine beauty. She ditches the doctor and goes for one last fling with racecar driver Conte to Monte Carlo. This original re-release one sheet poster is folded and in fine plus condition.

Original New World Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Michael Anderson horror thriller, MURDER BY PHONE (1982) starring Richard Chamberlain, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, and Robin Gammell. Also known in BELLS, this film tells the story of a disgruntled phone company employee who develops a device that will murder whoever answers the phone. Chamberlain plays a college professor who tries to discover the identity of the psychopath who invented this death trap. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

We think of Charlton Heston as the Moses Of The Movies, but his peer Burt Lancaster played Moses as well in the CBS Television mini series, MOSES THE LAWGIVER, done in 1974. This was a prestigious effort on the part of CBS. Joseph E. Levine released a two hour theatrical version as MOSES in 1976. Blessed with a competent cast, the movie is no THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, but the story relies on character development and biblical detail to move it along. The mini series version, which one might be able to catch on a cable movie channel, is the better version to watch as the theatrical release is a bit truncated. Also starrring Anthony Quayle, Ingrid Thulin and Irene Papas. Directed by Gianfranco De Bosio. This poster is folded a bit irregularly, so we have graded it as fine plus. Otherwise in very fine shape.