Movie Art

Original 20th Century Fox three sheet poster for the Richard Fleischer film THESE THOUSAND HILLS (1959). This western melodrama was based on a novel by A.B. Guthrie and starred Don Murray, Lee Remick, and Patricia Owens. This poster is comprised of two sheets which are glued together. This poster has already been assembled and has been stored folded. Very Good plus. Some minor distresses and general wear. No significant missing paper. Colors are bright.

Original United Artists One sheet poster for the Delbert Mann film of Terence Rattigan play SEPARATE TABLES (1958.) SEPARATE TABLES is about a group of guests at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth, England which advertises separate dining tables. John Gay’s screenplay of the original Rattigan property is a subtle but persistent attack on the class consciousness so prevalent in England even after the World War II. The film won two Oscars, including one for the magnificent Wendy Hiller. Hers is probably the enduring performance from the film, but the cast is very good overall and includes good performances by Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth and David Niven. This was the kind of serious dramatic film that United Artists could be counted on to make. The poster has a censor stamp on it, but is otherwise in very fine to near mint condition.

Original Paramount Pictures One Sheet poster from the Herbert Ross film FOOTLOOSE (1984). Without this film there may never have been the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game. Herbert Ross directed this very (at the time) popular film about an irrepressible young boy who moves to a very square town. Hurrah for the Culture Wars! The film was remade in 2011. Kevin is shown on the poster – dancing with his Walkman. Needless to say Kevin Bacon went on to a very successful career. Poster is folded and in near mint condition.

Original Belgian poster for the Richard Lester anti-war film HOW I WON THE WAR (1968). This mostly surreal, sometimes comic anti-war film joined a host of like-minded movies in the 1960s. This was garnered some special attention when John Lennon was cast in the film. Beatles fans looking for some outsized performance by John Lennon were surprised by his low key part in the film. Michael Crawford, later of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA fame, was the lead here. Lester, of course, had gained a permanent place in the halls of Beatle history for having directed A HARD DAY’S NIGHT and HELP!, the first two films The Beatles made for United Artists. The poster is in fine plus condition. A small tear has been repaired with archival tissue.

Original MGM One Sheet poster for the Burt Kennedy directed movie, THE MONEY TRAP. Sommer was one of the seriously SIXTIES starlets from Europe. She was featured in a variety of films. The poster is better than the film in the case of THE MONEY TRAP. The film was an attempt to resurrect film noir, but failed to attract much interest. The film is one of a long line of “bad cop” movies from movies like ROGUE COP and PUSHOVER in the 1950s all the way to THE DEPARTED. The poster markets the film like a Bond Girl film. Very Fine Condition, folded.

Original French One-Panel Poster (47×63) for the Jean-Luc Godard dramatic masterpiece, LE MEPRIS (1963) starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, and Jack Palance. LE MEPRIS is a profound and complex film about filmmaking in the 1960′s. Bardot gives a magnificent performance as Camille Javal, the wife of an aspiring screenwriter Paul Javal (Piccoli). “Contempt” was the US title of this film, and Jack Palance delivers a stunning performance as the “contemptuous” producer Jeremy Prokosch, whom Bardot initially disdains but comes to like more than her screenwriter husband. Most interesting for cineastes today is the appearance of director Fritz Lang as a film director. A corner was torn off of the poster. The small fragment was retained and reattached to the poster in the linen backing. Beautifullly linen backed. A very nice example of this poster

Original Universal Pictures one sheet poster for the Mervyn LeRoy film MOMENT BY MOMENT (1965). This mystery thriller, in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, stars Jean Seberg, Sean Garrison, Honor Blackman, and Arthur Hill. A literate, exciting and thoughtful mystery, MOMENT BY MOMENT utilizes the unique talents of Jean Seberg, a true cult star of the 1950s and 1960s who reached Hollywood stardom in Otto Preminger’s SAINT JOAN and captivated international audiences with the classic French nouvelle vague film, BREATHLESS (1959). This poster is in fine plus condition. Theater-used copy has some border distress, no fold separation, but minor pinholes.

Original 20th Century-Fox One Sheet poster for the Julien Duvivier romantic comedy, TALES OF MANHATTAN (1942) starring Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, and Edward G. Robinson. This extremely well crafted and engaging film was made during the period in Hollywood when “anthology” films were all he rage by using large casts to tell several interconnected stories. The connection in all the stories is a tuxedo tailcoat that passes through the hands of several diverse people in New York City. This original one sheet is from the famous Royal Theater Collection, which was discovered in Canada in 1987. This collection of posters and lobby cards was very well known for comprising a large collection of material in excellent condition.