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 RKO Style B Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the Ernest B. Schoedsack adventure fantasy, MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949) starring Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, and Robert Armstrong. This is perhaps the most charming of all the “great apes” films and certainly has the best special effects. Willis O’Brien’s and protégé Ray Harryhausen’s stop action animation made Mighty Joe Young move realistically with incredible facial motions. This is the story of a girl who raises a gorilla from infancy in the wilds of Africa. She is wooed and wowed by an American showman, played by Armstrong who was also in KING KONG (1933). Eventually he brings the girl and the gorilla back to America to star in a nightclub act. The film won the Oscar for Best Special Effects, including the famous scene where Mighty Joe holds up a stage with Moore playing a grand piano. This original half sheet poster is folded and in good condition only. It would be a perfect candidate for restoration and linen-backing.

Original Belgian Poster (Trimmed 14×18) for the Kurt Neumann action adventure, TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL (1953) starring Lex Barker, Joyce Mackenzie, Raymond Burr, and Monique Van Vooren. In this fifth and final Tarzan starring Barker, Tarzan and Jane are captured by a gang of ivory poachers led by Lyra the she-devil (Vooren). The “she-devil” is a pussycat compared to her ruthless associate Vargo (Burr)—one of the most frightening, hateful, and detestable villains in film history. Tarzan predictably prevails in the end with his victorious elephant stampede. This original Belgian poster is in very good condition.

Original Sheet Music for the song “Good Night, Angel” (9×12) sung in the Benjamin Stoloff musical comedy, RADIO CITY REVELS (1938) starring Bob Burns, Jack Oakie, Kenny Baker, and Ann Miller. The film chronicles a washed-up songwriter Harry (Oakie) who takes credit for songs written by hillbilly Lester (Burns) in his sleep. With music by Allie Wrubel and lyrics by Herb Magidson, the song was sung in the film by Bob Burns. Although the image is slightly eclipsed, the real sheet music has not been trimmed in any way and is in very fine condition.

Original Sheet Music (9×12) for the song “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” sung in the Mark Sandrich musical comedy, SHALL WE DANCE (1937) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, and Eric Blore. With music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and sung by Fred Astaire—the song was played during the opening credits and often in the score. Although the photo shows the image slightly eclipsed, the real sheet music has not been trimmed in any way and is in very fine condition.

Original Sheet Music (9×12) for the song, “I’ll Always Be In Love With You” performed in the Bert Glennon musical comedy, SYNCOPATION (1929) starring Barbara Bennett, Bobby Watson, Ian Hunter, Morton Downey, and Dorothy Lee. This early talkie was the first film ever made by the fledgling RKO, formed in 1929 by- among others, Joe Kennedy. With music by Sam H. Stept and lyrics by Bud Green and Herman Ruby, the song was performed by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians. Although the photo shows the image slightly eclipsed, the real sheet music has not been trimmed in any way and is in very fine condition.

Original Belgian poster (14×22) for the Tim Whelan western, TEXAS LADY (1955) starring Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins, and Gregory Walcott. Prudence Webb (Colbert) inherits a local newspaper in an isolated Texas town. The men who run the town do not exactly welcome a woman’s “interference” with “their” newspaper. Lucky for Prudence, a card shark (Sullivan) she beat in New Orleans comes to her rescue. Some critics complained bitterly about the corny screenplay, but Colbert’s portrayal of a strong and independent woman is unusual for a western of the mid-1950s. This original Belgian poster is in very good condition, with some rather hard edge damage at the upper border area. But the image on the poster is fine>

Original RKO Window Card (14×22) for the Stephen Roberts romantic comedy, ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN (1955) starring Francis Lederer, Ginger Rogers, Arthur Hohl, and Jimmy Butler. This film chronicles a Czech immigrant Karel (Lederer) who dreams of coming to American but can’t pay the new entrance fee of $200 once he arrives. Put immediately back on a boat to Holland, he jumps ship and swims to shore. Eventually, he meets a young chorus girl Sylvia (Rogers) who befriends him, even offering to marry him. This original window card is very fine condition, with only the playmates written in grease pencil at the top of the card.

Original RKO One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Alfred L. Werker family drama, MY PAL WOLF (1944) starring Sharyn Moffett, Jill Esmond, and Una O’Connor. The condition is fine plus with only a small tear, repaired with archival tissue in the right border area; otherwise quite clean.

Original RKO Insert Poster (14×36) for the Allan Dwan film noir, SLIGHTLY SCARLET (1956) starring John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, and Kent Taylor. The film was based on a novel by James M. Cain, who already had three of his books adapted for the screen in the 1940s: DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944), MILDRED PIERCE (1945), and THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946). This story has a very convoluted plot about scheming and political intrigue in California. Payne reprises his small-time gangster role, and his twin temptations are Fleming (the mayor’s girl Friday) and Dahl (a man-devouring kleptomaniac). Legendary noir cinematographer John Alton works in color here and introduces surreal bursts of lime green, burnt orange, and deep orchid into his otherwise bleak and dark trapezoids. This insert is unfolded and is in very fine condition.

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 RKO Three Sheet poster for the Josef Von Sternberg film JET PILOT (1957) starring John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Hans Conreid, and Roland Winters. The Duke portrays an Air Force Colonel chosen to “handle” Soviet pilot Janet Leigh after her defection from the USSR. She has secret plans to lure him back to her home country but he has a plan of his own in this Cold War drama personally produced by Howard Hughes. The poster is in very good condition, folded. The poster was a theater-used poster many years ago. Three sheets are generally printed on two separate panels which are joined for display. This poster has been assembled. The upper right-hand corner – in the border area – is missing a small chip. All the image area
is fine, however. A prime candidate for linen backing. Ask us about poster conservation.