This is an original Universal Pictures Half Sheet Poster (22×28) for the Charles Lamont comedy, RICOCHET ROMANCE (1954) starring Marjorie Main, Chill Wills, and Pedro Gonzalez. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Main forces everyone around her to pitch in and bring the place back to life. She also has her sights on Chill Wills, hoping to rope the lazy critter into marriage. This original half sheet poster is folded and in very fine condition.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Francis Ford Coppola teen drama, RUBLE FISH (1983) starring Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper, Nicholas Cage, and Laurence Fishburne. Based on the popular novel by S. E. Hinton, the story revolves around Rusty James (Dillon), a young and not so smart leader of a small-time gang. Rusty James lives in the shadow of his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy (Rourke), who disappeared but has now mysteriously returned. The acting performances of Dillon and Rourke are truly remarkable and memorable; indeed, all of the performances are of break out quality for Lane, Cage, and Fishburne. The black and white cinematography is hypnotic and complimented perfectly by Stewart Copland’s Golden Globe nominated score. The bleak setting of Tulsa only reinforces the film’s major themes of isolation and helplessness. This original one sheet poster is folded and in very fine plus condition.

Original Polish Poster (23×32) for the Norman Jewison romantic comedy, THE THRILL OF IT ALL (1963) starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Arlene Francis. This great screwball family comedy has a clever and witty screenplay by Carl Reiner and Larry Gelbart about a wife who gets bored with her home life and becomes a TV commercial superstar for “Happy Soap.” Her mildly chauvinistic pediatrician husband (Garner) hates her new career because it takes time away from him and the kids. This original Polish poster is in very good condition, with some foxing which could be corrected with restoration.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Alfred Hitchcock comedy thriller, FAMILY PLOT (1976)—starring Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, and William Devane. This was the last film for legendary director Hitchcock—amazing when you consider his career started in the silent era. This lighthearted crime thriller is about a phony psychic (Harris) and her private detective boyfriend (Dern) who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers (Black and Devane). The film is quite fun and entertaining with strong central characters, good supporting cast, humor, innuendo, mystery, and—most especially—suspense. This original one sheet poster is folded and in fine plus condition, with an irregular crease but no fold separations.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for Ron Winston’s BANNING (1967) starring Robert Wagner, Anjanette Comer, Jill St. John, James Farentino, Susan Clark and Gene Hackman. This drama about a second-rate golf pro, hustling on the links and in the bedroom while avoiding a loan shark, offered Robert Wagner an unusual role. The one sheet offered here is folded and in near mint condition.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Norman Jewison romantic comedy, THE THRILL OF IT ALL (1963) starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Arlene Francis. This great screwball family comedy has a clever and witty screenplay by Carl Reiner and Larry Gelbart about a wife who gets bored with her home life and becomes a TV commercial superstar for “Happy Soap.” Her mildly chauvinistic pediatrician husband (Garner) hates her new career because it takes time away from him and the kids. Originally folded, this original one sheet poster is in fine plus condition with only a minor holein the center fold intersection.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Michael Apted romantic comedy, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE (1981) starring John Belushi, Blair Brown, and Allen Goorwitz. This is probably Belushi’s most serious role as a hard-nosed Chicago journalist who happens into an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher (Brown). This original one sheet poster is folded and in near mint condition.

Original 70mm Roadshow title card (11×14) for the Stanley Kubrick Roman epic, SPARTACUS (1960) starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, and Peter Ustinov. Stanley Kubrick replaced original director Anthony Mann, but it was really Kirk Douglas as Executive Producer who made many of the decisions. The film is a marvelous retelling of the revolt in 73 B.C. at a gladiatorial school, which mushrooms into a crisis for the Roman Empire. Opposing political factions by Olivier and Laughton try to use the revolt to further their political ends. Besides outstanding performances from the entire cast and expert direction by Kubrick, the film has beautiful cinematography by Russell Metty and a brilliant score by Alex North. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards and won five Oscars, including Best Supporting Actor to Ustinov and Best Cinematography to Metty. This title was only distributed to roadshow 70mm reserved seat engagment venues. The card is rated in very good plus condition with some edgewear and signs of age.

Original Universal Pictures Advance One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Joseph Sargent horror thriller, JAWS: THE REVENGE (1987) starring Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, and Michael Caine. This is the fourth in the Jaws series and has some stunning photography and even an excellent score by Michael Small, which injects dramatic tension into many scenes. In the original film, Steven Spielberg kept shots of the shark to an absolute minimum in keep the audience from seeing the flaws in the mechanical shark. There is no such pretense in this version; indeed, Sargent keeps the camera on the shark for more than enough time to see all the flaws. According to this film, the events in JAWS 3 never occurred, and you are expected to believe that this murderous shark has followed Ellen Brody (Gary) all the way to the Bahamas for revenge. This original advance one sheet poster is folded and in very good condition—with only edge distresses, uneven folds, and some minor bleed through from a stain on the reverse side.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Christopher Morahan British comedy, CLOCKWISE (1986) starring John Cleese, Penny Leatherbarrow, Howard Lloyd-Lewis, and Jonathan Bowater. Cleese plays a scrupulously punctual headmaster of a British high school who finds himself beset by one problem after another. This well-crafted traditional comedy with all the classic elements of British farce uses the frenetic energy of Cleese in his prime as the prime focus of this hilarious journey. This original one sheet poster is folded and in folded and in fine plus condition.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Buck Jones western, FOR THE SERVICE (1936) starring Jones, Phillip Trent, Edward Keane, and Fred Kohler. It’s Buck Jones, one of the most popular cowboy actors of his day, directing and starring as Buck O’Bryan, head of a band of scouts who are battling an outlaw gang of whites and renegade Indians who are killing and burning out local ranchers. This original one sheet poster is folded and in fine condition, with some missing chips in the right border area.

Original Universal Pictures One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the Sidney J. Furie romantic biography, GABLE AND LOMBARD (1976)—starring James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh, Allen Garfield, and Red Buttons. Based on the popular novel by Warren G. Harris, this film suffers from a mediocre adaptation, which is often historically inaccurate. Brolin has Gable’s personality and mannerisms down pat, while Clayburgh overplays her Lombard somewhat. While the truth may have been distorted (or ignored), the emotional core of the film is quite accurate. This original one sheet poster is folded and in fine plus condition.