ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Posters Books

Twentieth Century Fox, 1983. Original one-sheet poster for the 1983 film, "The King of Comedy," directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Sandra Bernard. Fine condition, folded, 27 x 41 inches. ... more information

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1974. Original French petite poster for the 1974 film, "Lancelot du lac" (released in the US and UK as "Lancelot of the Lake") directed by Robert Bresson. BressonÕs bloody take on the King Arthur legend was an expansion of the aesthetic he had already developed, where the violence that was once implied became a realityÑthough certainly still quite surreal. Near Fine condition, with a couple of repaired tears at the top edge and an extremely faint, almost negligible discolo... more information

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1959. Original French petite poster for the 1959 film "Pickpocket," directed by Robert Bresson. Based on an original screenplay by Bresson (his first), with echoes of "Crime and Punishment," the film has been hailed as a masterpiece and is, according to Paul Schrader, "as close to perfect as [a film] can be." "Petite" size, 24 x 32 inches, Fine condition, rolled, on linen. Capitaine 201. ... more information

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1948. Original French "grande" poster the 1948 film, "La Femme que j'ai assassinŽe," based a story by Charles Exbrayat and starring Charles Vanel. Near Fine condition, 47 x 63 inches, on linen. ... more information

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1964. French poster for the 1964 Italian film,"Il Deserto Rosso" (released in France as Le Desert Rouge, and in the US and UK as "Red Desert"), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Monica Vitti. Antonioni's first color film was the ambitious follow up to the trilogy that began with "La Avventura." While continuing the theme of dislocation in the modern world that pervaded his earlier work, "Red Desert" is soaked in reds and blues, making it a sharp con... more information

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Warner Brothers, 1967. Original film poster for the 1967 film starring Frank Sinatra. Very Good or better condition, with some rubbing at the folds. Folded, 27 x 41 inches. ... more information

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United Artists, 1969. Original film poster for the 1969 film, a spaghetti western starring Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Pedro Sanchez, Nick Jordan, Linda Veras, Franco Ressel, Anthony Gradwell, Robert Hundar, Gianni Rizzo. Directed by Frank Kramer. Near Fine condition, folded, 27 x 41 inches. ... more information

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MacDonald Pictures, 1951. Original French "grande" poster the 1951 film, "Les Mains Sales" (released in the US and UK as "Dirty Hands"), based on the play, "Red Gloves" by Jean-Paul Sartre and directed by Ferdinand Rivers. Sartre's original dialogue for this film and one other ("Respectful Prostitue" in 1952) constitute his complete contributions to world cinema. The original play made its debut on Broadway and starred Charles Boyer, and that role was a... more information

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Bill Graham, No. BG-215-OP-1, 1970. First printing single poster for two separate January 1970 concerts by Laura Nyro (January 24th, one performance) and The Band (January 31st, two performances) at one of Bill Graham's "alternate" venues, The Berkeley Community Center in San Francisco. First issue, per the points in Eric King's poster guide. The time of these performances found both Ms. Nyro and The Band touring at the height of their creative powers. Laura Nyro had released "New Yo... more information

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Muller, Lars, Verlag, Lars Muller Publishers, 2003. paperback. Size 24cm ,(NEW TITLE) ,pp. 64 ... more information

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Warner Brothers, 1934. American one-sheet film poster for the intelligent, sparkling 1934 film drama, "Gambling Lady," starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea. Near Fine condition, with a small closed tear at one of the middle fold corners, and one small fold split at the edge. Folded, 27 x 40 inches. A striking Warner Brothers item from the 1930s. ... more information

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RKO Radio Pictures, 1952. American one-sheet film poster for the 1952 singing Western, "Rancho Notorious," directed by Fritz Lang, written for the screen by Silvia Richards and Daniel Taradash, and starring Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, and Mel Ferrer. Probably Fritz Lang's most eccentric film, a wonderful, blazing Technicolor Western, with a narrative that is sung rather than told. About Near Fine, with small faint tape shadows at extremities of the recto and verso, and a few small cello... more information

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Universal, 1964. American one-sheet film poster for the 1964 thriller, "Marnie," directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written for the screen by Jay Presson Allen (based on a book by Winston Graham), and starring Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren. Near Fine, with the faintest bit of rubbing to the red portions, tiny circular stamp at the top right corner and associated stamp at the verso indicating that this American one-sheet was once used in The Netherlands. Also stamped at the verso, "MARNIE / 1 SH. ... more information

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Allied Artists, 1957. American half-sheet poster for the 1957 film noir, "Affair in Havana," " directed by Richard Fleischer and starring John Cassavetes, Raymond Burr, and Sara Shane. Near Fine condition, with mild wear to folds, tiny ink numeric notation at the bottom right corner. Folded, 22 x 28 inches. ... more information

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American International Pictures (AIP), 1957. American one-sheet film poster for the 1957 B-picture, "Reform School Girl," a drama about juvenile delinquents in a girls' reform school. Near Fine condition, with a few tiny pinholes at the corners. Stamped at the verso is, "REFORM SCHOOL GIRL / 1SH 57/440." One of the better dramas in producer Samuel Z. Arkoff's insane canon of B-films, and one of the finest illustrated one-sheets from the genre. A superb example. Folded, 27 x 40 i... more information

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Mascot Pictures, 1931. American one-sheet film poster for the 1931 adventure film, "The Galloping Ghost." Fine condition, apparently never used. A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate Grange from playing. Grange's buddy Buddy is himself vulnerable to blackmail, since he has broken team rules by marrying. The crooks use all their wiles to... more information

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RKO Radio Pictures, 1953. American one-sheet film poster for the 1953 color film noir (shot in 3-D), "Second Chance," directed by Rudolph Mate' and starring Robert Mitchum, Linda Darnell, and Jack Palance. Near Fine condition, 27 x 41 inches, linen-backed and rolled. ... more information

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United Artists, 1963. American one-sheet film poster for the classic 1963 film, "The Great Escape," based on the novel by Paul Brickhill, directed by John Sturges, written for the screen by W.R. Burnett and James Clavell, and starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough, and Donald Pleasance. Near Fine condition, with minor professional touch-up at the folds, 27 x 41 inches, linen-backed and rolled. ... more information

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Paramount, 1953. American one-sheet film poster for the classic 1953 romantic comedy, "Roman Holiday," directed by William Wyler, written for the screen by Dalton Trumbo (writing under the front Ian McLellan Hunter), and starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, and Eddie Albert. Near Fine condition, 27 x 41 inches, linen-backed and rolled. ... more information

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Eve Productions, 1965. American one-sheet film poster for one of the greatest underground films of the 1960s, "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" The defining work of the iconoclastic and strangely philosophical director Russ Meyer. Three "very bad girls" (i.e., strippers) from the city drive their souped-up hot rods out to the country, rough up a young couple, then encounter a mean old man and his two idiot sons, the three of whom may be sitting on a mother lode of cash. Who will be the la... more information

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