Search Results: Front-of-House Cards from Royal Books, Inc.

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956. Collection of 7 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1956 US film. Based on Marcelle Maurette's stage play, about a scheme to conspiracy to extort ten million pounds from a bank by teaching a homeless girl to impersonate the missing Russian princess Anastasia. Ingrid Bergman won an Academy Award for her lead role. 8 x 10 inches. Tiny faint creases overall,and light soil to one still, else Near Fine.

London: Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica, 1972. Vintage color British front-of-house card featuring Richard Burton, from the UK release of the 1972 UK film. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

London: Warner-Pathe Distributors, 1964. Collection of 3 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1964 UK film. Hemel Pike is a canal barge casanova, with a girl in every town along his route. They all want to marry Hemel but he is comfortable as a single man, until one of the woman becomes pregnant. A good look at the English canal system of the 1960s, and its commercial boat trading economy that quickly died. Shot on location in Hertfordshire and London, England. 8 x 10 inches. A short crease to 1 still, else Near Fine.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1950. Collection of 3 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1950 US film. From the director of "The Two Mrs. Carrolls" (1947). A "western" style take on Jack London's "The Sea Wolf," about a gold mine and its colorful cast of outcasts and fugitives from the law. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light toning and rubbing, light soil to versos.

Burbank, CA: Waterlow and Sons / Warner Brothers, 1955. Collection of 7 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Based on Leon Uris' first book, about a new recruitment of Marines primed for battle, but the battle comes when they least expect it. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: Waterlow and Sons / United Artists, 1954. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1954 US film. Based on Richard G. Hubler's 1946 novel, "I've Got Mine," about two soldiers on a Japanese-occupied island during World War II. A true survival tale, as the soldiers must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. Filmed in Hawaii and Los Angeles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956. Collection of 5 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1956 US film. A star-studded but typical Hollywood biopic based on an original story by John O'Hara ("Ten North Frederick," 1955), about a successful 1920s musical writing team, DeSylva, Brown and Henderson. They score several hits on Broadway, but tensions between the three writers mount as two begin to feel neglected. 8 x 10 inches. Moderate rubbing to a couple of stills, and faint creases overall, else Near Fine. Hirschhorn, p. 356.

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1954. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1954 US film. Lana Turner is a spy in this drama, with Clark Gable as the colonel of a Dutch intelligence team. The last of the MGM's four films pairing Gable and Turner. 8 x 10 inches. A light stress crease to the center of the image, else Near Fine.

London: Rank Film Distributors, 1958. Collection of 7 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1958 UK film. A petty thief (Carmichael) steals a suitcase full of money, only to find out that the bills all have the same serial number. In order to make use of the money, and to impress a bar maid (Lee), he must find a way to change the serial numbers. Shot using the short-lived VistaVision, a wide-screen 35mm film format. Shot on location in London and Berkshire, England. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956. Two vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1956 US film. Based on an article by Burton Roueche, about a schoolteacher who becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug with unexpected side effects to his sanity. Credited as screenwriters were Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum, however the shooting script was entirely reworked by director Nicholas Ray and actor/producer James Mason, who added the first 20 minutes of the film depicting Ed Avery's daily life before being hospitalized. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, several stills with scratches and a few closed tears.

London: Rank Organisation / Independent Artists, 1963. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1963 UK film. Based on Patrick Hamilton's 1935 novel, "Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky," about a bored but pretty young woman who wants nothing more than to leave her dull existence in Wales and escape to the bright lights of London. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with laminate pull along the bottom edge.

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950. Collection of 8 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1950 American-English film. Based on Thomas B. Costain's 1945 novel, about a Saxon youth who runs away from England during the Crusades. Somehow he and a friend make it to China, where they get involved with the court of Kubla Kahn. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and faint creasing overall, else Near Fine.

London: S. F. Film Distributors / Girosign, 1961. Vintage black-and-white British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1961 French film. Distributor rubber-stamp on the verso. A young man is enamored by the daughter of King Louis XI, and will stop at nothing to get her hand (and dowry) in marriage, including kidnapping. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light corner creases.

London: Unviersal International Pictures, 1955. Vintage color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Based on W. R. Burnett's little-known 1954 novel, about a member of an Irish revolutionary society forced to become an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets a famous rebel named "Captain Thunderbolt," and becomes his second-in-command, "Lightfoot." A story set and shot on location in Ireland. 8 x 10 inches. Two tiny bruises, else Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1955. Collection of 5 vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1954 US film. A swashbuckling adventure, where Captain Kidd is saved from hanging by a man who wants the Captain's treasure. The man devises a plan distract the Captain with a slave woman (Gabor) while he steals the treasure for himself. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine.

London: Rank Film Distributors / Hammer Film Productions, 1962. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1962 UK Hammer film. A costume melodrama of set in the 18th century, about a captain and his crew who are sent to investigate possible smuggling gangs. Mysterious swamp phantoms complicate things, and the captain believes the local village is not what it seems. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with a few moderate creases, and brief discoloration to one edge.

London: British Lion Film Corporation, 1959. Vintage black-and-white British front-of-house card from the 1959 UK film. A political satire, where the death of the British king brings to light a forgotten international agreement with a tiny Pacific island causing a British diplomat to be sent to reestablish friendly relations. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with an ink notation on the verso and light soil.

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1954. Vintage color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1954 US film. Bob Hope stars as a tailor who disguises himself as Casanova in order to romance an attractive widow, played by Joan Fontaine. A story set in Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on Francoise Sagan's 1956 novel, about a law student (Christine Carere) at the Sorbonne, engaged to a fellow classmate (Bradford Dillman), but more attracted to his philandering uncle. The two subsequently engage in a steamy affair. Johnny Mathis gives a stellar performance of "A Certain Smile," Dillman makes his film debut, and Carere makes her US film debut. 8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and faint creases, else Near Fine.

Basingstoke, UK: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980. Collection of 8 vintage full-color front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1980 US film. Filmed in and around Massachusetts, about a selfish university lecturer (Hopkins) who takes one of his students (Derek) as a lover, but the tables turn when his wife (MacLaine) retaliates by having an affair with a carpenter. The four eventually set off for an awkward vacation on the ski slopes. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.