Large Three-Sheet Carter the Great Lithographed Poster

A large and early Folk Art paper banner (on linen backing) promoting famous American magician, Charles Joseph Carter (1874-1936), known as 'Carter the Great...

A striking Metropolis Large Framed 3-Sheet Lithograph Poster The original poster is one of the rarest film posters in the world, selling for $500,000+ at auction. This is a faithful ...

This was an estate find and part of a beautiful collection of rare excellent turn of the century posters. They were hidden away for over 100 years. This is a rare and impressive 3 sheet poster that is 7 foot tall. It make quite a statement. About the poster: You'd think that a play called "The New Baby" might feature said child in its promotional material. But here's the thing - there really isn't a baby at the centre of the comedy, and that's the crux of this entertainment. The plot concerns a husband who is so bored with country life that he dreams up the idea of having an illegitimate son in London as a way to get into town for an occasional 'night off'. When his wife decides that the child should be adopted, the expected comic tissue of falsehoods and misunderstandings frays and hilarity ensues. Adapted from German by A. Bourchier, the farce opened in London in 1896 to what a local critic termed 'much mirth'. Several years later, when the play had crossed the Atlantic and entered the repertory of David de Wolf cleverly called the Baby's chaperone on the poster and his troupe of traveling players, that understated review was translated into the more American howling success. The cast and director would've been totally unfamiliar with the British hinterlands, so this splendid design concentrates on the hi-jinks of the characters and their situation. At the start of the 20th century, America was in the full glory of its cultural adolescence, bursting with energy and optimism. In 1900 in New York there were 33 legitimate Broadway theaters...

Beautiful, very large and rare original movie poster for the Italian sci-fi film "The War of The Planets". Filmed in Italian and English in 1965, was released 4th June 1966 and distr...

Best known for his action packed James Bond posters, American artist Frank McCarthy's dynamic design for John Sturges' spectacular 1963 wartime adventure 'The Great Escape' features king of cool Steve McQueen front and centre, leading co-stars James Garner, Richard Attenborough and their fellow prisoners of war in their legendary escape from a German cap during World War II. McQueen cemented his superstardom as the daredevil Captain Hilts, whose irreverence towards Nazi authority repeatedly lands him in solitary confinement, earning him the nickname 'The Cooler King,' before gunning his motorcycle over a barbed wire fence...

The Spanish 1 Sheet features the striking artwork by Mac of the fiercely dominating character of Michael Caine in one of his best roles as Jack Carter in Get Carter. Undoubtedly one ...

This magic poster is a representation of the golden era of chromolithograph prints. There is a reason why the detail and color are so special, the process...

Fantastic original The Graduate 1970s Australian 1 Sheet film poster.  "This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future." The Graduate, Mike Nichols' classic 1967 coming-o...

Based on a first hand account of the true mass escape of the prisoners of war from Stalag Luft III German POW Camp in Nazi Germany, The Great Escape has become one of the most beloved films of the 20th Century. With an all-star cast lead by Steve McQueen and featuring James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson and James Coburn, the film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of the events described in Paul Brickhill’s 1950 book...

Large advertisement poster for the 1969 action movie "Vendetta for the Saint" beautifully illustrated by Jim O' Connelly. Roger Moore is portrayed in his famous elegant character "The Saint" who confronts the Italian mafia...