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IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963) Poster art by Saul Bass – 2

Vintage original 41 x 27″ (103 x 68 cm.) one sheet poster style B, block, USA. Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, dir: Stanley Kramer; United Artists.
The crazy classic comedy involving an insane car chases to find the location of buried money. Many of the comedy greats of Hollywood were cast, and many, who were not, wanted to be, so they played cameos (including The Three Stooges, Jimmy Durante, Jerry Lewis and Buster Keaton). The couple which Sid Caesar and Edie Adams play originally was set for Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. The mishaps, stories and legends about the making of the film are enough to fill a volume. It was a huge money maker. There were many Academy Award nominations in the category of sound, music and cinematography.
Attributed to Saul Bass, poster is folded and displays some shelf wear, but no pinholes. The bottom right corner is folded or was torn and has been repaired with archival tape. The fold junctures have been re-enforced with archival tape. Minor fold to top right corner, a few minor margin folds. NEAR FINE.

STAR IS BORN, A (1954) Insert poster

Vintage original 36 x 14″ (90 x 35 cm.) insert poster, USA. Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford, Jack Carson, dir: George Cukor; Warner Brothers.

Wonderful layout for the iconic Academy Award-nominated story about the ups and downs of Hollywood stardom. Judy Garland, along with husband Sid Luft, produced and poured their heart into this opulent classic, as did director George Cukor. When the powers at Warner Brothers decided to truncate the film, much of the continuity was destroyed.

It was a triumph in acting, scenic art, costuming, color, script and the realities of the Hollywood system, with moments of painful realism. Fortunately, today we have a version which restores much of the film’s original intent.

Poster is folded with just a bit of fold wear. There is a single pin hole at each of the four corners with just a bit of soiling from the use of tacks. Outstanding color and detail.

VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1967) UK color still

Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) color still, UK. Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward. Jacqueline Susann took behind-the-scenes rumored stories of 1940s Broadway and Hollywood (to which, as an aspiring actress, she was privy) and wove them into the old showbiz movie formula of three girls in the biz and how they end up. It had been done in popular films since SALLY, IRENE AND MARY (1925), and continued with ZIEGFELD GIRL (1941) and HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953).

This time, though, the stories of some living legends of showbiz were being re-interpreted, and not in a flattering manner. The stories of Ethel Merman, Judy Garland (legendarily cast and fired from the film), Betty Hutton, Frances Farmer and Carole Landis made up the backgrounds of the main characters. Absurdly, the film makers set the film in contemporary 1967, by which time the use of “dolls” (Benzedrine) was as passe as was its style of filmmaking. Nevertheless, it was considered scandalous and great entertainment, and made a lot of money.

Here is Susan Hayward lip syncing (to Margaret Whiting’s recording) the Dore and Andre Previn song “I’ll Plant My Own Tree,” on one of 1960s films most outrageous theatre stages. Unique image from the British set. Tiny scratch to the top right side blank white margin, otherwise mint. FINE.

Hollywood Movie Memorabilia

Written by Bolen High on . Posted in Movie Memorabilia, Scene Stills.

One of WalterFilm’s website “Collections” is titled “Hollywood Movie Memorabilia.”  And while the term Memorabilia has a simple definition, “objects treasured for their memories or historical interest”, it doesn’t quite define or describe what Walter’s Hollywood Movie Memorabilia offers.

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Walter Film Catalog 50

Written by Bolen High on . Posted in African Americana, Film & Movie Star Photographs, Film Scripts, LGBTQ Cultural History, Movie Memorabilia, Movie Posters, Vintage Original Movie Scripts & Books, Vintage Original Publicity Photographs, Vintage Original Studio Photographs.

October 2022, I am pleased to announce the launch of Waler Reuben’s 50th Catalog. As usual, it contains a wide variety of material. Here are the listed categories and an example of their contents:

From Beefcake to Drag

Written by Bolen High on . Posted in LGBTQ Cultural History, LGBTQ Theater History.

In today’s LGBTQ community the gay male has two aspects of his personality that might be considered by some as somewhat outré: “drag or drag queens – men dressing as women” and “beefcake  males – hyper-muscular men.” Their true origins date from the ancient Greeks where the muscular male body[…]