Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts / SKM, 1969. Vintage advertising herald for the 1969 film. INSCRIBED by Ray Bradbury on the front wrapper: "Tim! / Ray Bradbury." Based on three short stories from Bradbury's acclaimed collection, "The Veldt," "The Long Rain," and "The Last Night of the World." 7 x 10.5 inches. Folded. Two pages. Fine.
Los Angeles: David W. Griffith, 1918. Vintage herald for a revival showing of the landmark 1915 film at the Opera House in Suffern, NY on May 15 and 16, 1918. 16.5 x 5.5 inches (42 x 14 cm), accordion folded to 4.25 x 5.5 inches (11 x 14 cm), with four panels on each side. Near Fine, with a small separation to one of the folds and some light edgewear. National Film Registry.
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1942. Vintage Spanish herald from the original Spanish release of the 1942 film. An high spot among Hitchcock's early thrillers, and the director's only collaboration with author Dorothy Parker, who contributed to the screenplay. This particular film included much more location shooting than most of the director's pictures, including Boulder Dam, locations in New York...
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Prague: Barrandov, 1965. Re-release herald for the 1965 Czechoslovakia film "The Shop on Main Street," with four image from the film, and text in both Czech and English. Based on the 1962 short story "The Trap" by screenwriter Ladislav Grosman, and one of the comparatively few films from the Czechoslovak New Wave filmed in the Slovak as opposed to the...
Hollywood: Universum Film [UFA] / Paramount Pictures, 1927. Original advertising herald for the US release of the 1927 film, a shortened 115 minute version re-cut by American playwright Channing Pollock, who is credited on the herald. Interestingly, the herald credits the film as joint production of Paramount and UFA, apparently just prior to the formation of the larger umbrella production...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1936. Original US herald for the 1936 film. Lang's first Hollywood film and second talkie, considered one of his finest efforts, and one of three films in 1936 that propelled Spencer Tracy to the upper echelons of stardom. An important precursor to film noir, which would develop directly from the expressionist style Lang and others...
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Los Angeles: Fox Film Corporation, 1928. Original three-color herald for the 1928 silent film, with overprints in red ink on the verso added to promote the sound version, released shortly after the initial version, reading "The latest talking sensation!" and "Janet Gaynor / Talking for the first time on the screen." All of Murnau's American films are available except "4 Devils,"...
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1924. Vintage herald (or broadside) for the 1924 film. A clever and excessively rare bit of advertisement, designed as a "Wanted" poster, pulling together the main character from Frank Norris' novel (John "Doc" McTeague) a photo of "McTeague" (Gibson Gowland), and mention of a specific screening at San Francisco's Imperial Theatre on Market Street (today...