Various cities: Various studios, 1970-2000. An archive of 7 lobby cards, 10 pressbooks, and 2 press kits from 15 contemporary films with prominent African-American themes, characters, or cast members, with the bulk of the material dating from the late 1970s. This archive includes lobby cards, press kits, and pressbooks from 15 films, including "The Greatest," "The River Niger," "Mahogany," "Stir.....

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.....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1972. Complete set of 8 lobby cards for the 1972 crime film, "Across 110th Street." Because it is set in Harlem, this very underrated crime drama is often lumped with "blaxploitation" pictures of the same era. In truth it belongs to the great pantheon of gritty, violent police procedurals of the early 1970s—something of a......

Hollywood: Republic Pictures, 1936. Two vintage lobby cards from the 1936 film. The talented soprano daughter of an eccentric theatrical family is determined to live a quiet life with her fiance, though that would mean being unable to use her gift, until she is wooed into performing with her family in a traveling show and realizes her mistake. Very Good.....

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, Circa 1959. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. Father Conroy (Crosby) serves in a parish that supports the local theatre community, but his daughter Holly (Reynolds) finds a job working for a dance club of questionable character. Nominated for two Academy Awards (1960). Stella Stevens' film.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, Circa 1956. Collection of 4 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. A musical romp about a solo Vaudeville entertainer who marries an Italian ballerina, and the seven children they have together. 8 x 10 inches. Light toning, else Near Fine.

Hong Kong: Golden Harvest / Concord Productions, 1972. Collection of three vintage lobby cards for the 1972 film, likely for an international release. The first film produced by Bruce Lee's Concord Productions studio, as well as Lee's screenwriting and directorial debuts, and the film debut of Chuck Norris, who battles Lee in an iconic fight scene at the film's climax.....

London: British Lion Film Corporation, 1956. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1954 French-Italian film. An Italian Peplum (sword-and-sandal) film, set in 600 BC, about a rebellion against a king, a plot on his life, and the beautiful queen caught in the middle of it all. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases.....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1959. Original lobby card for the 1959 film "The Chaplin Revue," a re-release of three of Charlie Chaplin's earlier films: "A Dog's Life" and "Shoulder Arms" (both from 1918), and his final short film, "The Pilgrim" (1923). Lobby card No. 7 in the set depicts a scene from "Shoulder Arms," where the Tramp is a......

London: Rank Organisation, 1973. Collection of 4 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1973 UK film. Based on the 1968 John Blackburn horror novel, about three apparent suicides, a mysterious bus accident involving 30 oprhan children, and the use of hypnosis to determine the truth. Considered to be among the best performances of both Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.....

London: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors, 1962. Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1962 UK film. Four teenagers are persuaded to form a rock band to keep them out of trouble. 8 x 10 inches. Light corner creases, and a single stain to the top edge, else Near Fine.

London: Warner-Pathe, 1964. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. Base on a short story by Stanley Ellin, about an eager young man with a crush on the boss' daughter who gets involved with a bank heist and a murder. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

London: Associated British [Associated British-Pathe], 1958. Collection of 7 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards for the 1958 film. Based on the novel "We Are Seven," by Una Troy, about a seamstress with six children attempting to make ends meet, and find new romance, while the fathers of her children try to run her out of business. 8 x 10 inches.....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1967. Collection of 5 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1967 US film. Based on the Shepherd Mead novel, about a man in a dead-end job who rises through the corporate ladder without any substantial effort. Robert Morse was nominated for a Golden Laurel for his comedic performance, and would go.....

Paris: Les Films du Carrosse, 1969. Collection of seven vintage lobby cards for the US release of the 1969 French neo-noir film. A late and important color noir, made at what was arguably the peak of Truffaut's success as a filmmaker, dedicated to one of his elders, Jean Renoir, and shot during the time he was deeply involved with lead.....

N.p. Universal International Pictures, 1966. Collection of eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1966 film. Each with stamps on the verso reading "Girosign Ltd." and "393."Based on the 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury. Set in and shot on location in England.8 x 10 inches. Very Good only, with some creasing to several cards, and some faint pen markings.....

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1956 US film. An ex-soldier's marriage is in trouble when his wife is caught in the draft. The couple is recalled to serve again, in light of the shortage of military personnel, but the husband is reclassified for health reasons, and the.....

Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures, 1967. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1967 UK film. Based on the 1905 H. G. Wells novel, "Kipps," starring Tommy Steele as Arthur Kipps, an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile. His grandfather dies and leaves him a vast wealth, prompting a sudden life change. 8 x 10.....

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1953. Set of 4 original lobby cards for the 1953 film "Bright Road," based on the Christopher Award winning story "See How They Run," written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, and first published in 1951 in the Ladies' Home Journal. Notable for its nearly all-black cast, "Bright Road" stars Dorothy Dandridge as an Alabama schoolteacher intent.....

England: ITC Entertainment, 1974. Collection of 7 vintage full color British lobby cards from the 1974 British-italian television mini-series. Six-hour television mini-series that aired in 1973 and 1974, a retelling of the life of Moses (Lancaster), the man who discovered the Ten Commandments and parted the Red Sea. Cult favorite Anthony Burgess contributed to the entire series, and Thomas Keneally.....

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1970. Collection of eight vintage color lobby cards from the 1970 film. Jake Remy (Warren Oates) and his gang of outlaws need to cross the river into Mexico following a successful robbery, but barge operator Travis (Lee Van Cleef) refuses to let them cross. Set in the fictional town of Buckskin, Arizona, shot on location.....

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, Circa 1959. Collection of 5 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. Based on the Romain Gary novel, "The Colors of the Day" (1953), about a man who helps his wife achieve Hollywood stardom, even though he knows virtually nothing about women. Considered to be one of Nunnally Johnson's greatest.....

London: National Screen Service, 1959. Collection of 8 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. A high-budget comedy with low-budget results, about an older couple chasing their daughters through South America while they search for love. 8 x 10 inches. Pinholes to one still, and brief, light creases overall, else Near Fine.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1976. Collection of 8 vintage full color lobby cards from the 1976 film. Based on characters developed by Dorothy M. Johnson. Sequel to the cult Western, "A Man Called Horse" (1970), John Morgan (Harris) returns to save his Native tribe from being wiped out. More self-imposed rituals and torture ensue, to invigorate the tribe to.....

London: Kentwood Productions / Allied Artists, 1956. Vintage front-of-house card for the 1956 British film noir, tinted green as issued. Pictured are the busty Diana Dors and Yvonne Mitchell in the midst of having a party. Released in the US as "Blonde Sinner." 11 x 14 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US.

London: Rank Film Distributors, 1959. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1959 UK film. Based on Richard Gordon's 1954 novel, about a ship captain who gets promoted to a passenger liner. He may be a competent sailor, but he is not prepared for the social duties the new position involves, including the attention of all the.....

London: Unviersal International Pictures, Circa 1959. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1959 US film. A labor union leader desperate to win a local election encounters an upright attorney and his fetching wife, whom he pursues, framing the attorney for larceny. Still, it's a musical, Cagney's last of the seven he made.....

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie [SNC], 1965. Collection of 16 vintage lobby cards for the French release of the 1965 film. The set is housed in its original titled brown paper envelope from the film's distributor, Societe Nouvelle de Cinematographie (SNC). Based on the 1962 novel "Obession" by Lionel White, about a unhappily married man who goes on a......

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1971. Collection of eight vintage lobby cards from the 1971 film. Two strangers meet in a chance encounter that ends in an unusual romance. Very Good plus, with light age toning. and a handful of pinhole tears to each lobby card.

Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures, 1989. Collection of 8 vintage full-color lobby cards from the 1991 film. This set dated 1989, two years before the film's official release, produced for press advertisement. Of note is a "tasty" image of Hopkins' bloody mouth, and a shot of director Demme surveying his work, with many images not seen in the film. Based.....

London: General Film Distributors [GFD], 1955. Collection of 4 vintage British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Based on a story by Anya Seton, about a half-Apache miner and his wife, who tries to bridge the cultural gaps in a mining town. 8 x 10 inches. One with moderate corner creases, else Near Fine...

Beverly Hills, CA: Filmways Pictures / United Artists, 1964. Collection of 16 vintage lobby cards from the French release of the 1964 US film. Based on the 1962 novel by Eric Ambler, about a con man forced to help a group of thieves steal a jeweled dagger from an Istanbul museum. Peter Ustinov won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for.....

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, Circa 1955. Vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the UK release of the 1955 US film. Based on the Hans Ruesch novel, "The Racer" (1953), about an Italian bus driver (Douglas) who dreams of winning the Grand Prix. Dedicated to the philosophy of "winning is the only thing," he alienates his fellow racers and everyone else. 8.....

Various cities: Walt Disney Pictures / HanWay Films, 1926-1967. Album of thirty lobby cards and photographs from thirteen animated films, all SIGNED or INSCRIBED by animation directors to fellow animator Les Gibbard. Lotte Reiniger,Norman McLaren, John Hubley, Arthur Babbitt, Grim Natwick, and four of Disney's famed "nine old men," Frank Thomas, Milt Kahl, Ollie Johnston, and Ward Kimball, all have.....

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1927. Vintage hand color tinted lobby card for the 1927 silent film. Pictured are a curly haired Louise Brooks, looking past an oblivious Wallace Beery and toward a typically sly Adolphe Menjou. Based on the French play "L'homme en habit" ("The Man in Evening Clothes) by Andre Picard and Yves Mirand. Today considered a lost film. 11.....

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959. Original lobby card for the Quebecois release of the 1959 film "The Sound and the Fury," loosely based on the 1929 novel by William Faulkner. Seen here with the title painted over in black and rewritten in French: "Le Bruit et la Fureur," as was common practice at the time. Lobby card number eight in.....

London: The Archers, 1947. Complete set of 8 UK color front-of-house cards from the first-run screening of the 1947 film. Each with the contemporary rubber stamp of Girosign, Ltd., on the verso. Front-of-house cards served the same purpose in the UK as lobby cards in the US, but were generally only produced for films shot in color. A very popular.....

London: Warner-Pathe Distributors, 1962. Collection of 3 vintage full-color British front-of-house card from the 1962 UK film. A gang of crooks decide to plan a robbery, and find themselves using a fire engine as a getaway vehicle. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with faint dampstains overall, and light creases.

London: National Screen Service, 1984. Collection of 5 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the 1984 UK film. A businessman falls in love with a single mother who lives next to a night club. The mother obsesses over the man when he dumps her, and her rage can not be controlled. Miranda Richardson's first feature credit. 8 x 10 inches.....

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.....

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.....

London: Thorn EMI, 1985. Collection of 10 vintage full color British lobby cards from the 1985 British-Australian film. Based on Daniel Carney's 1982 novel, "The Square Circle," and sequel to "The Wild Geese" (1978). A group of mercenaries are hired by a broadcasting company to "rescue" a Nazi war criminal. 11 x 14 inches. Light corner bumps, else Near Fine.....

London: Twentieth Century-Fox, Circa 1959. Collection of 8 vintage full-color British front-of-house cards from the UK release of the 1958 US film. Based on Anton Myrer's 1957 novel, "The Big War," about three Marines on shore leave in San Francisco, each faced with their own relationships and heartaches. Both Sheree North and Franc Nuyen lend good performances. 8 x 10.....

Montreal: Cooperation Productions, 1964. Vintage Canadian black-and-white lobby card from the 1964 film. In original mailing envelope from "Office National du Film Canada," and "Trouble-fete" in holograph ink on the front. Handsome starring actor Rodrigues is seen in police accouterments, checking his perimeters. Lucien (Hamelin) is a middle-class teenager actively involved in campus politics, inciting protests and fighting to change.....

London: Rank Organisation, 1964. Vintage full-color still British front-of-house card from the 1964 UK film. A gritty and realistic portrayal of the Cypriot independence struggle against British military rule in the 1950s. 8 x 10 inches. Light creases to the corners, else Near Fine.