When listing a poster we use the guide below to provide you with a fair assessment of the posters condition. Please see the image (clearer than shown) and grading guide below for more information.Īboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are advised that listings on this website contain images and names (by way of posters or photographs) of people who have since died. A previous owner has also written their name and address on the front. The main points of note with this one are some edge/corner creasing, a vertical fold running up its left side (with print wear), some scuffs & scattered marks, the spine has parted and torn, also the pull out sheet has a number of tears, along with the usual slight age darkening to the internal pages. More often than not sheet music covers would feature the stars of the movie, along with unique artwork unseen on the theatrical posters, therefore in their own right they make lovely display pieces once framed. If you haven’t already seen it, I advise you to sit back and see how wild the 30’s really were!įrom the late 20’s to just after 2nd World War musicals were incredibly popular with theatre goers and like today where you are able to download the accompanying soundtrack to a movie, you were able to purchase the sheet music to play on your home piano for a good old fashioned family sing song. One of the most highly revered musicals of all time, staring a young James Cagney, Joan Blondell. The April 16 screening will be introduced by yours truly.Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival’s spy to produce spectacular live “prologues” for movie houses. This dramedy about life on a Navy supply ship that isn’t seeing much action during World War II was adapted from Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan’s hit play and directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, and its all-star cast includes Cagney, Henry Fonda, William Powell and Jack Lemmon. Oscar noms were given to Kazan, Dean (posthumously) and Osborn, while Jo Van Fleet won best supporting actress for her turn as Dean’s mom. Inspired by the John Steinbeck novel, the Paul Osborn-scripted and Elia Kazan-directed drama, which screens April 14, introduced the world to James Dean and, along with the release that year of Rebel Without a Cause, made him a star. Scenes were all but stolen by Huston’s father, Walter Huston (who won the supporting actor Oscar for his performance), and the film will be introduced April 15 by John’s son, actor Danny Huston. This cautionary tale of greed can hold its own amid any of the Humphrey Bogart-John Huston collaborations. As sung by Sam, “It’s still the same old story, a fight for love and glory, a case of do or die,” and the Michael Curtiz-directed classic remains as riveting as ever. It screens April 14.ĭon’t miss a rare opportunity to see the beloved World War II-set love triangle - the ultimate example of studio-system filmmaking - on an Imax screen and with a huge audience April 16. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler and highlighted by some of choreographer Busby Berkeley’s most kaleidoscopic dance numbers, it was a giant hit at the box office. Ninety years ago, during the depths of the Great Depression, Americans sought escape from their troubles with light movies like this backstage musical. Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson Discuss Their Film Preservation Efforts: "The Protection of Memories"
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