Artist: italian Size: 39 x 55″ / 100 x 140 cm On / Off linen: Delay approx 2 weeks to linen-back before delivery Print Technique: offset lithograph Year: 1954 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition 20,000 leagues under the sea 1954 original 1st printing Poster on linen
Rare poster for 20,000 leagues under the sea with Kirk Douglas and James Mason. Rare first printing for Italy important film of the time. Film by Walt Disney and Co first explorations into cinema. Jules Verne tale Great stuff RARE
Il grande campione (The Champion) – Rinaldo Geleng, 1949
Original Italian 4-fogli poster for Il grande campione (Champion), the 1949 boxing drama starring Kirk Douglas, distributed by United Artists. Artwork by Rinaldo Geleng and printed in Rome by S.A.G.A. This is the large-format 140 x 200 cm poster issued for the Italian release, promoting the film’s story of a professional boxer’s rise and moral decline. The poster is an original first printing from 1949. It is in B / B+ condition with restorations and light fold wear, but with excellent, strong colors and a good overall presentation for display.
Title: Il grande campione (Champion)
Year: 1949
Country: Italy
Artist: Rinaldo Geleng
Starring: Kirk Douglas
Distributor: United Artists
Printer: S.A.G.A., Roma
Size: 55 x 78 in / 140 x 200 cm (Italian 4-fogli)
Print technique: Lithographic film poster
Condition: B / B+ – restorations and light folds; colors excellent; presents well
Comments: Original first Italian printing for the 1949 release. Large-format film noir boxing poster, scarce in this size and in this condition.
Ulysses by Longhi 1954 original 1st printing Poster on linen
Artist: Longhi Size: 55 x 78 in / 140 x 200 cm On/Off Linen: On Linen Print Technique: Offset lithograph Year: 1954 Condition & Comments: Excellent A
Rare poster for Ulysses with Kirk Douglas, Sylvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn. Rare first printing for Italy important film of the time and incidentally the first film I ever went to see in the theatre. Film by Delaurentis and Carlo Ponti one of the early films where American actors went to Italy and used Cinecitta and the growing talents of the Italian cinema. Vignettes of the sirens, Cyclops, burning of Troy Great stuff RARE
