This is an 18" x 27" Yugoslavian poster for an undated rerelease of
the 1939 Gordon Douglas film Zenobia based on a screenplay by
Corey Ford, story by Walter DeLeon and Arnold Belgard and starring
Oliver Hardy as Dr. Henry Tibbett. Plot summary: In 1870 in
Carterville Mississippi Dr. Tibbett gets the unexpected task of
treating a sick elephant.
Cast and crew: Gordon Douglas, Corey Ford, Walter DeLeon, Arnold
Belgard, Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James
Ellison, Jean Parker, June Lang, Olin Howland, J. Farrell MacDonald,
Stepin Fetchit, Hattie McDaniel, Philip Hurlic, Hobart Cavanaugh, Clem
Bevans, Tommy Mack
This is a 27" x 40.75" US-made Spanish one-sheet poster for the
1968 Gordon Douglas film Lady in Cement based on novel and
screenplay by Marvin H. Albert and starring Frank Sinatra as Tony
Rome. Plot summary: While diving in the ocean Tony Rome finds a
drowned woman and is then hired to find her killer. He has a variety
of suspects and is also being pursued by the police while trying to do
the job.
Cast and crew: Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Dan Blocker, Gordon Douglas, Marvin H. Albert, Jack Guss, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan, Pat Henry, Steve qPeck, Virginia Wood, Richard Deacon, Frank Raiter, Peter Hock, Alex Stevens, Christine Todd, Mac Robbins, Tommy Uhlar
This is a 30" x 40" undated Indian ad hoc stock poster for the 1931 James
Parrott film Pardon Us with dialogue by H.M. Walker and
starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as themselves. Plot summary:
Laurel and Hardy are put in prison for bootlegging; after making a brief
escape they are caught again. At no time during the film do they
appear in the garments they are shown wearing on this poster, but
never mind! This film was a parody of the 1930 George W. Hill film The Big House. The image on the poster is taken from a 1946 rerelease lobby card for the 1940 Gordon Douglas film Saps at Sea:
Cast and crew: James Parrott, H.M. Walker, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Marlowe, Wilfred Lucas, James Finlayson, Walter Long, Tiny Sandford
This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster designed by Bob Peak for
the 1967 Gordon Douglas film In like Flint written by Hal
Fimberg and starring James Coburn as Derek Flint. Plot summary: In
this space travel spy spoof Derek Flint is a retired espionage agent
who is brought back into service because of an urgent need to defeat
the Fabulous Face Organization, a women's group that has decided to
establish an international matriarchy to overturn the ruling
international patriarcy.
Cast and crew: James Coburn, Jean Hale, Lee J. Cobb, Andrew Duggan, Saul David, Gordon Douglas, Hal Fimberg, Jerry Goldsmith
This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet poster for the 1951 Gordon
Douglas film Only the Valiant AKA Fort Invincible based
on the 1943 Charles Marquis Warren novel Only the Valiant with
screenplay by Edmund H. North and Harry Brown and starring Gregory
Peck as Captain Richard Lance. Plot summary: After the American Civil
War a fort is built outside a mountain pass in New Mexico Territory to
interdict maruauding Apaches. The Apaches cut off the fort's water
supply and then attack after it becomes weak and debilitated. Shortly
thereafter Captain Lance arrives with a patrol and captures Tuscos
[Michael Ansara], the charismatic Apache leader. His scout [Jeff
Corey] advises him to kill Tuscos, but Lance refuses to shoot a
prisoner. Back at Fort Winston, Lance assigns an officer to lead a
patrol escorting Tuscos to Fort Grant; Apaches attack the escort and
Tuscos escapes. Captain Lance leads a patrol of those he considers to
be Fort Winston's most expendable soldiers, back to what is left of
Fort Invincible to fight off avenging Apaches pending arrival of a
relief column. The outnumbered misfits in this tiny patrol see it as a
suicide mission, but they know Lance's leadership is their only hope
of survival.
Cast and crew: Charles Marquis Warren, Edmund H. North, Harry Brown, Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Lon Chaney Jr., Gordon Douglas, William Cagney, Neville Brand, Jeff Corey, Warner Anderson, Steve Brodie, Dan Riss, Terry Kilburn, Herbert Heyes, Art Baker, Hugh Sanders, Michael Ansara, Nana Bryan
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1950 Gordon Douglas
film The Nevadan based on story and screenplay by George
W. George and George F. Slavin and starring Randolph Scott as Marshal
Andrew Barclay. Plot summary: Marshal Andrew Barclay devises a scheme
for the recovery of some stolen gold by arranging for the escape of
thief Tom Tanner [Forrest Tucker) so he can follow him to its
location. This plan eventually succeeds after a series of events
involving some interaction with Karen Galt [Dorothy Malone], the
beautiful owner of a ranch where he does a horse trade.
Cast and crew: Gordon Douglas, George W. George, George F. Slavin, Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Forrest Tucker, Frank Faylen, George Macready, Charles Kemper, Jeff Corey, Tom Powers, Jock Mahoney
