The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - (Michael Rennie) US half-sheet reprint

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - (Michael Rennie) US half-sheet reprint

This is a 22" x 33.5" reprint of a half-sheet poster for the 1951 Robert Wise film The Day the Earth Stood Still based on a story by Harry Bates, screenplay by Edmund H. North and starring Michael Rennie as Klaatu. Plot summary: Klaatu, an alien from a planet 250 million miles away, lands on an American baseball diamond in Washington D.C. with his robot Gort [Lock Martin] just after the end of World War II. He wants to make it known to the people that their warlike ways are no longer tolerable now that they have begun developing atomic energy.

Cast and crew: Robert Wise, Edmund H. North, Harry Bates, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Lock Martin

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Rawhide (R1956) - (Tyrone Power) US title card

Rawhide (R1956) - (Tyrone Power) US title card

Pictured is a US 11" x 14" title card for a 1956 rerelease of the 1951 Henry Hathaway film Rawhide based on a story by Dudley Nichols and starring Tyrone Power as Tom Owens and Susan Hayward as Vinnie Holt. Plot summary: Rawhide is a desert stagecoach stop where Vinnie Holt finds herself and her niece stranded with the assistant stationmaster Tom Owens after stationmaster Sam Todd [Edgar Buchanan] has been killed by a fugitive murderer named Rafe Zimmerman [Hugh Marlowe] and his three henchmen. Tension runs high while the outlaws wait with their hostages for the next stage so they can rob it, but events take an unexpected turn. Jack Elam is especially good in this film in his role as the deranged outlaw Tevis, who takes an unhealthy interest in Vinnie.

Cast and crew: Henry Hathaway, Dudley Nichols, Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, George Tobias, Jeff Corey, James Millican, Louis Jean Heydt, William Haade, Milton R. Corey Sr., Kenneth Tobey, Dan White, Max Terhune

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Night and the City (1950) - (Richard Widmark) US Lobby Card

Night and the City (1950) - (Richard Widmark) US #5 Lobby Card

Pictured is an 11" x 14" US lobby card #5 showing Gene Tierney as Mary Bristol and Googie Withers as Helen Nosseross in a scene from the 1950 Jules Dassin film Night and the City based on the novel by Gerald Kersh, screenplay by Joe Eisinger and starring Richard Widmark as Harry Fabian. Plot summary: In its day film critics were not appreciative of this film, but it later became recognized as a seminal work of film noir. In Street with No Name: A History of the Classic American Film Noir Andrew Dickos said "in a perfect fusion of mood and character, Dassin created a work of emotional power and existential drama that stands as a paradigm of noir pathos and despair." The film is set in London and tracks the rise and fall of Harry Fabian, an ambitious grifter who has an unstable relationship with an honest nightclub owner named Mary Bristol. In an attempt to improve his financial situation Fabian opens a gym where he supports professional wrestlers; he soon gets into conflict with underworld competitors who put a reward on his head.

Cast and crew: Jules Dassin, Jo Eisinger, Gerald Kersh, Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Sanislaus Zbyszko, Mike Mazurki, Ada Reeve, Ken Richmond, Adelaide Hall, Eliot Makeham, Betty Marsden

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