To own an RKO Studio movie poster original means you own a vintage movie poster from a movie that came from one of the big five studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.Between 1929 and 1957 RKO Studio release an incredible amount of Studio movie posters with amazing original art.Actors Katharine Hepburn and later, Robert Mitchum had their first major successes at the studio.Cary Grant was a mainstay for years and thus an RKO Studio movie poster original from any of these actors is always going to be a great investment.RKO was also known for its cycle of musicals and the well known stars of the day that appeared in them.RKO Studios was behind famous films such as King Kong, Citizen Kane and co-produced It's a Wonderful Life and Notorious.To own an RKO Studio movie poster mean't that you were owning a poster that represented a classic golden ira and a certain class about it.Original RKO Studio movie posters are now getting harder to get and are becoming very collectible because of their artwork.See our great range below.
Pinocchio Daybill Poster rare Original 1945 re-issue.Note that this poster is undated, but it certainly is from 1945 (or soon after), because the movie has been retitled to "Walt Disney's Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio", and that was done in the U.S. for its 1945 re-release. Note that this poster has full-bleed borders on the left and right and has NOT been trimmed. This was done by RKO with their daybills from the middle to late 1940s.
Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the Italian children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It was the second animated feature film produced by Disney, made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). It was the first animated feature to win a competitive Academy Award – winning two for Best Music, Original Score and for Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star", however the film was initially a box office disaster. It eventually made a profit in its 1945 reissue, and today it is considered among the finest Disney features ever made, and one of the greatest animated films of all time.
Cry Danger Poster Daybill Original Stone.Cry Danger is a 1951 film noir thriller shot in twenty-two days in Los Angeles. The film was directed by Robert Parrish, a former child star and later editor in his debut as a director. Starring Dick Powell as Rocky Mulloy, Rhonda Fleming as Nancy Morgan, Richard Erdman as Delong and William Conrad as Louie Castro. A restored version of the film was released in 2011. The film was restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in co-operation with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros., funded by the Film Noir Foundation.
Pinocchio Poster Three Sheet Rare Australian Original 1945 re-issue.Note that this poster is undated, but it certainly is from 1945 (or soon after), because the movie has been retitled to "Walt Disney's Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio", and that was done in the U.S. for its 1945 re-release. Note that this poster has full-bleed borders on the left and right and has NOT been trimmed. It is in Good condition and the key art presents nicely. With professional Linen Backing it will restore well.
Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the Italian children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It was the second animated feature film produced by Disney, made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). It was the first animated feature to win a competitive Academy Award – winning two for Best Music, Original Score and for Original Song for "When You Wish Upon A Star", however the film was initially a box office disaster. It eventually made a profit in its 1945 reissue, and today it is considered among the finest Disney features ever made, and one of the greatest animated films of all time.
The Living Desert Poster One Sheet Rare Original 1953 Disney Documentary.The Living Desert is a 1953 American nature documentary film that shows the everyday lives of the animals of the desert of the Southwestern United States.It was the first feature-length film in Disney's True-Life Adventures series of documentaries focusing on zoological studies The film was written by James Algar, Winston Hibler, Jack Moffitt (uncredited) and Ted Sears. It was directed by Algar, with Hibler as the narrator and was filmed in Tucson, Arizona.The film won the 1953 Oscar for Best Documentary.
Bells Of St Marys Poster Rare Australian One Sheet Original Re-Issue with exceptional artwork.The Bells of St. Mary's is a 1945 American musical comedy-drama film, produced and directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. Written by Dudley Nichols and based on a story by McCarey, the film is about a priest and a nun who, despite their good-natured rivalry, try to save their school from being shut down. The character Father O'Malley had been previously portrayed by Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film was produced by Leo McCarey's production company, Rainbow Productions. The film earned receipts of $8 million in North America during its initial run, making it the highest-grossing movie of 1945 in the USA. It made a profit of $3,715,000, making it the most profitable film in the history of RKO.
Pluto Poster Daybill original 1940's Stone Litho. Note that this is an Australian daybill for releases of Walt Disney Pluto cartoons in Australia in the early 1940s. Many examples of this daybill were printed with the title area blank, and then they would overprint posters with the names of specific titles (in this case, "Pluto Purloined Pup). Note that this poster has full-bleed borders on the left and right and has NOT been trimmed. This was done by RKO with their daybills in the 1940s and early 1950s.The Pluto ones rarely come up for sale.
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Poster Daybill Original 1940's Re-Issue Ultra Rare.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the first full-length cel animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story was adapted by storyboard artists Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Creedon, Merrill De Maris, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dick Rickard, Ted Sears and Webb Smith. David Hand was the supervising director, while William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, and Ben Sharpsteen directed the film's individual sequences. At the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Academy Honorary Award for Walt Disney "as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field".
Tarzan And The She Devil Rare Daybill Poster.Tarzan and the She-Devil is a 1953 American film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Joyce MacKenzie as Jane. It also features Raymond Burr, Tom Conway and Monique van Vooren, who plays the "She-Devil." This was Barker's fifth and final appearance as Edgar Rice Burroughs' ape-man.
Rare Hand Litho Daybill Poster.The Sword and the Rose (1953) is a family/adventure film produced by Perce Pearce and Walt Disney and directed by Ken Annakin. Starring in the film were Richard Todd (The Dam Busters) and Glynis Johns (The Court Jester). The film features the story of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England. Based on the 1898 novel When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major, it was originally made into a motion picture in 1908 and again in 1922 as ‘When Knighthood Was in Flower’. The 1953 Disney version was adapted for the screen by Lawrence Edward Watkin. The film was shot at Denham Film Studios and was the third of Disney's British productions after Treasure Island (1950) and The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952).
Exceptionally rare FIRST release Daybill Poster with the best art for this title.Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated adventure fantasy film produced in 1952 by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, it is the 14th Disney animated feature film. The film was directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, and Wilfred Jackson. Featuring the voices of Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, and Bill Thompson, the film's plot follows Wendy Darling and her two brothers, who meet the never-growing-up Peter Pan and travel with him to the island of Never Land to stay young, where they also have to face Peter's archenemy, Captain Hook.Peter Pan was released on February 5, 1953, becoming the final Disney animated feature released through RKO before Disney founded his own distribution company. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Upon its release, the film earned positive reviews from film critics and was a box office success.
Donald Duck Bellboy Donald Poster Ultra rare Australian Daybill.Note: Disney used RKO stock Daybills for its short features in the 1940's with the title printed in the bottom blank area.Paper for 'Bellboy Donald' is very scarce and this is one of the very few that have survived.What makes this Daybill even more valuable and sort after is its condition.It has no paper loss, tape marks, additional creasing or edge wear. See the additional image for the reverse scan. This is the first and probably last time we will have such a unique piece in stock.
Bellboy Donald - Donald Duck is a bellboy at the Lofty Manors hotel, where he has to be constantly reminded that the guest is always right. Pegleg Pete and his son check in to their rooms on the 80th floor, and sorely try Donald's already limited patience.
Rare Hand litho Daybill Poster.Rancho Notorious is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Marlene Dietrich as the matron of a criminal hideout called Chuck-a-Luck. Arthur Kennedy and Mel Ferrer play rivals for her attention in this tale of frontier revenge. It also stars George Reeves who would later go on to play Superman. The film was originally titled Chuck-a-Luck, with “The Legend of Chuck-a-Luck” as the title song, but the name was changed at the insistence of Howard Hughes, then head of RKO Pictures.
Original 1956 Belgian Poster.Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Coupable a I’Unanimite) is a 1956 film noir directed by Fritz Lang and written by Douglas Morrow. The film stars Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, and Arthur Franz. It was Lang's second film for Friedlob and the last American film he directed. Film critic Dennis L. White describes the film as having "considerable impact, due not so much to visual style, but as to the narrative structure and mood and to the expertly devised plot, in which the turnabout is both surprising and convincing.
Hand Litho Daybill poster.Passion is a 1954 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Howard Estabrook, Beatrice A. Dresher and Joseph Lejtes. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr.,Rodolfo Acosta and John Qualen. The film was released on October 6, 1954, by RKO Pictures. The film was also known as Where the Wind Dies.
Daybill Poster with Stone Litho art.Son of Sinbad is a 1955 American film directed by Ted Tetzlaff. Dale Robertson (as Sinbad) co-stars with Sally Forrest and Vincent Price, as well as Lili St. Cyr, a well-known strip teaser of the 1950s. It is Vincent Price's fourth and final 3-D film. Initially, the film was shot in 1953 and planned to be released in 3D. Because of difficulties with the Motion Picture Production Code, studio mogul Howard Hughes shelved the film until 1955, when it was converted to the Tushinsky SuperScope process, in 2-D.
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