Lot 99 - Poster Live Auction - UK Quad, Complete Set of Eight Front of House Cards, Press and Exhibitors Brochures, 1967 | DIRTY DOZEN, THE (1967)

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Sold Stock #153964 | Sold May 9 2023

DIRTY DOZEN, THE (1967)

March Poster Online Auction: London 2023

Lot #99 - Poster Live Auction - UK Quad, Complete Set of Eight Front of House Cards, Press and Exhibitors' Brochures, 1967

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Featuring Frank McCarthy artwork, this is an original first-release UK Quad film poster for Robert Aldrich's 1967 World War 2 action extravaganza The Dirty Dozen. The dark background is a lovely deep black with the lead characters, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and Jim Brown, seeming to leap from the paper almost in 3D style. Also offered in the lot is a complete set of all eight front-of-house British lobby cards and the Press and Exhibitors' brochures. Trivia: Tom Chantrell was hugely influenced by the composition of this poster in the design of the now iconic Style C Star Wars poster replacing the machine guns with lightsabers and laser blasters.

(UK Quad): 40" x 30" (101x 76 cm); (FOH cards): 10" x 8" (25.5 x 20 cm); (campaign book): 9.75" x 14.5" (25 x 37 cm)

Condition: Very Good to Excellent

All unrestored, folded/flat (as issued). Quad and FOH cards are in excellent condition with only minor handling or age wear. The press items have handling wear.

Artist: Frank McCarthy

£200 - 400

VAT Status: M
Size

Item size: 30" × 40" × 0.04" (76.2cm × 101.6cm × 0.1cm)