794. PINOCCHIO - Lobby Card Lobby Card (11 x 14) Fine

Sold Stock #183455 | Sold Mar 21 2025

PINOCCHIO (1947)

Collectible Posters Auction: Spring 2025

794. PINOCCHIO - Lobby Card Lobby Card (11" x 14"); Fine

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Lobby Card (11" x 14")
Fine
RKO, 1947

This charming lobby card features Pinocchio and Geppetto's cat, Figaro. It is unrestored and shows light, sporadic edge wear, corner pinholes, and creases in the upper corners and border. However, the colors remain fresh and vibrant.

Before starting work on "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail," Akira Kurosawa had been developing a film project titled "Lifted Spear." Like his later film "Kagemusha," this project was set to culminate in a grand battle featuring the 16th-century warlord Nobunaga Oda. However, due to wartime shortages, the horses needed for this pivotal scene were unavailable, leading to the project's abandonment. In response to the lack of resources, Kurosawa proposed this film to his studio, Toho, as a quick, low-resource production that would only require a few actors, a single set, and no horses. Toho approved the plan, and the project quickly passed through initial wartime censorship, allowing Kurosawa to commence filming in early autumn 1945. The film did not receive a general release until 1952, when this poster originates.

Estimate: $400 - 800

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