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  Peter Pan

  £95.00

  “Second star to the right and straight on till morning.”

  A complete set of all eight British front of house lobby cards for Walt Disney’s beloved tale of the boy who never grew up “Peter Pan”. Originally premiered in 1953 this colourful collection is from the  British 1980s re-release and contains a series of beautiful images; Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Smee, Tinkerbell, Wendy, Tiger Lilly, the Lost Boys and the Darling children . As you would expect from a Disney offering artwork is of the highest quality and colours truly bright and vibrant. Originally flat/unfolded (as issued) this incredible set presents and displays to excellent. A lovely example of rare and collectable original movie memorabilia for a much loved Disney classic.

  Trivia: JRR Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings fame) was a huge Peter Pan fan. Neverland and the Lost Boys had a definite impact on Middle-earth; Peter Pan himself particularly influenced the elves.

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  Peter Pan

  £95.00

  “Second star to the right and straight on till morning.”

  A beautiful, colourful masterpiece of a poster for Walt Disney’s beloved tale of the boy who never grew up “Peter Pan”. Originally premiered in 1953 this impressive Japanese B2 is from the 1975 re-release in Japan and focuses on the titular ‘Peter’. As you would expect from a Disney offering artwork is of the highest quality and colours truly bright and vibrant featuring a full length Peter Pan with marvellous border art of the supporting characters; Captain Hook, Smee, Tinkerbell 9I love the way she has been positioned on Peter’s shoulder), Wendy, Nana and the Darling children. Originally rolled (as issued) and unrestored this beautiful example presents very well and displays to excellent effect with colourful imagery exclusively created for this Japanese re-release. A fine example of rare and collectable original movie memorabilia for a much loved Disney classic.

  Trivia: JRR Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings fame) was a huge Peter Pan fan. Neverland and the Lost Boys had a definite impact on Middle-earth; Peter Pan himself particularly influenced the elves.

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  War of the Worlds

  £595.00

  “They came to CONQUER the EARTH !”

  The quintessential science fiction film; George Pal’s “War of the Worlds” – with original 1953 paper for the title some of the most sought after and expensive whenever it comes to market (that’s not very often). Re-released many times since its 1953 debut, and beautifully re-imagined here on this 2014 alternative movie poster by Stan and Vince. It’s a fantastic image using the ‘Flying Saucer’ artwork that was originally used on the 1953 Style B US half sheet poster as the Martian ‘Death Ray’ destroys the city. This hand-numbered (#5/150) fine art print has been printed using glow in the dark green inks for the title and flying saucer detailing. Originally rolled (as issued) it displays and presents to excellent effect. Immediately selling out on release in 2014 this is a very sought after and desirable item, that rarely comes to market and represents a fine example of rare and collectable sci-fi movie memorabilia from a true classic of the genre.

  The artists Stan and Vince had this to say about the commission – “Byron Haskin’s War of the Worlds was released 62 years ago, and even though we weren’t around at the time, this movie was made for us. We KNOW it! Byron Haskin had to know that his movie was to be aired decades later in front of our 80s teenage eyes, printing powerful, everlasting images in our brains. We’re pretty sure he also knew that Mondo was going to ask us to work on a poster for this movie! To recapture the taste and flavor of H.G. Well’s story put in those glorious fifties frames and make people hear the sizzling sound of the saucers’ deadly death rays.
  That’s the magic we wanted to have in this poster. We wanted to put viewers back in the theatre seats where they first saw the movie, in the frame with the hero as he watches the invaders coming into the city! We wanted this poster to feel the retro-style menace of the red planet.”

  Trivia: The estate of H.G. Wells was so pleased with the final production that it offered George Pal his choice of any other of Wells’ properties. Pal chose The Time Machine (1960).

   

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