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  Lawrence of Arabia

  £695.00

  ”A thousand Arabs means a thousand knives, delivered anywhere day or night. It means a thousand camels. That means a thousand packs of high explosives and a thousand crack rifles. We can cross Arabia while Johnny Turk is still turning round, and smash his railways. And while he’s mending them, I’ll smash them somewhere else. In thirteen weeks, I can have Arabia in chaos.”

  A personal favourite; film and poster, fully deserving of the reverence it is held in. With artwork by Howard Terpning, this original 1962 French ‘Moyen‘ Affiche film poster for “Lawrence of Arabia” (Lawrence d’Arabie) is a truly stunning piece featuring deep, rich colours and beautiful painted artwork of a sabre wielding O’Toole (astride a camel) leading his Arab army into battle.  Eye-catching and memorable as O’Toole’s presence dominates (rightly so) the poster. A real find in such high grade condition, benefitting from being conservation linen backed with only light restoration to the original foldlines. A magnificent example that displays and presents to excellent effect and represents a scarce & highly collectable item of authentic movie memorabilia that is without argument one of the greatest movies ever made.

  Trivia: The scene where T.E. Lawrence is given his first Arab clothes wasn’t working as written, so Sir David Lean took Peter O’Toole aside and said, “There’s something missing, Peter. What do you think a young man would do alone in the desert if he’d just been given these beautiful robes?” He pointed out to the desert and O’Toole’s eyes followed. “There’s your theatre, Peter. Do what you like.” So, O’Toole improvised Lawrence looking at his reflection in his knife.

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  Lawrence of Arabia

  £1,995.00

  ”Yes, it was my privilege to know him (Lawrence) and to make him known to the world. He was a poet, a scholar and a mighty warrior…He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum & Bailey.”

  A personal favourite; film and poster (I’m tied between this by Kerfyser and Terpning’s) fully deserving of the reverence it is held in. With artwork by Georges Kerfyser, this original 1962 French ‘Grande‘ Affiche film poster for “Lawrence of Arabia” (Lawrence d’Arabie) is a truly stunning piece featuring rich, deep red colour tones that allude to the heat of the desert and an incredible silhouette of O’Toole as Lawrence as an impressive backdrop. A real find in such high grade condition, benefitting from being conservation linen backed with only light restoration to the original foldlines. A magnificent example that looks even more spectacular in the larger format of the French ‘Grande’ that displays and presents to excellent effect and represents an extremely scarce & highly collectable item of authentic movie memorabilia for what is without argument one of the greatest movies ever made.

  Trivia: On his first location scouting trip in Jordan, director Sir David Lean discovered the remains of the Turkish locomotives and railroad tracks T.E. Lawrence had destroyed during the Arab Revolution. After forty years in the sun, they hadn’t even rusted.

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  Lawrence of Arabia

  £545.00

  ”Yes, it was my privilege to know him (Lawrence) and to make him known to the world. He was a poet, a scholar and a mighty warrior…He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum & Bailey.”

  A personal favourite; film and poster (I’m tied between this by Michel Landi, Kerfyser and Terpning’s) fully deserving of the reverence it is held in. With artwork by Michel Landi (from a design by Georges Kerfyser), this original 1971 re-release French ‘Grande‘ Affiche film poster for “Lawrence of Arabia” (Lawrence d’Arabie) is a truly stunning piece featuring an incredible orange colour palette that allude to the heat of the desert and an incredible image of O’Toole as Lawrence as an impressive backdrop. A real find in such high grade condition, benefitting from being conservation linen backed with only light restoration to the original foldlines. A magnificent example that looks even more spectacular in the larger format of the French ‘Grande’ that displays and presents to excellent effect and represents an extremely scarce & highly collectable item of authentic movie memorabilia for what is without argument one of the greatest movies ever made.

  Trivia: On his first location scouting trip in Jordan, director Sir David Lean discovered the remains of the Turkish locomotives and railroad tracks T.E. Lawrence had destroyed during the Arab Revolution. After forty years in the sun, they hadn’t even rusted.

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  The Cincinnati Kid

  £350.00

  ”He’d take on anyone, at anything, anytime ….it was only a matter of who came first !”

  A personal favourite; film and poster. (IMHO) McQueen’s best performance, he was the ‘The Kid’…Without doubt one of the best looking McQueen film poster images. With design and artwork by Georges Allard this original 1965 French ‘Medium‘ Affiche film poster for “The Cincinnati Kid” (Le Kid de Cincinnati) is a stunning piece. Deep, rich colours and beautiful painted artwork, very striking and a fantastically rare French poster featuring country unique imagery; effective and memorable as McQueen’s presence dominates (rightly so) the poster. A real find in such high grade original condition. Totally unrestored this folded (as issued) example displays and presents to excellent effect and represents a scarce & highly collectable item of authentic movie memorabilia from one of the great Steve McQueen performances…“You’re good, kid, but as long as I’m around you’re second best. You might as well learn to live with it.”

  Trivia: The rather gratuitous fight scene in the film was added at the instigation of Steve McQueen who had it written into his contract that he feature in an action scene.

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