British Front of House Lobby Cards - Complete Set of 8

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  Barbarella

  £395.00

  “Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.”

  In arguably the most famous role of her career, Jane Fonda stars as “Barbarella” in Roger Vadim’s, campy, sci-fi fantasy. Based on the hugely popular French comic strip by Jean-Claude Forest the film is considered one of the 1960s quintessential cult movies. Its stylish and colourful comic art layout scenes are truly unique for the period, and represent a nice homage to its comic book roots. These scenes are captured to great effect in a series of eight British front of house lobby cards with Fonda featured in all, including the iconic and super sexy ray-gun in hand pose. In addition to the set offered, also included is the hard to find synopsis card and the brochure. The brochure is particularly striking being finished in black and white with a silver background and pink lettering. Originally flat-unfolded (as issued) this beautiful complete set of all eight cards and extras display superbly, vibrant, unfaded colours and an incredible selection of key scenes. An impressive set of highly collectable cinematic memorabilia for a much admired sci-fi classic that rarely turns up as complete as here.

  Trivia: Jane Fonda is filmed at times, especially during the opening spacesuit striptease sequence, in the famous French director’s “Vadim Tease” directorial style.

   

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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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  Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

  £275.00

  “May The Force Be with You”

  A 1977 original year of release “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” complete set of eight (8) British front of house lobby cards. An incredible selection of instantly recognisable images – the major characters and key scenes are all featured – Luke (Mark Hamill) is seen on four, Han (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Obi Wan (Sir Alec Guinness), Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), R2-D2 (Kenny Baker), C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and of course Darth Vader (Dave Prowse) sharing two appearances each. The characters have become synonymous with the franchise, with each card extremely sought after with many collectors & fans. The desirability of a single card has meant that these sets are usually split up with very few complete sets rarely coming to market. Flat and unfolded (as issued) this beautiful set of lobby cards presents to excellent effect and represents a scarce and desirable piece of original Star Wars movie memorabilia from what has become one of the most collectable and popular modern movie franchises.

  Trivia: George Lucas‘ decision to accept a lower salary on the movie in exchange for full merchandising rights was considered a fool’s gamble on his part. Although some movie-toy combinations had done moderate retail returns at the time, they had never been major money-earners because of the long gap between when a movie would go through its theatrical run and when any products based on it would be available. This movie, however, was such a phenomenon that it reached the holiday 1977 sales period in full swing, and changed the way how movies were merchandised forever.

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