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Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This element of a poster design shows Charlie Chaplin's Jewish barber character standing on the shoulder of his Hynkel character as though to give him a ha...
Poster

Handmade Poster for "The Connection"

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Description: Original handmade painted poster for the 1961 film "The Connection." The background is grey and white with black and white lettering. An image of a man in ...
Poster

"The Connection" British Quad Poster

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Description: British quad poster for the 1961 film The Connection by Shirley Clarke. Black and white woodcut of four musicians playing the piano, drums, saxophone and s...
Photograph

Faye Emerson with Magazine Cover

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Description: Faye Emerson standing next to an enlarged cover for the June 20, 1950 edition of the magazine People Today. She is featured on the cover. Faye is al...
Photograph

Cake for Faye Emerson

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Description: Circular cake which reads: "Welcome Faye" on the side. The top of the cake is decorated with a woman's shoulder and bust. A crown with "TV" on it is placed...
Poster

Imitation of Life lobby card

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Description: Lobby card for the 1959 film "Imitation of Life" starring Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, and Juanita Moore. The image on the card shows Lora Meredith (Lana Turn...
Poster

Suddenly, Last Summer lobby card

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Description: Lobby card for the 1959 film "Suddenly, Last Summer" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift. The card shows Catherine Holly (El...
Poster

North by Northwest lobby card

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Description: Lobby card for the 1959 film "North by Northwest" starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint. The card shows Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) being chased by a c...
Poster

The Shaggy Dog lobby card

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Description: Title lobby card for the 1959 film "The Shaggy Dog" starring Fred MacMurray and Jean Hagen. The card has a drawing of Wilson Daniels (Fred MacMurray) face...
Poster

Anatomy of a Murder lobby card

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Description: Title lobby card for the 1959 film "Anatomy of a Murder" starring James Stewart and Lee Remick. The card is done in black and white and shows a body in pi...
Poster

Operation Petticoat poster

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Description: One sheet poster for the 1959 film "Operation Petticoat" starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. The poster depicts Grant's and Curtis' characters with blank...
Poster

Pillow Talk halfsheet poster

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Description: Halfsheet poster for the 1959 film "Pillow Talk" starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson. The poster shows Day and Hudson laying next to each other with their ...
Poster

Some Like It Hot poster

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Description: British quad poster for the 1959 film "Some Like It Hot". The poster shows Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon holding up Marilyn Monroe. The men wear tuxedos an...
Manuscript

"Roman Scandals" Pressbook

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Description: Excerpt from the pressbook for the 1933 film "Roman Scandals" which starred Eddie Cantor highlighting Louis Philippe Lipstick and Caron's Nuit de Noel (Xma...
Manuscript

"Roman Scandals" Pressbook

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Description: A "Special Newspaper Section" from the pressbook for the 1933 film "Roman Scandals" starring Eddie Cantor. The section plays off the song "Build a Little ...
Photograph

Country Store

Date: 1977
Description: A teenage girl is walking up cement steps to a sidewalk in front of a country store and Post Office. An American flag is flying from a column in the foregr...
Photograph

"I Led 3 Lives" Advertisement

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Description: Photograph of a newspaper or magazine advertisement for the Ziv-TV show "I Led 3 Lives" which was based on the career of FBI undercover agent Herbert Philb...
Document

Page from Rebecca Pressbook

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Description: A page from the pressbook for the re-release of the film Rebecca which starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. The page encourages theaters to h...
Historical Object

Harry Morey Pennant

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Description: Brown felt pennant featuring a photograph of silent film actor Harry Morey. The small photograph shows Morey wearing a hat and holding a cigar in his hand ...
Poster

Lobby Card for "The Street of Forgotten Men"

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Description: Lobby card for the 1925 film "The Street of Forgotten Men". An older woman, sitting and wearing a nice dress and hat, is grabbing the arm of a young man st...

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