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Here you will find an incredible selection of ORIGINAL, Vintage movie posters as issued over 50 years ago for the greatest comedy legends including Abbott & Costello, Laurel & Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin and others. . . And, of course The Three Stooges.

For some, like Abbott & Costello, The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy, our collections have grown so large over the past 20 years we had to create a SPECIAL COLLECTIONS category. In the Special Collections we list the COMPLETE inventory of our major collections. Under Comedy we list ONLY a small sampling as listing everything would be too overwhelming for those not looking for Three Stooges or Abbott & Costello. So be sure to check out the SPECIAL COLLECTIONS for the COMLETE list of our Special category vintage posters.

Or, if you're looking for something specific, you can make it real easy and just use our SEARCH Tool in the left column.

Here you will find spectacular vintage movie posters from Horror classics starring the "Big Three", Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney Jr. . Then you will find some of the most unforgettable, mesmerizing Sci-Fi classics like “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “The Mantis”. And, your exciting visit will bring you to the great thrillers of the past including Hitchcock, Charlie Chan and other spine tingling thrillers of the Golden Years.

Just browse through our selection below, or if you are looking for specific stars or titles use the Search box in the left column. And, when you find somethig you love, just hit the "add to cart" button and you will be directed to the checkout page where you can use your credit card. Enjoy BUT BE CAREFUL, it's very SCARY in here!!

Bogey

The name perhaps means more things to more people than that of any other Hollywood hero. Bogart's ugly-handsome face, perpetual cigarette and rasping voice bespoke a man who was nobody's fool, a loner but never an outcast.

Humphrey Bogart was born in New York on January 23 ,1899. His father, Dr Belmont Deforest Bogart, was one of the city's most eminent surgeons. His mother Maud, was a magazine illustrator. After completing his studies at Trinity school, Bogart entered Philips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Expelled for bad behaviour, he joined the U.S Marines in 1918 and served several months. On his return to civilian life, he was hired by theatrical producer William A.Brady, who made him his road manager and encouraged him to try his hand at acting. His first appearances were somewhat unconvincing but Bogart perevered and gradually learned to master the craft

In 1929 he was spotted by a talent scout in Its a Wise Child and put under a year's contract by 20th Century Fox. At this period he was just a young stage actor with no particular following; the studio uncertain about how best to use him, tried him out in an assortment of genres. The results were uneven and unpromising and Bogart, after being loaned out to Universal for a brief appearance in Bad Sister (1931) - as a man about town who leaves his young wife in the lurch - returned to Broadway, convinced that he was through with cinema for good. Though he went on to make several movies on the 30's it was 1941 that catipulted him to one of the biggest, most immortal stars to this day.

In 1941, Bogart's luck suddenly changed for the better. He was given the lead in Walsh's High Sierra in place of George Raft (who had turned the part down). Although Ida Lupino had top billing and gave one of her finest performance, it was Bogart, in the role of Roy Earle an ageing and dillusioned gangster, who was the discovery of the film. For the first time he revealed a human dimension and depth which went beyond the requirements of the plot.

In 1941 this epitome of virile scepticism took on the features of Sam Spade. The character created in 1929 by the novelist Dashiell Hammett had already been twice adapted for the screen without success; however the third version of The Maltese Falcon, which was more faithful than the others to Hammett's novel, hit the jackpot. Surrounded by a brilliant cast, perfectly illustrated the ethics of the private eye. Intransigent, totally independent, indifferent to the police yet wholly unself-serving, his Spade had absolute authenticity. The Bogartian character had suddenly found its true physiognomy. He was and would remain a man who concealed his own needs behind a hard bitten exterior, who rejected all higher principles and distrusted all abstract causes. He was a loner who did not ask for help from anyone.

Casablanca (1942) and To Have and Have Not (1944) both cast him in the midst of a cosmopolitan and divided world. In these films, fascists, Gaullists and refugees of every kind attempt to obtain his support but Bogart remains very much his own man.

Original memorabilia from one of the big screens most important stars. He led a reclusive life and did not acknowledge his fans. He was known to refuse to sign autographs. Only on a rare occasion did he offer his autograph but usually to those who didn’t even ask for it and it was primarily to the working man or woman like th waitress or clerk that catered to his needs. In our Marlon Brando collection you will see we have two such prized treasures, both receiving the highest level of authentication PSA. And, as with all of our autographs we guarantee authenticity for life.

In addition, we have acquired some of the most historical and stunning original movie posters form his greatest work including “Godfather” , “A Streetcap Named Desire” and others.

Please let us know how we can help you build a museum quality collection.

Cary Grant (1904-1986)
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British-born actor Cary Grant (born Archibald Leach) escaped his humble Bristol environs and unstable home life by joining an acrobatic troupe, where he became a stilt-walker. Numerous odd jobs kept him going until he tried acting, and, after moving to the United States, he managed to lose his accent, developing a clipped mid-Atlantic speaking style uniquely his own. After acting in Broadway musicals, Grant was signed in 1932 by Paramount Pictures to be built into leading-man material. His real name would never do for marquees, so the studio took the first initials of their top star Gary Cooper, reversed them, then filled in the "C" and "G" to come up with Cary Grant. After a year of nondescript roles, Grant was selected by Mae West to be her leading man in She Done Him Wrong (1933) and I'm No Angel(1934). A bit stiff-necked but undeniably sexy, Grant vaulted to stardom, though Paramount continued wasting his potential in second rate films.

Free at last from his Paramount obligations in 1935, Grant vowed never to be strictly bound to any one studio again, so he signed a dual contract with Columbia and RKO that allowed him to choose any "outside" roles he pleased. Sylvia Scarlett (1936) was the first film to fully demonstrate Grant's inspired comic flair, which would be utilized to the utmost in such knee-slappers as The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1939), and The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947). (Only in Arsenic and Old Lace [1941] did he overplay his hand and lapse into mugging.) The actor was also accomplished at straight drama, as evidenced in Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Destination Tokyo (1942), Crisis (1950), and in his favorite role as an irresponsible cockney in None but the Lonely Heart (1942), for which Grant was nominated for an Oscar -- he didn't win, although he was awarded a special Oscar for career achievement in 1970.

Off-stage, most of Grant's co-workers had nothing but praise for his craftsmanship and willingness to work with co-stars rather than at them. Among Grant's yea-sayers was director Alfred Hitchcock, who cast the actor in three of his best films, most notably the quintessential Hitchcock thriller North by Northwest (1959). Seemingly growing handsomer and more charming as he got older, Grant retained his stardom into the 1960s, enriching himself with lucrative percentage-of-profits deals on such box-office hits as Operation Petticoat (1959) and Charade (1964). Upon completing Walk, Don't Run in 1966, Grant decided he was through with filmmaking -- and he meant it. Devoting his remaining years to an executive position at a major cosmetics firm, Grant never appeared on a TV talk show and seldom granted newspaper interviews. In the 1980s, however, he became restless, and decided to embark on a nationwide lecture tour, confining himself exclusively to small towns in which the residents might otherwise never have the chance to see a Hollywood superstar in person. It was while preparing to lecture in Davenport, IA, that the 82-year-old Cary Grant suffered a sudden and fatal stroke in 1986.

Bela Lugosi shot to stardom in the title role of the 1931 film version of Bram Stokers Dracula and set the standard for movie vampires. A successful stage actor in his native Hungary and in Germany, he emigrated to the United States in the 1920s and played various character roles until grabbing the lead in the stage production of Dracula in 1927. Lugosi's talent for playing a villain led to a career of playing monsters and mad scientists, and it's generally accepted that he made a lot of bad choices. Some of his more memorable movies include The Black Cat (1934), Ninotchka (1939, starring Greta Garbo), The Wolfman (1941) and Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). In 1955 Lugosi committed himself to an institution, admitting an addiction to methadone. In his last years his personal life and career were on the skids, but he still worked a little in television and low-budget films. He died while working on what has been called one of the worst movies ever made, Plan 9 From Outer Space (released in 1959).

Today Bela Lugosi original vintage memorabilia including vintage movie posters and authentic autographs are highly sought after by collectors and command some of the highest premiums in the collecting industry. We hope you enjoy our exceptional Bela Lugosi Collection that we have built over the past 20 years

In his youth, George Reeves aspired to become a boxer, but gave up this pursuit because his mother was worried that he'd be seriously injured. Attracted to acting, Reeves attended the Pasadena Playhouse, where he starred in several productions. In 1939, Reeves was selected to play one of the Tarleton twins in the Selznick superproduction Gone With the Wind (1939). He made an excellent impression in the role, and spent the next few years playing roles of varying sizes at Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and Paramount. He was praised by fans and reviewers alike for his performances in Lydia (1941) and So Proudly We Hail (1943); upon returning from WWII service, however, Reeves found it more difficult to get good roles. He starred in a few "B"'s and in the title role of the Columbia serial The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949), but for the most part was shunted away in ordinary villain roles.

In 1951, he starred in the Lippert programmer Superman vs. the Mole Men, playing both the Man of Steel and his bespectacled alter ego, Clark Kent. This led to the immensely popular Superman TV series, in which Reeves starred from 1953 through 1957. While Superman saved Reeves' career, it also permanently typecast him. He made an appearance as wagon train leader James Stephen in Disney's Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956), though the producer felt it expeditious to hide Reeves behind a heavy beard. While it is now commonly believed that Reeves was unable to get work after the cancellation of Superman in 1957, he was in fact poised to embark on several lucrative projects, including directing assignments on two medium-budget adventure pictures and a worldwide personal appearance tour. On June 16, 1959, Reeves died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. The official ruling was suicide -- and, since he left no note, it was assumed that Reeves was despondent over his flagging career. Since that time, however, there has been a mounting suspicion (engendered by the actor's friends and family) that George Reeves was murdered.

Soon to be released Holywoodland is based on the George Reeves story.

]]> Site Admin (Kevin MC) http://www.cvtreasures.com/leading-men-john-wayne-c-66_79_134 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:40:57 -0500 http://www.cvtreasures.com/leading-men-charlie-chan-collection-c-66_79_160 Charlie Chan
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Charlie Chan appeared in six novels by Earl Derr Biggers published from 1925 to 1932. The first three novels were each adapted to film during the 1920s by different studios with George Kuwa, Sojin, and E.L. Park playing Charlie Chan. The best-known Charlie Chan movies are those of the long-running series that began in 1931 with Charlie Chan Carries On, starring Warner Oland for Fox Film Corp. Oland starred in a further fifteen Chan movies, up to the time of his death, after which the mantle passed to Sidney Toler. By this time, Fox had merged and been succeeded by 20th Century Fox, which produced eleven more Charlie Chan films through 1942. Toler then bought the screen rights himself, and arranged a new series for Monogram Pictures in 1944. Monogram made another eleven Chan films starring Toler and then six starring Roland Winters after Toler's death. The progression of Chan films from Oland to Toler (under the two incarnations of Fox), and especially to Monogram's films (whether with Toler or Winters), involved lower budgets and variable scripts, and generally less modern respect.

]]> Site Admin (Kevin MC) http://www.cvtreasures.com/leading-men-charlie-chan-collection-c-66_79_160 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:40:29 -0500 http://www.cvtreasures.com/leading-men-rudolph-valentino-c-66_79_154 Site Admin (Kevin MC) http://www.cvtreasures.com/leading-men-rudolph-valentino-c-66_79_154 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:35:22 -0500 http://www.cvtreasures.com/vintage-movie-posters-leading-ladies-c-66_78 ]]> Site Admin (Kevin MC) http://www.cvtreasures.com/vintage-movie-posters-leading-ladies-c-66_78 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:45:13 -0500 http://www.cvtreasures.com/leading-ladies-jean-harlow-c-66_78_157 Site Admin (Kevin MC) http://www.cvtreasures.com/leading-ladies-jean-harlow-c-66_78_157 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:20:49 -0600 http://www.cvtreasures.com/leading-ladies-judy-garland-c-66_78_144 Judy Garland (1922-1969)

Judy Garland's performance as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939) won her a special Oscar and gave her a theme song for the rest of her life: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

"That Old Man River keeps rolling along" was one of the many songs that Judy Garland recorded. She was born in 1922 in the Upper Mississippi River town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where the Judy Garland Museum takes up an entire floor of the old grade school. A block away is the site of the home where Garland spent the first five years of her life. That spot is now occupied by a multiplex cinema in the town's only shopping center. Garland's father operated the only movie theater in Grand Rapids until he moved the family to California in 1927. Garland made her stage debut at that Grand Rapids theater with her two older sisters. In 1934 the Gumm Sisters performed in Chicago during the World's Fair there. That is where Frances Gumm was advised to change her name to Judy Garland. Her voice got her into film acting when she was 13 and kept her in demand for stage and television performances after her film career was over. The Judy Garland in the later movies was much slimmer than the teenager who co-starred with Mickey Rooney and who played Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz". The final display in The Judy Garland Museum blames the pills she started taking in the 1940s to achieve the streamlined figure Hollywood wanted her to have for her early death at the age of 47.

Batman, Superman, Munsters, and other classic
50's/60's TV Shows that became movies.

We were glued to the TV set as kids, now we continue our love affair with these Super-hero characters by collecting the original memorabilia that has survived for 50 years. And, based on the continuing appreciating values, the supply is very scarce.

Some have exceptional graphics and the incredible size just makes the vintage artwork JUMP OUT at you!! If you have the space what an incredible addition to your home or office.