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Alfred Hitchcock's "PSYCHO" Lobby Card Movie Poster, 1960

We recently acquired a Collection of Three Rare Vintage Lobby Cards for the original release Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Classic, "PSYCHO".  (its been several years since we acquired rare PSYCHO lobby cards

Striking Close-up image of Janet Leigh in 

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Size: 11x14"

Condition:  Excellent+  with very minor border wear, otherwise amazing condition for a 65+ year old lobby card movie poster

Important Scene Note:
Janet Leigh’s Marion Crane clutches the stolen money that will seal her fate, her guarded expression revealing a dangerous mixture of fear, temptation and resolve. Hitchcock intensifies the moment through the mirror, splitting Marion into two figures—as though her respectable past and criminal future are staring back at one another. Beneath the image, Tony Palladino’s fractured *PSYCHO* lettering visually tears the title apart, foreshadowing the shattered identities and unspeakable violence awaiting Marion at the Bates Motel.

PSYCHO (Paramount, 1960). Fine/Very Fine. Lobby Card  (11" X 14").  Artist Tony Palladino
For Alfred Hitchcock fans,  Psycho lobby cards from the original release of Psycho is an exceedingly rare, irresistible find. Based on the best-selling book by Robert Bloch, based on a series of gruesome, real-life murders in Plainfield, Wisconsin, this is the story of Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), who just loves his mother to death. In a clever move by Hitch, he bought the rights from Bloch for $9,000 and then attempted to buy up as many copies of the book as possible in order to keep the ending a secret.  

Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Vaughn Taylor, Frank Albertson, Lurene Tuttle, Patricia Hitchcock, John Anderson, Mort Mills, Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Killmond, and Ted Knight. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 


ARTIST BIO:

Tony Palladino (1930–2014) was an American graphic designer best known for creating the iconic fractured Psycho lettering. Originally designed for Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel, the typography was purchased for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film campaign and appeared throughout its advertising. Palladino’s unsettling design also influenced Saul Bass’s celebrated opening-title sequence.

Tony Palladino’s Psycho lettering was deliberately crude, fractured and uneven. The letters appear torn apart and crudely reassembled, resembling a ransom note or a damaged personality struggling to hold itself together. That visual instability perfectly reflected Norman Bates’s divided identity and the story’s themes of psychological breakdown, violence and concealed disorder.

Its power came from its simplicity: before audiences saw a knife, a motel or Norman Bates, the broken word itself communicated that something was terribly wrong. Hitchcock acquired the design for the film’s advertising, and its slashed, disjointed appearance later influenced Saul Bass’s animated opening titles, where lines repeatedly split and disrupt the names on screen.

Note: Cvtreasures stamp is NOT on original