419 MOVIE POSTER THE CHEERFUL FRAUD 1926 colour lithograph, monogrammed “F .B. ” in image lower left, 93 x 38cm. Linen-backed. “Reginald Denny. ‘Well folks! Here I am again-in another Super Comedy. ‘Bill’ Seiter, who directed me in all my previous successes, also produced this one. And what a picture he’s made! What a comedy!...’ A Universal Super Comedy. Morrison & Bailey, Sydney. ” $500–750 ❖ 420 MOVIE POSTER LAZY LIGHTNING 1926 colour linocut and letterpress, 101.5 x 38cm. Linen-backed. “Art Acord in a breezy tale of the cattle country that packs a powerful punch! One of the snappiest Western stories ever flashed on the screen.....A Universal Western. Morrison & Bailey, Printers, Commonwealth St. ” [Sydney]. The film was directed by William Wyler who, at the time of his death in 1981, was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema. He was the winner of three Best Director Academy Awards, second again only to Ford’s four. $500–750 ❖ 421 MOVIE POSTER by Fred Powis (American, active 1910s-1940s) Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s TRADER HORN 1931 colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, 101.5 x 72.5cm. Linen-backed. Text continues “The miracle of pictures. ” Lithographed in Sydney. A very rare Australian-printed large format poster for this early sound film, shot on location in Africa. $1,500–2,000 422 MOVIE POSTER “Joan Crawford in THIS MODERN AGE” , 1931 colour lithograph, 101 x 68cm. Linen-backed. “With Pauline Frederick, Neil Hamilton, Monroe Owsley. Directed by Nicholas Grinde. A Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Picture. Simmons Ltd Litho, Sydney. ” $1,500–2,000 423 MOVIE POSTER RUSTLERS OF RED DOG 1935 colour lithograph, 101 x 38cm. Linen-backed. “12 blazing chapters of Indian thrills. John Mack Brown, Joyce Compton. A Universal serial. ” Marchant Print. Rustlers of Red Dog is a 1935 Universal movie serial based on the book “The Great West That Was” by “Buffalo Bill” Cody. It was a remake of the earlier, 1930 serial “The Indians are Coming” . The series features Jim Thorpe as Chief Scarface. Thorpe appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe – All-American. $800–1,000 424 MOVIE POSTER THE BEST MAN WINS 1935 screenprint, 102 x 38cm. Linen-backed. “Columbia Pictures present Jack Holt, Edmund Lowe... with Florence Rice. They loved to fight and they fought to love!” Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Greater Australasian Films Ltd. ” $800–1,000 421 422 84