427 MOVIE POSTER CASABLANCA 1947 colour lithograph, 76.5 x 33.5cm. Linen-backed. “Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. Their love story won the Academy Award! A Hal B. Wallis production... with Claude Rains, and Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Presented by Warner Bros. Not suitable for children. This poster produced for the Australian re-release by Southern Studios. Printed by F . Cunninghame & Co. Pty. Limited. ” $1,000–1,250 428 MOVIE POSTER DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME 1947 colour lithograph, 77 x 33cm. Linen-backed. “Starring Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd..... Suitable for adults only. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures (A’sia) Pty Ltd. Simmons Ltd Litho. Sydney. ” William Henry Pratt was born in 1887 , in Camberwell, England, the son of Edward John Pratt Jr., the Deputy Commissioner of Customs Salt and Opium, Northern Division, Indian Salt Revenue Service, and his third wife, Eliza Sarah Millard. He was educated at London University in anticipation that he would pursue a diplomatic career; however, he emigrated to Canada in 1909 and joined a touring company based in Ontario and adopted the stage name of “Boris Karloff. ” $300–500 ❖ 429 MOVIE POSTER BEDTIME FOR BONZO 1951 colour lithograph, 77 x 34cm. Linen-backed. “Starring Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, with Walter Slezak, Jesse White, and introducing Bonzo. Screenplay by Val Burton and Lou Breslow. Directed by Frederick de Cordova. Produced by Michael Kraike. A Universal- International Picture. Printed by W.E. Smith Limited, Sydney. ” $300–500 430 MOVIE POSTER TITANIC 1953 colour lithograph, printed in the USA starring Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck. In the film directed by Jean Negulesco the plot centres on an estranged couple sailing on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, which took place in April 1912. The film was released a day after the 41st anniversary of the sinking of the ocean liner. It is generally considered by historians that “Titanic” contains abundant historical inaccuracies. For example: the maiden voyage was not sold out, but actually was barely more than half booked, as a matter of record in White Star Line Records of 1912. “Titanic experts rightly emphasize that the scene at Cherbourg is historical nonsense, since the Titanic was far from being sold out and an additional passenger would easily have been able to purchase a first class ticket. ” “Yet if one accepts that historical accuracy is not the point here, since the story is not at all that of the Titanic, it is a perfectly functioning script. ” “A Night to Remember” , released in 1958, is generally considered to be much more accurate. $800–1,000 431 MOVIE POSTER MUNSTER GO HOME! original 1966 colour lithograph by Robert Burton Pty Ltd Sydney “Herman inherits a Manor full of Ghosts, murderous relatives and assorted surprises!” 76 x 34cm $80–120 ❖ 427 429 430 86