Movie Poster 11x14 Lobby Card Set of 7
PLAYGIRL AFTER DARK
- 1962
- Topaz Film Corporation
- U.S.A.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Noir
- Director: Terence Young
- Cast:
Jayne Mansfield, Leo Genn, Carl Boehm
Price: $395.00 $CAD
Stock ID: MPLCx7PLA62ph
- 1962
- Topaz Film Corporation
- U.S.A.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Noir
- Director: Terence Young
- Cast:
Jayne Mansfield, Leo Genn, Carl Boehm
Original Vintage Movie Poster Lobby Cards: "Playgirl After Dark" (1962, Topaz, each 11 x 14 inches) USA, Set of 7, each numbered 1 thru 8 but missing # 5, National Screen Service/NSS# 62/279
Sheet Size (h x w): 11 x 14 inches |28 x 35.5 cm
About:
Despite "sexploitation" depiction in movie posters, this is a thriller in neo-noir style filmed in England about a French journalist who is working on a steamy story about the secret strip clubs in London's Soho district and becomes involved in the lives of a club owner and the star dancer. Released December 1960 in the UK as "Too Hot to Handle" then edited and released 16 January 1961 in the USA as "Playgirl After Dark".
Condition:
Fine - with bright colours and clean overall appearance, pinholes outside of image area, general evidence of handling, light creasing, toning and edgewear, some marks and stains.
SPECIFICS: #2 has official stamp in lower center margin: Approved Saskatchewan Film Censor and has handwriting next to stamp as well as lower left corner; #3 has brown staining, especially along bottom margin and visible in image area; #4 has half inch vertical tear upper left margin as well as tape on back side of upper margin mid-way to repair a small tear and has scuff in left side of image resulting in small paper loss on backside of leg; #7 has tape on reverse to reinforce a vertical tear, barely noticeable from the front; #8 has brown stains extending bottom right margins and has large splat of stain on the reverse, slightly visible from the front.
Text and Credits as stated in poster image:
Set of 7 Lobby Cards, each is numbered 1 through 8 (missing is # 5)
TAGLINE, UPPER LEFT: It strips the secrets from the intimate key clubs!
TEXT IN IMAGE: Jayne Mansfield, Leo Genn, Carl Boehm "Playgirl After Dark" Co-Starring Christopher Lee, Kai Fischer in Eastman Color Produced by Phil C. Samuel, Directed by Terence Young A Topaz Film Corporation Release
As printed in bottom margin, including copyright:
BOTTOM MARGIN, UNDER IMAGE: Copyright ©1962 Topaz Film Corporation All Rights Reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Property of National Screen Service Corp. Licensed for display only in connection with the exhibition of this picture at your theatre. Must be returned immediately thereafter. 62/279
Gallery Notes:
These original vintage movie poster One-Sheets and Lobby Cards are offered for sale to the public for the first time as posted to this website, KerrisdaleGallery.com. They have been stored away for almost forty years, having been purchased from a travelling salesman who visited our retail store in the early 1980’s. The salesman explained that his acquaintances purchased a building in Los Angeles and found a stash of vintage movie posters which had been stored at some point in time, and forgotten. To sell the movie posters, the salesman filled his van and made a road trip up the West Coast and across the border into Canada. So we bought his story and the last of his inventory.
- The movie posters are being sold “as is” with the Condition described honestly and in detail.
- Movie Poster One Sheets have been folded and will ship flat in the same folded manner as they have been stored.
- One Sheets may benefit from restoration, which involves first mounting the poster to acid-free paper then mounting it onto a linen backing. Reputable companies providing restoration service may be researched and located online.
- Please know that vintage movie posters were printed as inexpensive advertising and were not intended to be preserved into the future as cherished works of art reflecting a specific time, which is what they have become. As such, most of them were handled or stored with indifference and have been lost or destroyed. Surviving authentic vintage movie posters could have their pinholes, stains and handling marks be considered their “beauty marks”, as this is evidence of their rich history of being printed, distributed and exhibited to be gazed upon by unknown numbers of movie-goers of a previous generation.
by Artist: 1900s, American, Movie Poster
by Collection: Crime, Drama, Entertainment, European, Fantasy, Figures & Groups, Movie Poster, Nude
by Shape: Horizontal
by Image Size: Small
by Art Mediums: Colour Image on Paper, Movie Poster, Not Framed, Not Signed, Numbered, Offset Lithograph, Open Edition, Original Poster, Poster