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Movie Poster 11x14 Lobby Card Set of 7

THE GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY

• 1953
• MGM
• U.S.A.
• Genre: Comedy, Crime
• Director: Robert Z. Leonard
• Cast:

  Red Skelton, Cara Williams

Price: $345.00 $CAD
Stock ID: MPLCx7DIA53ph

Original Vintage Movie Poster Lobby Cards: "The Great Diamond Robbery" (1953, MGM, each 11 x 14 inches) USA, Set of 7 numbered 2 thru 7 (missing Lobby Card 1), each with a caption, National Screen Service/NSS# 53/486

About:

This comedy caper has assistant diamond-cutter Ambrose C. Park (Red Skelton) being duped by con artists posing as long-lost parents and sister.

Condition:

Very Fine with bright colours and clean appearance overall, pinholes from staples in upper left and right of image and lower left and right in margins. Otherwise, near mint with with margins showing light edgewear, light toning from age and light creasing.

Text and Credits as stated in poster image:

Set of 7 Lobby Cards, each numbered 2 through 8, each captioned as follows: 2. "Like an ice-cube!" The gang, posing as long-lost relatives of diamond-cutter Ambrose (Red Skelton), gasp at the Blue Goddess! 3: That's Maggie (Cara Williams) the fourth from the right, but first in the heart of Ambrose, (Red Skelton)! 4: Protecting his "sister" (Cara Williams), Ambrose (Red Skelton) gets knocked out by a drunk. P.S. The "sister" floors the drunk! 5: "Don't cut the stone!" Maggie (Cara Williams) warns Ambrose (Red Skelton) he's in the power of crooks. 6: Ambrose, a foundling, (Red Skelton) discovers with delight a "sister" (Cara Williams) dancing at the Club Sirrocco.7: Stomach-pumps for two--and the swallowed diamonds are safe! Maggie (Cara Williams) and Ambrose (Red Skelton) foil the robbers--and how! 8: Lucky Ambrose (Red Skelton)! Loser in a brawl at the Club Sirrocco, he ends up in the girls' dressing room!

As printed in bottom margin, including copyright:

BOTTOM MARGIN, UNDER IMAGE: M-G-M's "The Great Diamond Robbery" Copyright 1953 Loew's Incorporated Country of Origin U.S.A. (lobby card #) 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. 53-486

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 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.

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