The Blues Brothers

Original British front of house still used by the studio to advertise the film inside the cinema. This piece shows John Belushi, Dan Akroyd playing Jake and Elwood Blues in this cult...

Original US black and white Production Still used by the studio to advertise the film. these stills were sent out to news papers. This piece shows John Belushi, Dan Akroyd playing Ja...

Original French painting gouache on art board used to create the French film poster for the 1961 American drama Paris Blues. The film was directed by Marti...

Original 1968 style a US film poster. The artwork is by Jack Davis (1924-2016) Two different US one sheets were printed for this film. This style a design is by far the rarer of the two The party is built around the classic premise of the fish out of water...

Original American photographic production still. For the 1955 comedy romance The Swan The film starred Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness. This film was directed...

Original US poster for The Sopranos. The show premiered on HBO on January 10, 1999. The series ran for 86 episodes until 2007. The poster was used to ad...

Originating from a sketch on "Saturday Night Live", the iconic cult Classic "The Blues Brothers" was released in 1980 to critical and commercial suc...

Originating from a sketch on "Saturday Night Live", the iconic cult classic "The Blues Brothers" was released in 1980 to critical and commercial suc...

Originating from a sketch on "Saturday Night Live", the iconic cult classic "The Blues Brothers" was released in 1980 to critical and commercial success. Starring Dan Aykroyd and the imitable John Belushi, and featuring the likes of legends Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and support from Carrie Fisher, the John Landis film was a lengthy and troubled production that made it one of the most expensive...

Original Polish film poster for classic The Blues Brothers. Another prime example of a Polish poster that trumps its country-of-origin counterpart. Nicely portraying the anarchic ess...

An adorable US One Sheet poster for a feature-length compendium of three previously released Walt Disney animated shorts based on A.A. Milne's beloved 'Winne-the-Pooh' books. 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' brought together 'Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree...

The Life of a Forgotten Magicians We are proud to offer a unique collection of one of London’s most unquestionably entertaining magicians known as Bernard and Ms Radar. A fascinating collection of 1940s-1960s items relating to the telepathic magic act 'Bernard and Miss Radar', a mind reading husband and wife duo, who extensively toured British theatres performing their telepathy based act and who were apparently the recipients of the 'World Convention of Magicians Award', which they received at the Magic Circle Convention in London in 1955. The collection comprises the basis for their act; 2 large handmade jigsaw puzzles, a “Radar” hat, top hat and other associated items with which they performed. There is also a large quantity (over 1000) of publicity photographs, theatre contracts, Magic Circle programmes, scrapbooks and other ephemera relating to their career, plus approximately fifteen original 1940s and 1950s theatre and other posters and several hand bills and flyers, all including Bernard and Miss Radar on the billing, along with other variety acts of the period. Some of the theatre posters included are; The Hippodrome, Eastbourne, Arcadia Theatre, Skegness, Commodore, Ryde, The Knightstone, Weston-Super-Mare and The Palace Theatre, Reading, which now all been framed to preserve them for display. Dimensions in inches: (Poster sizes) H 32” x W 22” x D 2” Origin: England Condition: Aged through wear and tear is present across all the item, some fading across the posters however they are not torn or damp. Some of the hand painted items also show aged wear and light discolouration. Please take note that these items are over 70 years old and would have been used as part of this magician’s act, therefore its safe to say these items all show age, however, are very well preserved. Please review all the photos and propose questions were unsure of the condition to avoid any disappointment. Over 1000 artifacts - most not pictured due to volume of items. Postage cost is high due to the weight (30kg) and volume of items in this lot, 10 posts mounted, 1 full box of archived material, top hat box...