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A fine collection of film posters designed by Peter Strausfeld, an emigré artist who was interned during the War along with Academy Cinema director George Hoellering. After the War Hoellering asked Strausfeld to produce some posters for the cinema which he did in wood and lino-cuts till his death in 1980.
The Academy Cinema in Oxford Street, London, was built in 1913 and was saved from conversion to a shopping arcade in 1928 by Elsie Cohen of the original Film Society, who proceeded to run it as an arthouse which is how it was ran till it's closure in 1986.
The posters became a London landmark, in fact very few were used outside of London, resulting in very small print runs of 3-500.
Most of the posters were printed by the prestigious Westminster Press and later by Ward and Foxlow.

	ADALEN 31
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1969 Bo Widerberg film starring Peter Schildt, Kerstin Tidelius, Roland Hedlund, Martin Widerberg and Anita Bjork. The poster art is by *Peter Strausfeld* The poster, printed by Ward & Foxlow, is in very good unfolded (rolled) condition
	£350.00

	ADALEN 31
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1969 Bo Widerberg Drama starring Peter Schildt and Kerstin Tidelius. The Poster is in very good unfolded condition and has been Conservation Paper-Backed.
	£450.00

	ALONE ON THE PACIFIC (TAIHEIYO HITORI-BOTCHI)
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1963 Kon Ichikawa Adventure starring Yujiro Ishihara, Masayuki Mori and Kinuyo Tanaka plus Arne Sucksdorff's THE GREAT ADVENTURE. Poster art by *Peter Strausfeld* The poster is in fine unfolded (rolled) condition.
	£350.00

	ATTILA '74
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1975 Michael Cacoyannis Greek Documentary about the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. It was filmed on location in Cyprus and Greece in the immediate aftermath of the two Turkish invasions and subsequent occupation of approximately the northern third of the island. Cacoyannis chronicles the events with rare interviews of President Makarios of the Republic, Nikos Sampson - the man the Greek junta imposed as leader after their attempted coup, and many Greek Cypriot victims of the Turkish invasion. The Poster, printed by Ward & Foxlow, is in very good unfolded (rolled) condition.
	£350.00

	BLACK HOLIDAY (LA VILLEGGIATURA)
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1973 Marco Leto Drama about fascism in Mussolini's Italy starring Adalberto Maria Merli, Adolfo Celi and Milena Vukotic. Set during the 1930s, the film stars Adolfo Celi as an irrepressible anti-fascist professor "invited" to take a permanent vacation on a remote Mediterranean island for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to Mussolini. The poster art is by *Peter Strausfeld* The poster, printed by Ward & Foxlow, is in very good unfolded (rolled) condition.
	£350.00

	BOMBAY TALKIE
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster proof (a trial print of the poster before the lettering is added) for a James Ivory Season of Films: THE HOUSEHOLDER from 1963; BOMBAY TALKIE from 1970; THE GURU from 1969; SHAKESPEARE WALLAH from 1965; THE SAVAGES from 1972. The poster is in very good condition, and although folded, has been stored flat so will be shipped rolled
	£350.00

	CASE OF DR. LAURENT
	Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois in 1957 starring Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel and Sylvia Monfort. British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster Proof (poster printed prior to credits being added) in good unfolded (rolled) condition with some bottom edge wear.
	£250.00

	CHARMANTS GARCONS
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1957 Henri Decoin Comedy starring Zizi Jeanmaire, Daniel Gélin and Henri Vidal. The Poster is in very good unfolded (rolled) condition.
	£350.00

	CHARMANTS GARCONS
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster Proof (poster printed prior to credits being added) for the 1957 Henri Decoin Comedy starring Zizi Jeanmaire, Daniel Gélin and Henri Vidal. The poster is in very good unfolded (rolled) condition.
	£250.00

	CHESS PLAYERS
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1977 Satyajit Ray historical Indian drama starring Saeed Jaffrey, Richard Attenborough, Sanjeev Kumar and Amjad Khan. The poster is in fine unfolded (rolled) condition
	£350.00

	COMPANY LIMITED
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1971 Satyajit Ray Indian comedy starring Barun Chanda, Sharmila Tagore, Parumita Chowdhury and Harindranath Chatterjee. The poster is in very good unfolded (rolled) condition
	£350.00

	CONFRONTATION (SPARKLING WINDS) (FENYES SZELEK)
	British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1968 Miklós Jancsó Student Protest Drama starring Lajos Balazsovits, Andrea Drahota and Andras Balint PLUS the 1964 Bruno Jori Documentary BAGNOLO - DORF ZWISCHEN SCHWARZ UND ROT. The Poster, printed by Ward & Foxlow, is in very good unfolded (rolled) condition.
	£350.00