Original 1940s Re-Release Argentine 29 inch x 43 inch Poster
CATHERINE THE GREAT
£1,500.00
Original 1940s Re-Release Argentine 29 inch x 43 inch Poster for the 1934 Paul Czinner Historical Drama CATHERINE THE GREAT starring Elizabeth Bergner, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Flora Robson, Gerald du Maurier, Irene Vanbrugh, Joan Gardner, Dorothy Hale, Diana Napier, Griffith Jones, Gibb McLaughlin, Clifford Heatherley, Lawrence Hanray and Allan Jeayes.
A quick-witted and compelling dramatization of the troubled marriage of Catherine II (Bergner) to Peter III (a randy Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and her subsequent ascension to the throne as Empress of Russia.
The poster art is by Osvaldo Venturi. (1900 – 1989).
Osvaldo Venturi studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts where he graduated in 1923. In the period between 1940 and 1950 he became the most prolific Argentine poster designer particularly at the time when Guaranteed Pictures were churning out a huge number of film revivals.
The poster is in fine condition and has been conservation paper-backed.
Availability: 1 in stock