GREAT WALTZ

Original British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1972 Andrew L. Stone Musical THE GREAT WALTZ starring Horst Buchholz, Yvonne Mitchell, Rossano Brazzi, Nigel Patrick, Mary Costa, Yvonne Mitchell, James Faulkner, Vicki Woolf, Susan Robinson, George Howe and Lauri Lupino Lane.

Based on the life of Johann Strauss, Jr. it tells of his love and marriage to the operetta star Jetty Treffs and his work.

The poster art is by Robert “Bob” M. Peak (1927 – 1992). Bob Peak is best known for his developments in the design of the modern American movie poster. He was born in Denver, Colorado and graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, California in 1951. In 1961 United Artists hired Peak to design the poster images for the film West Side Story. The success of Peak’s work on that film led to work on posters for designer Bill Gold, including the big-budget musicals My Fair Lady and Camelot. In the mid-1970s Peak’s style would become familiar to fans of science fiction films when he created the poster art for the futuristic film Rollerball (1975), which was followed by the first five Star Trek films, Superman (1978), Excalibur (1981), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Spy Who Loved Me and other James Bond concepts..

Poster printed by Lonsdale & Bartholomew Ltd., Nottingham

The poster is in very good folded condition.