eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7w554 QUO VADIS 8 LCs R60s Robert Taylor, sexy Deborah Kerr & Peter Ustinov in Ancient Rome! Date Sold 6/4/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 8 Undated (probably 1960s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Quo Vadis, the 1951 Mervyn LeRoy Rome Italy sword-and-sandal romantic adventure epic ("MGM's 'Quo Vadis', Mightiest Technicolor Picture of All Time"; "Based on the Novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Robert Taylor (as Marcus Vinicius), Deborah Kerr (as Lygia), Leo Genn (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Petronius), Peter Ustinov (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Nero), Patricia Laffan (as Poppaea), Buddy Baer (as Ursus), Marina Berti, and Rosalie Crutchley NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have been told in the past by a knowledgeable collector that the card pictured at upper right in our first image is not from this movie, but this is at least the second full set of 1960s MGM international re-release cards that we have seen that includes this card! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Note that this is a poster or lobby card that was printed by MGM for a European movie that they distributed in the U.S.. Somewhere in the early 1960s, MGM apparently made a huge "trade" deal with European movie distributors. From the early 1960s to the late 1960s, MGM released 100 or more non-U.S. movies in the U.S. under the MGM logo (some dating back to the 1950s), and in return, they apparently gave 100 or more MGM movies (from the 1950s and early 1960s) to those European distributors to release in Europe. All of the posters from both sets of releases have a very similar type of somewhat garish, very colorful artwork, and some have an MGM logo that is different from than on other MGM movies of the same time period, which makes it likely that those (with different logos) are from re-releases. None of these posters (except for the very first few of them) have any dates on them. Over the years, I have seen many of these posters (from both types) sold as first release, but, as stated above, some of these are mid to late 1960s re-releases, and the ones from U.S. movies are "international" posters (or lobby cards) that were used in non-U.S. countries. Condition: good to very good. Each has pinholes and smudges around the edges. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades
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