MARILYN MONROE in Dangerous Years 1953 Benton Card Co. DRIVE IN MOVIE POSTER

Description: Payment | Shipping | Policies MARILYN MONROE in Dangerous Years 1953 Benton Card Co. DRIVE IN MOVIE POSTER THIS IS A AUCTION OF A AT LEAST NEAR MINT CONDITION 22 BY 28 INCH MARILYN MONROE MOVIE POSTER ( FROM 1953 AT THE LATEST ) CALLED DANGEROUS YEARS . IT WAS RUN WITH A JEFF CHANDLER MOVIE CALLED THE INVISIBLE WALL AS A DOUBLE FEATURE. THIS POSTER IS ON VERY VERY THICK PAPER, in fact it can't be bent at all and must be sent flat . DANGEROUS YEARS WAS MARILYN MONROE'S FIRST MOVIE ( HER FOOTAGE WAS CUT-OUT OF SCUDDA HOO! SCUDDA HAY! 1948 ) AND WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1948. THIS POSTER WAS USED MOSTLY ALONG THE EAST COAST IN ABOUT 300 OR SO DRIVE-IN'S AND PERHAPS SOME REGULAR THEATRE'S TOO AND WAS PRODUCED BY THE BENTON CARD COMPANY. THIS HAPPENED PROBABLY WHEN NIAGARA MADE MARILYN A HUGE STAR IN 1953. THE BENTON CARD COMPANY WAS PRODUCING MOVIE POSTERS FOR A VERY LARGE GROUP OF THEATRES FROM THE 1930'S TO THE LATE 1960'S. HOWARD BENTON'S (THE OWNER AFTER HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY) FAMILY OWNED A LARGE CHAIN OF MOVIE THEATRE'S IN THE EARLY 1930'S AND BEGAN AT THAT TIME PRODUCING MOVIE POSTERS, ONE OF THE FAMILIES COMPANIES EVENTUALLY WAS CALLED THE BENTON CARD COMPANY . THE BENTON CARD COMPANY WAS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF MOVIE POSTERS ASIDE FROM THE NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE IN THE USA DURING THIS TIME. HIS COMPANY FILLED THE NEED FOR MOVIE POSTERS NOT FOR JUST HIS FAMILIES THEATRE'S BUT MANY HUNDREDS OF DRIVE-INS AND THEATRES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY . HOWARD BENTON PERSONALLY SOLD ME THESE POSTERS IN 1988 OF WHICH HE SAID ONLY APPRX. 240 SURVIVED - ALL IN MINT CONDITION IN HIS WAREHOUSE WHERE THEY SAT FOR 40 YEARS UNTIL I BOUGHT THEM , I BOUGHT 125 OF THOSE. THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE RAREST MARILYN MONROE POSTERS AND DEFINETLY ONE OF THE ODDEST. HOWARD TOLD ME AGAIN AND AGAIN THIS POSTER CAME OUT IN 1948 WHEN DANGEROUS YEARS WAS FIRST RELEASED WHICH WOULD MAKE IT ONE OF THE FIRST MOVIE POSTERS MARILYN WAS EVER ON. THE AGING ON THIS POSTERS DOES LOOK OLDER THAN THE MID-1950S ON ALL HIS OTHER POSTERS AND WHY WOULD THEY RUN DANGEROUS YEARS A 1948 FILM WITH THE INVISIBLE WALL , A 1947 FILM AS A DOUBLE BILL IN 1953 OVER FIVE YEARS AFTER THESE FILMS WERE FIRST RELEASED ? I TALKED AT LENGTH WITH HOWARD BENTON ABOUT THIS IN 1988 BEFORE I BOUGHT THEM AND HOWARD WAS IN HIS EIGHTIES AT THAT POINT AND HE JUST COULDN'T RECALL ANY DETAILS OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE FROM THE TIME OR I WOULD BE QUOTING HIM HERE, HE JUST KEPT SAYING IT WAS FROM 1948 AS HE ADVERTISED THEM . MY CONCLUSION IS I CAN'T TELL WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED , MAYBE HOWARD LIKED MARILYN'S BEAUTIFUL NAME AND FIGURE AT THE TIME AND STUCK HER ON THE POSTER AS THE POSTERS ARTWORK LEAVES NO DOUBT- IT IS OBVIOUSLY MEANT TO BE MARILYN AND HER NAME IS PROCLAIMED ON THE POSTER INSTEAD OF ALL THE FIRST BILLED STARS! SO, EITHER HOWARD THOUGHT SHE WAS HOT! IN 1948, OR WHEN NIAGARA MADE HER A BIG STAR IN 1953 FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY RAN THIS FILM AS A DOUBLE FEATURE WITH THE INVISIBLE WALL IN HUNDREDS OF DRIVE-IN'S MENTIONING HER ON THE POSTER AND PICTURING HER TOO WOULD MAKE ALOT OF SENSE. THIS POSTER WILL BE SENT FLAT BETWEEN 6 LAYERS OF OVERSIZE CARDBOARD. This poster comes up for sale very, very rarely ( not even one sale on record at Heritage or emovieposter upon my checking on Jan. 7th 2014 ) and after 25 years of owning half of all that survived especially in near mint condition (I still have about 80 left, I sold the 50 I don't have anymore mostly in stores here in Los Angeles in the 1980's and early 90's before Ebay even existed and have stored the rest since) I am amazed at how rare this poster is. ASTONDING GRAPHICS.COM sells a postcard featuring this poster that is very nicely done. PLEASE ADD $25.00 FOR SHIPPING between 5 layers of cardboard a 9 pound monster!! TO YOUR WINNING BID. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS $85.00. Add 9.25% sales tax if your a California resident. I don't sell unlicensed reprints, especially by misrepresenting them as original , all auctions are for theatrical distribution studio issued one sheet size 27 by 40 inch original movie posters unless otherwise noted. Shipping is usually $6.85 for USPS 1st class mail & $8.35 for USPS priority mail plus a $1.35 per every extra poster. IT TAKES ME ABOUT A WEEK TO GET IT IN THE MAIL AS MY PROCESSING AND WAREHOUSE SYSTEM TAKES THIS TIME . IF YOU REQUIRE SAME DAY OR NEXT DAY TYPE SHIPPING FOR BIRTHDAY'S, ETC... PLEASE UNDERSTAND I CANNOT OFFER THIS SERVICE - I AM SIMPLY NOT SET UP FOR THIS, VERY SORRY.International Buyers Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying. Payment Back to Top I accept the following forms of payment: PayPal Shipping & Handling Back to Top For 90% of my auctions UNLESS the rates below are different - TAKE A LOOK !! - For USA customers shipping is $6.85 for USPS first class shipping or $8.35 for USPS priority shipping and a $1.35 per poster shipping charge AS LONG AS YOUR ITEMS CAN BE SHIPPED TOGETHER. Please understand if item's you buy cannot be shipped together you must pay a SEPARATE and FULL shipping charge. US Shipping$25.00 USPS Parcel Post® International Shipping$85.00 USPS First-Class Mail International Policies COMBINING MULTIPLE PURCHASES Back to Top EBAY now requires all order checkout's be performed on Ebay only - so if your buying multiple posters or item's and they can be shipped together EBAY DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY COMBINE THEM in the checkout - I suggest just allowing me a day to adjust the shipping charges to reflect the combining shipping discounts - sadly Ebay's checkout doesn't caculate combined shipping discounts like my vendio account did just fine - so you must wait to pay until I have a chance to do this manually on your invoice before you pay if your ordering multiple posters. RUSH ORDERS - LIKE NOT O.K. MAN Back to Top I know you need it fast and I ship within a week of your paying usually , if you need it faster then this I cannot accept your order because ALL MY MAIL ORDERS ARE FILLED BY A ORDER FULLFILLMENT SYSTEM AND THE TIME IT TAKES - IS THE TIME IT TAKES I am very sorry about this but this is the way it is . I CANNOT ACCEPT RUSH ORDERS PLEASE , I AM SORRY. ABOUT THE POSTER PHOTO'S Back to Top ONE SHEETS ARE OFTEN - ESPECIALLY FOR MAJOR RELEASES - PRINTED SEVERAL TIMES WITH SMALL DIFFERENCES SOMETIMES BETWEEN PRINT RUNS PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME BAD FEEDBACK IF THESE SMALL DIFFERENCE ARE CRUCIAL TO YOUR PURCHASE. SOME EXAMPLES -A DATE IS CHANGED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POSTER FOR THE RELEASE OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK BUT THE ONE I SENT WAS THE OLD DATE HE DIDN'T WANT . THE SHERLOCK HOLMES I SENT WASN'T THE ONE THAT HAS HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAY'S TAG LINE ON IT HE WANTED . I GUARANTEE THE ARTWORK MATCHES THE PHOTO BUT NOT EVERY NUANCE BETWEEN THESE VARIOUS PRINT RUNS THAT THE STUDIO'S PUT OUT - SO THE PHOTO WILL CORRECTLY MATCH THE POSTER'S ARTWORK YOU RECIEVE BUT MAY HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN THE TYPE ON IT. More than just a pretty picture. Try Vendio Image Hosting.Make your listings stand out with FREE Vendio custom templates! FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today!

Price: 88 USD

Location: Pasadena, CA

End Time: 2024-03-24T02:16:03.000Z

Shipping Cost: 25 USD