WHYTE'S Movie Posters 31 May 2014 Results

68 WHYTES SINCE 1783 , 317A 1940s to 1980s Irish interest collection With films made in Ireland or with Irish actors or an Irish theme, including The Luck Of The Irish 1948, Don’t Blame The Stork 1954, The Spanish Main 1945/ Shamus 1958 (double bill), Darby O’Gill And The Little People 1959, The Blue Max 1966, Lock Up Your Daughters! 1969, Ryan’s Daughter 1970, Darling Lily 1970 and My Left Foot 1989. (9) 30 x 40in. (76 x 102cm) Mainly very good to fine or better, some faults. € 250- € 350 (£200-£290 approx) 317B 1950s to 1970s Irish censored posters collection A collection of posters censored by the Irish distributors so as not to offend religious authorities or the sensibilities of Irish audiences at that time. The censorship usually amounts to painting dresses on scantily clad female actors (never on men, interestingly) in varying degrees from covering up low cut dresses to adding dresses or tops to bikini clad girls. Includes Hotel Sahara, 1951, The Prodigal 1955, The Captain’s Table 1959, No Love for Johnnie 1961, What A Carve Up 1961, Some Girls Do 1970, and many more. A fascinating and unique collection of Irish social history ephemera of the 1950s to 1970s. (32) 30 x 40in. (76 x 102cm) Mainly very good to fine or better, some faults. € 200- € 300 (£160-£250 approx) 317 Johnny Nobody 1961. Starring Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell and William Bendix. Made at Ardmore Studios, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Irish cast members include Cyril Cusack, Niall MacGinnis etc. 30 x 40in. (76 x 102cm) About fine, edge tears, small holes. € 100- € 150 (£80-£120 approx) Ex 317A Ex 317B VIEWING At our galleries 38 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 Wednesday 28 May 10am to 5pm Thursday 29 May 10am to 7pm Friday 30 May 10am to 7pm Saturday 31 May 10am to 12 noon LIVE ON-LINE BIDDING Follow links from www.whytes.ie