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Entertainment

Cut and print: Christie's rare film posters sale

Sunset Boulevard film poster
Lot 134: boy is Gloria Swanson ready for her close-up in this rare US one-sheet (27" x 41") for Sunset Boulevard (1950). Estimate: £4,000- £6,000 Photograph: Christie's
Dr No film poster
Lot 1: a poster for Dr No (1962), with artwork by Mitchell Hooks, that gets to the heart of the 007 film's appeal – girls and guns. Estimate: £2,000-£3,000 Photograph: Christie's
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc film poster
Lot 198: a poster for Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 black-and-white classic of the silent era, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. Estimate: £4,000-£6,000 Photograph: Christie's
Sabrina film poster
Lot 169: a rare Italian poster for the 1954 Audrey Hepburn romcom Sabrina, with artwork by Ercole Brini, highlighting Hepburn's Givenchy-designed wardrobe. Givenchy would go on to dress the actor in almost all her movies thereafter. Estimate: £3,000-£5,000 Photograph: Christie's
The Seven Year Itch film poster
Lot 161: poster for The Seven Year Itch (1955), spotlighting the iconic scene where Marilyn Monroe's skirt floats up as she walks across a New York subway grate. Estimate: £500-£700 Photograph: Christie's
Bus Stop film poster
Lot 160: a poster for another Monroe classic, Bus Stop (1956), with art by Tom William Chantrell. Estimate: £500-£700 Photograph: Christie's
Breakfast at Tiffany's film poster
Lot 181: Audrey Hepburn features again, this time in a rare US six-sheet (81" x 81") for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Estimate: £3,000-£5,000 Photograph: Christie's
Lawrence of Arabia film poster
Lot 24: a swashbuckling French poster for Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Estimate: £300-£500 Photograph: Christie's
The Jungle Book film poster
Lot 186: a jolly, green US one-sheet for The Jungle Book (1967). Estimate: £400-£600 Photograph: Christie's
Trainspotting film poster
Lot 90: Australian one-sheet for Trainspotting (1996). Estimate: £300-£500 Photograph: Christie's
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