£28.50
Date 1947
Great Expectations Film Poster 1947 – John Mills
An original 1947 film poster (17″ x 11″) for Great Expectations, starring Sir John Mills and Valerie Hobson, shown at The Davis Theatre, Chicago.
David Lean’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel is widely regarded as one of the finest British films ever made, with Mills as the adult Pip and Hobson as Estella.
Posters for classic 1940s British cinema are highly sought after, and this original film poster from the film’s American showing is a superb piece of Dickens and David Lean memorabilia.
| Film | Geat Expectations |
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Medium size format film poster.
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr, pin hole at the top, a tiny right edge nick
Did you know?
- The film won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (Guy Green) and Best Art Direction.
- A young Jean Simmons played the girl Estella, and Alec Guinness appeared as Herbert Pocket.
- Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations was first published in serial form in 1860-61.
SKU: T02267
