City Shadows Jim Thompson (novel) This 1952 black and white

This 1952 black and white British crime thriller 'the Yellow Balloon' has been retitled 'Encounter with Death' on this dramatic colourful Argentinian stone litho cinema poster

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This wonderful full colour publicity

It illustrates how historically quads would be altered if the cinema manager thought he could improve the tag-line of the film - usually with the use of poster paint as seen here

John Cleese

City Shadows Jim Thompson (novel) This 1952 black and whiteThis 1938 set of eight front of house cinema lobby cards have a quaint photo of the busy shops and cars on the sidewalks of New York. Pictured is the pawn shop, the confectioners, dry goods shop and a very busy street scene. This "City Shadows" film was also known as "City Streets" released by Columbia Pictures of New York in 1938. The film was released the year before the advent of the Second World War when all seemed fine in New York and we can see