A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Time to "put on the foil" if you want to get serious about putting your mitts on this lot of 19 original movie posters and theater photo cards from the greatest hockey movie ever made, 1977's Slap Shot. An "R18" rating sticker has been applied to a vintage 30" x 13 1/2" Slap Shot poster featuring an image of Charlestown Chiefs player-coach Reg Dunlop (Paul Newman) pounding an opponent. The Hanson brothers are featured playing with their toy racing cars as well as in the midst of on-ice mayhem among the eight movie theater lobby cards included here for the Spanish-language version of the film titled "Todo Vale" - which translates as "anything goes". Newman is featured prominently on each of the six 14" x 11" movie theater lobby cards, including two in English for Slap Shot and four in Spanish for "Todo Vale". A Spanish caption appears at the bottom of a vintage 8" x 10" of Newman in his Chiefs uniform and a pair of creased 40" x 27" posters promote the movie in English and Spanish, respectively. Dickie Dunn wrote this - "It's gotta be true!"
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