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An original poster from the film Baby Face. Courtesy of the Mike Kaplan Collection. |
Beverly Hills, CA More than 70 original movie posters and lobby cards from such classic Barbara Stanwyck films as Stella Dallas, Double Indemnity and Baby Face will be showcased in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences new exhibition, Presenting Miss Barbara Stanwyck: Film Posters of the Indomitable Lady, from the Mike Kaplan Collection, opening on Thursday, May 17, in the Academys Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.
The exhibition, which is presented in conjunction with the Academys Centennial Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck on May 16, will feature rare copies of American one-sheets as well as numerous international posters. It includes the only known surviving three-sheets for the The Locked Door (1929), Stanwycks first talking picture, and Annie Oakley (1935), her first Western. Also featured are the only known copies of the posters for Gambling Lady (1934), a stylistically daring poster for The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), and a one-of-a-kind, handpainted wooden panel for Internes Cant Take Money (1937).
Stanwycks international popularity is evident in representative posters from Europe and South America, including a double-paneled Argentinean poster for A Message to Garcia (1936), French one-panels for The Lady Eve (1941) and Double Indemnity (1944), numerous Belgium posters, as well as rare Italian personality poster.
The posters, spanning from 1929 through 1957, are on loan to the Academy from producer Mike Kaplan. Ive always wanted to show a major film figure through a poster exhibition so that one could appreciate the impact of his or her career through a medium other than film itself, said Kaplan. Stanwycks iconic, unique and often fierce artistry will be on display. Its an enticing way to absorb a part of film history.
Stanwyck starred in more than 80 movies ranging from romantic comedies to serious dramas, noir films to Westerns. She received four Academy Award® nominations and in 1981 was presented with an Honorary Award (an Oscar® statuette) for her superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting.
Ticketholders to the Academys Centennial Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck on May 16 will have the opportunity to preview the Presenting Miss Barbara Stanwyck exhibition following the program.
Presenting Miss Barbara Stanwyck will be on display through Sunday, August 26. The Academys galleries, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, are open Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m. The Academy will be closed during the Memorial Day holiday weekend Saturday, May 26 through Monday, May 28, as well as on Wednesday, July 4 (Independence Day). For more information call (310) 247-3600. |