DEAD OF NIGHT

One Sheet (27" x 41" )
Very Fine+ on Linen
Universal, 1945

The US posters for this beloved British production remain a favorite today. As with many favorites of the day, the posters remain scarce as they were taken from theaters and exchanges and kept by the fans of the film.

A beautifully restored poster with only minor touch-ups to the folds.

This Ealing Studio film is one of a handful of horror films from U.K. cinema's first half-century and, indeed, the essential film until Hammer's horror cycle began a decade later. Released in September 1945, Dead of Night marked a break from documentary-influenced realism, which dominated wartime films, particularly Ealing's. It tells the story of an architect seeking work at an old farmhouse while stuck in a recurring nightmare whose ending he knows is coming.

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