SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC 1948 John Mills S JOHN WOODS Ealing TRADE ADVERT

Original British 11 inch x 17 inch Trade Advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1948 Robert Hamer Ealing Studios Adventure SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTICstarring John Mills, James Robertson Justice, Derek Bond, Harold Warrender, Kenneth More, Reginald Beckwith, James McKechnie, John Gregson, Diana Churchill, Anne Firth, Norman Williams, Barry Letts, Bruce Seton, Clive Morton, Sam Kydd, Philip Stainton, Dandy Nichols, David Lines and Christopher Lee.

Selected as the Royal Film Performance of 1948, John Mills gives an exceptional performance as Robert Falcon Scott in this epic tale and subsequent failure to bring his team back from the South Pole. Told with as much honesty and accuracy as could be mustered while some of the associates were still alive.

Advert art by S John Woods. S John Woods was born in London in 1915 and worked for Fox in the 1930s, designed posters for the Old Vic, Covent Garden and Sadlers Wells before joining Ealing Studios’ advertising department in 1943 commissioning well known artists to design their posters.

The Advertisement is in very good condition with a vertical centre fold with 2 staple holes along it.