WHAT A WAY TO GO 1964 Shirley MacLaine, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman QUAD POSTER

Original British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1964 J. Lee Thompson Romantic Comedy WHAT A WAY TO GO, based on a story by Gwen Davis and starring Shirley MacLaine, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Robert Cummings and Dick Van Dyke.

Louisa May Foster, a widow, donates $200 million to the Internal Revenue Service because all her four marriages end in her husbands' deaths, leading her to believe that the money is cursed.

Poster art by Tom William Chantrell (1916 - 2001). One of two giants of British film poster art from the 1950s to mid-1980s the other being the prolific Eric Pulford. Chantrell was born in Ardwick, Manchester, the last of nine children born to James and Emily. After a brief stint at Manchester Art College he secured a job at a local advertising agency, Rydales. In 1933 he moved to London and eventually began work with Bateman Artists who at some time in the 1930s acquired accounts with Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox. After his wartime spell with the Royal Engineers he returned to Batemans who in 1950 were bought out by one of their major clients Allardyce Palmer Ltd., eventually moving to Screen House in Wardour Street. Most of Chantrell’s work at this time was for Warners and Fox. In 1972 he went freelance working with many other smaller and independent film companies until his retirement in 1985 having produced a vast array of film posters and campaigns.

The poster is in fine folded condition.