DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK 1961 Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer TRADE ADVERT

Original British 11 inch x 17 inch Trade Advertisement for the 1961 Cyril Frankel Comedy DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK, based on the novel by Clifford Hanley and starring Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer, June Thorburn, Rik Battaglia, Judith Anderson, Eleanor Summerfield, John Le Mesurier, Colin Gordon, Ronald Fraser, Michael Shepley, Kynaston Reeves, John Laurie, Graham Crowden, Warren Mitchell, Amanda Barrie, Angela Douglas and Jane Merrow.

A romantically active travel agent gives all of his girlfriends keys to his flat - too many to keep count of.

Ad 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 Advertisement is in very good condition with one vertical centre fold with 4 staple holes along it.