Up for auction are Four 1968 Movie Stills from “The Night They Raided Minsky’s.”

Starring in the motion picture were Jason Robards, Norman Wisdom, Britt Ekland, Bert Lahr, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Forrest Tucker, Herbie Faye and others.

These are original vintage movie stills in black & white.  The story opens in 1925.  Not truly comprehending what she is doing, Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) leaves her Amish Pennsylvania home to head to the National Winter Garden Theater in New York City to become a dancer. The dances she wants to perform are reenactments of Bible stories. The National Wintergarden Theater she stumbles upon in the Lower East Side is owned by Louis Minsky (Joseph Wiseman), and houses his son Billy Minsky's (Elliott Gould) revue, Minsky's Burlesque. She meets the show's headlining act, Raymond Paine (Jason Robards) and Chick Williams (Norman Wisdom), both men who fall for her. While Chick wants to protect her both by showing her what burlesque really is and by getting her away from the show, Raymond believes she is the answer to one of Billy's biggest problems, namely Vance Fowler (Denholm Elliott), who feels the show is amoral and wants it shut down. Without telling Rachel what it actually means, Raymond wants to advertise Rachel as Mlle. Fifi for the midnight show, her performance advertised as the stuff that has driven all of Paris wild by its lewdness. As Raymond anticipates that Fowler will call in the police to shut the show down, Fowler will be too embarrassed to ever step foot in the theater again when Rachel, as Mlle. Fifi, instead dances her straight-laced Bible dances. Raymond doesn't care that in the process Rachel may also get hurt. As midnight approaches, whether Rachel makes it to the stage will depend on the machinations of Raymond, Chick, Billy and Louis among others, but also includes Rachel's father, Jacob Schpitendavel (Harry Andrews), who has come to New York to find his daughter and take her home before she does anything against his Amish beliefs. If she does make it to the stage, Rachel herself may have some say in what she decides to do.

These movie stills were all used at the RKO Orpheum Theatre in Davenport, Iowa.

Three of the stills are 8 in. X 10 in., while one is slightly smaller, about 8 in. X 9.25 in.

Condition:  Three photos are fair to good.  They have some damage in the lower portion of each photo.  Please look the scans over carefully.  The fourth one has damage to the upper left side and is missing part of the paper and therefore the image.  However, if 1/2 inch were trimmed from the left side, the photo remaining would be in very good condition.  Additionally, all four photos have a curl to them due to how they were stored over the past 50 years.  This can easily be remedied simply by putting a heavy book on them for a period of time.  However, if you are going to put them behind glass or display them in a top loader, they will naturally flatten out immediately.