Movie Poster Collecting: Barbara Bates

Monday, January 11, 2016

The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) - (Glenn Ford) Argentine one-sheet

This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet poster closely derived from the design of the US poster for the 1951 Michael Gordon film The Secret of Convict Lake based on a story by Anna Hunger and Jack Pollexfen, screenplay by Oscar Saul and starring Glenn Ford as Jim Canfield. Plot summary: In 1871 Jim Canfield is in a Carson City prison after being framed and wrongly convicted of murder and robbery. In September he escapes with five other convicts and makes his way to Lake Monte Diablo, where he intends to retaliate against Rudy Schaeffer [Harry Carter] for falsely testifying against him. When he arrives he finds Rudy's fiancee Marcia Stoddard [Gene Tierney] instead and falls in love with her.

Cast and crew: Michael Gordon, Anna Hunger, Jack Pollexfen, Gene Tierney, Glenn Ford, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott, Ann Dvorak, Barbara Bates, Cyril Cusack, Richard Hylton, Helen Westcott, Jeanette Nolan, Ruth Donnelly, Harry Carter

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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Apache Territory (1958) - (Rory Calhoun) Belgian poster

This is a 14" x 22" Belgian poster for the 1958 Ray Nazarro film Apache Territory based on a novel by Louis L'Amour, screenplay by Charles R. Marion and George W. George and starring Rory Calhoun as Logan Cates. Plot summary: Logan Cates and a few fellow travelers are pinned down at a desert water hole by an Apache attack, and then killed one after another as their supplies run out. When a storm comes, Cates has an idea for an escape.

Cast and crew: Ray Nazarro, Charles R. Marion, George W. George, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Carolyn Craig, Tom Pittman, Leo Gordon, Myron Healey, Francis De Sales, Frank DeKova, Regis Parton, Bob Woodward, Fred Krone