This is a 14" x 28" Italian locandina poster designed by Mario De
Berardinis AKA MOS for the 1970 Noriaka Yuasa film Gamera
vs. Monster X AKA Gamera vs. Jiger based on a screenplay by
Niisan Takahashi and starring Tsutomu Takakuwa as Hiroshi. Plot
summary: On the Pacific Ocean Island of Wester, Japanese scientists
discover an ancient statue known locally as the "Devil's Whistle" that
Japan wants to exhibit at its Expo '70 in Osaka. It seems there are
forces at work on the island that want to prevent removal of the
statue, including Gamera himself.
Cast and crew: Noriaki Yuasa, Mario De Berardinis, Niisan
Takahashi, Tsutomo Takakuwa, Kelly Varis, Katherine Murphy, Kon
Ohmura, Franz Gruber, Ryô Hayami, Akira Natsuki, Corinne Orr, Junko
Yashiro, George William, Paul Cooper, Louis Reynolds, Jane Freeman,
Albert Douglas, Alan Kramer
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1971 Al Kilgore and
Chuck McCann film The World of Hans Christian Andersen,
directed by Kimio Yabuki, written by Hisashi Inoue and Morihisa
Yamamoto, originally produced by Toei Doga of Japan, released in Japan
in 1968 based on the works of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen
and starring Chuck McCann as the dubbed voice of Uncle Oley in the
1971 US version. Plot summary: As the son of a shoemaker, young Hans
[Getty Galen] gets the job of helping Uncle Oley, who is the town
sandman. Uncle Oley is also a customer who has ordered red shoes from
his father. As the town sandman's helper Hans has a series of
encounters that provide him with material he uses in his stories later
on.
Cast and crew: Chuck McCann, Al Kilgore, Ruth Bailew, Ron Dante, Sidney Filson, Hetty Galen, Earl Hammond, Jim MacGeorge, Linda November, Corinne Orr, Frances Russell, Lionel G. Wilson, Jim Yoham
This is a US 27" x 41" one-sheet poster for a 1976 rerelease of the
1974 Gisaburo Sugii film Jack and the Beanstalk, English
version written and directed by Peter J. Solmo with screenplay by
Shuji Hirami and starring Billie Lou Watt as the voice of Jack. This
is a Japanese musical animation release based on the familiar fairy
tale, with a few twists. The English dubbed version has its own
character voice actors. Plot summary: When poor Jack climbs way into
the clouds to the top of a beanstalk that grew from a handful of magic
beans he got in a trade for the family cow, he finds himself in a
castle courtyard face-to-face with Margaret [Corinne Orr], the
castle's princess. Margaret tells Jack she is very happy because
tomorrow she will marry her beloved Prince Tulip (the giant) [Jack
Grimes]. This intended of Margaret's is not a menacing, fierce giant
of the fee-fi-fo-fum variety; this one is a stupid, clumsy, easily
manipulated fellow. Margaret introduces Jack to Prince Tulip's mother,
Madame Hecuba [Corinne Orr], actually an evil witch who has Margaret
spellbound. The witch's plan is to become queen of the Land of the
Clouds after Tulip and Margaret are married. She puts Jack to sleep
with drugged soup because she wants to eat him, but Jack wakes up and
escapes when the witch hides him from the approaching giant. Jack
meets some pantomiming mice dressed as courtiers; they were once the
people of the castle before the witch turned them into mice after
killing the castle's king and queen (Jack gets this information from a
talking harp). Jack sees a hen that lays golden eggs and when he
climbs back down the beanstalk he takes it with him along with some of
the treaure he finds lying around. He and his mother rejoice at their
good fortune, but Jack's dog Crosby [Jack Grimes] reminds him he must
go back up and prevent Margaret's marriage to Tulip. Back at the top,
Jack learns from the harp that Hecuba's spell over the princess will
be broken if someone brave kisses her. Jack crashes the wedding and
kisses Margaret. Then Margaret wakes up and recognizes Tulip and
Madame Hecuba for who they really are. An angry Tulip is about to
step on Jack, but then steps on the witch instead. Then the mice all
become people again, but the giant chases Jack down the beanstalk; as
in the original tale Jack chops down the beanstalk causing Tulip to
fall to his death.
Cast and crew: Gisaburo Sugii, Peter J. Solmo, Jack Grimes, Corinne Orr, Billie Lou Watt
