Movie Poster Collecting: Douglas Spencer

Saturday, February 20, 2016

River of No Return (R1961) - (Marilyn Monroe) German one-sheet

River of No Return (R1961) - (Marilyn Monroe) German one-sheet poster

This is a 23" x 33" German one-sheet poster made for a 1961 rerelease of the 1954 Otto Preminger film River of No Return based on a story by Louis Lantz, screenplay by Frank Fenton and starring Marilyn Monroe as Kay Weston. Plot summary: Farmer Matt Calder [Robert Mitchum] helps Harry Weston [Rory Calhoun] after he has lost control of his raft in a nearby river. Weston then steals Calder's rifle and horse and absconds with them, leaving his wife Kay behind. Calder is expecting an indian attack and is forced to take Kay Weston and his son Mark [Tommy Rettig] on a treacherous journey downriver using the abandoned raft.

Cast and crew: Otto Preminger, Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer

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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

A Man Alone (1955) - (Ray Milland) Danish one-sheet

This is a 23" x 33" Danish poster designed by K. Wenzel for the 1955 Ray Milland film A Man Alone based on a story by Mort Briskin, screenplay by John Tucker Battle and starring Ray Milland as Wes Steele. Plot summary: Wes Steele is stranded in the desert without a horse when he comes across a stagecoach whose passengers have all been murdered. When he rides into town on one of the surviving horses, in a chance encounter the ones responsible for the massacre and robbery accuse him of the crime. When they chase him he hides in a cellar, which he later learns is owned by Sheriff Gil Corrigan [Ward Bond], suffering from yellow fever. Corrigan's daughter Nadine [Mary Murphy] is caring for him while his house is under quarantine. When Nadine collapses from exhaustion Steele takes over the job of nursing the sheriff until he recovers. Corrigan later gives Steele a chance to escape a lynch mob.

Cast and crew: Ray Milland, K. Wenzel, Mort Briskin, John Tucker Battle, Mary Murphy, Ward Bond, Raymond Burr, Arthur Space, Lee Van Cleef, Alan Hale Jr., Douglas Spencer, Thomas Browne Henry, Grandon Rhodes, Martin Garralaga, Kim Spalding, Howard Negley