Movie Poster Collecting: Gabriele Antonini

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Saturday, January 5, 2019

Hercules Unchained 1959 Steve Reeves Egyptian one-sheet

Hercules Unchained (1959) - (Steve Reeves) Style B Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the 1959 Pietro Francisci film Hercules Unchained AKA Ercole e la regina di Lidia based on a story by Pietro Francisci based on the Sophocles play Aedipus at Colonus, the Aeschylus play The Seven against Thebes, screenplay by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci and starring Steve Reeves as Hercules. Plot summary: Hercules is made an amnesiac because of water from a magic spring he drinks while on his way to Thebes to intervene in a quarrel between two brothers disputing the throne. He then becomes captive of Queen Omphale of Lydia [Sylvia Lopez]. Omphale makes Hercules her love slave, but everyone except Hercules, who has forgotten his own name, knows his days are numbered because Omphale will turn him into a statue when she's done with him. Young Ulysses [Gabriele Antonini] tries to help Hercules recover his memory while Iole [Sylva Koscina], the wife of Hercules, finds herself in mortal danger because Eteocles [Sergio Fantoni] plans to throw her to the wild beasts in his arena for entertainment. After remembering who he is and killing three tigers Hercules is able to rescue his wife; he then helps the army of Thebes repel mercenaries hired by Polynices. The two brothers kill each other when they fight for the throne after which the high priest Creon [Carlo D'Angelo] is made ruler by popular acclaim.

Cast and crew: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, Wahib Fahmy, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, Fulvia Franco, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Valenti, Mimmo Palmara, Eida Tattoli, Daniele Vargas, Andrea Fantasia, Gino Mattera

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Hercules Unchained (R1989) - (Steve Reeves) Egyptian one-sheet

Hercules Unchained (1959) - (Steve Reeves) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty for a 1989 rerelease of the 1959 Pietro Francisci film Hercules Unchained AKA Ercole e la regina di Lidia based on a story by Pietro Francisci based on the Sophocles play Aedipus at Colonus, the Aeschylus play The Seven against Thebes, screenplay by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci and starring Steve Reeves as Hercules. Plot summary: Hercules is made an amnesiac because of water from a magic spring he drinks while on his way to Thebes to intervene in a quarrel between two brothers disputing the throne. He then becomes captive of Queen Omphale of Lydia [Sylvia Lopez]. Omphale makes Hercules her love slave, but everyone except Hercules, who has forgotten his own name, knows his days are numbered because Omphale will turn him into a statue when she's done with him. Young Ulysses [Gabriele Antonini] tries to help Hercules recover his memory while Iole [Sylva Koscina], the wife of Hercules, finds herself in mortal danger because Eteocles [Sergio Fantoni] plans to throw her to the wild beasts in his arena for entertainment. After remembering who he is and killing three tigers Hercules is able to rescue his wife; he then helps the army of Thebes repel mercenaries hired by Polynices. The two brothers kill each other when they fight for the throne, after which the high priest Creon [Carlo D'Angelo] is made ruler by popular acclaim.

Cast and crew: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, Fulvia Franco, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Valenti, Mimmo Palmara, Eida Tattoli, Daniele Vargas, Andrea Fantasia, Gino Mattera

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Saturday, January 2, 2016

Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World (1961) - (Gordon Scott) Mexican one-sheet

This is a 23" x 31" Mexican one-sheet poster from a design by Reynold Brown for the 1961 Riccardo Freda peplum film Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World AKA Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan based on story and screenplay by Oreste Biancoli and starring Gordon Scott as Samson. Plot summary: In his constant travels in the 13th Century Samson goes to China, where he rescues a Chinese prince and princess from the Tartars and leads a popular Chinese rebellion against them.

Cast and crew: Gordon Scott, Riccardo Freda, Oreste Biancoli, Yoko Tani, Helene Chanel, Dante DiPaolo, Gabriele Antonini, Leonardo Severini, Valery Inkinjijoff, Franco Ressel, Ely Yeh, Ham-Chau Luong, Chu Lai Chit, Sergio Ukmar, Tonino Cianci, Giacomo Tchang, Georges Aminel

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Hero of Rome (1964) - (Gordon Scott) Italian two-sheet

This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster designed by Renate Casaro for the 1964 Giorgio Ferroni film Hero of Rome starring Gordon Scott as Gaius Mucius Scaevola based on a story by Alberta Montanti and screenplay by Remigio Del Grosso. Plot summary: The year is 508 BC and the Romans have expelled their Etruscan overlords. The Etruscans declare war to try to get the city back and succeed in capturing Mucius, who in a show of defiance deliberately burns off his own right hand in a brazier. He is then released by the stunned Etruscans. When the Roman Senate does a poor job fighting the Etruscans Mucius trains himself to fight with his left hand, then resumes the fight with the Etruscans and wins.

Cast and crew: Giorgio Ferroni, Renate Casaro, Remigio Del Grosso, Alberta Montanti, Gordon Scott, Gabriella Pallotta, Massimo Serato, Gabriele Antonini, Maria Pia Conte, Roldano Lupi, Phillippe Hersent, Franco Fantasia, Bernard Farber, Nando Angelini, Fortunato Arena, Tullio Altamura, Valerio Tordi, Attillio Dottesio, Gaetano Quartararo

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Saturday, June 13, 2015

Hercules Unchained (R1960) - (Steve Reeves) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese poster for a 1960 rerelease of the 1959 Bruno Vailati film Hercules Unchained based on a haphazard composite of stories by Pietro Francisci, Sophocles and Aeschylus with screenplay by Ennio De Concini and Pietro Francisci and starring Steve Reeves as Hercules and Gabriele Antonini as Ulysses. Plot summary: Hercules intervenes in a quarrel between the two brothers Eteocles [Sergio Fantoni] and Polynices [Mimmo Palmara] over who will rule Thebes. During this effort he drinks from a magic spring and is hypnotized by a harem girl as she dances the Dance of Shiva. The bewitched waters of the spring cause him to lose his memory and be captured by the Lydian Queen Omphale [Sylvia Lopez], who is in the habit of turning her male captives into statues after she tires of them. Omphale makes Hercules her love slave, but everyone except Hercules, who has forgotten his own name, knows his days are numbered. Young Ulysses tries to help Hercules recover his memory while Iole [Sylva Koscina], the wife of Hercules, finds herself in mortal danger at the hands of Eteocles, who plans to throw her to the wild beasts in his arena for entertainment. After remembering who he is and killing three tigers Hercules is able to rescue his wife; he then helps the army of Thebes repel mercenaries hired by Polynices. The two brothers kill each other when they fight for the throne after which the high priest Creon [Carlo D'Angelo] is made ruler by popular acclaim.

Cast and crew: Aeschylus, Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera, Patrizia Della Rovere, Sergio Fantoni, Fulvia Franco, Carlo D'Angelo, Marisa Valenti, Mimmo Palmara, Eida Tattoli, Daniele Vargas, Andrea Fantasia, Gino Mattera