Movie Poster Collecting: H.G. Wells

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Saturday, January 12, 2019

Food of the Gods 1976 Marjoe Gortner Egyptian poster

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Food of the Gods (1976) - (Marjoe Gortner) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster for the 1976 Bert I. Gordon film The Food of the Gods based on part of the H.G. Wells novel The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth with screenplay by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner as Morgan. Plot summary: On a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island a professional football player named Morgan and his friends are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. They find hostile giant chickens in a barn and then gradually come to the realization that the entire island is crawling with giant animals of various types. Among these are giant rats gathering to attack the intruding humans. The growth of these oversized creatures has been stimulated by an edible substance mysteriously bubbling up from the ground, which a pair of local farmers named Mr. and Mrs. Skinner [John McLiam and Ida Lupino] have begun using as lifestock feed and are planning to market as dog food through a company owned by Jack Bensington [Ralph Meeker].

Cast and crew: Bert I. Gordon, H.G. Wells, Marjoe Gortner, H.G. Wells, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, Ida Lupino, Jon Cypher, John McLiam, Belinda Balaski, Tom Stovall, Chuck Courtney, Reg Tunicilffe

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Monday, August 3, 2015

Island of Lost Souls (R1950s) - (Charles Laughton) Argentine one-sheet

This is a 29" x 43" Argentine duotone undated rerelease poster for the 1932 Erle C. Kenton film Island of Lost Souls based on the 1896 H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, screenplay by Waldemar Young and Philip Wylie and starring Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau. Plot summary: Edward Parker [Richard Arlen] has been shipwrecked. He is picked up by a freighter on its way to a remote South Sea island with a shipment of animals. After a dispute the freighter's captain tosses Parker onto a boat owned by Montgomery [Arthur Hohl] and Dr. Moreau, who owns the island. After reaching the island Parker witnesses Dr. Moreau conducting a strange surgical procedure without anesthesia and decides to leave, but is headed off by a group of beast-men men emerging from the jungle. Dr. Moreau tells Parker that Lota [Kathleen Burke], a native woman Parker meets in a controlled encounter, is the only woman on the island; Moreau does not mention he has created Lota from from a panther. He considers Lota his most nearly perfect creation and is pleased to see her becoming more like a real human because of her attraction to Parker. To make sure Parker does not go away, Moreau destroys the boat on which he was to have left the island. Ruth Thomas [Leila Hyams], Parker's fiancee, learns his whereabouts from the freighter captain and sets out to find him on the island with the help of Captain Donahue [Paul Hurst].

Cast and crew: Erle C. Kenton, Waldemar Young, Philip Wylie, H.G. Wells, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Kathleen Burke, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Fields, Paul Hurst, Hans Steinke, Tetsu Komai, George Irving

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

The Food of the Gods (1976) - (Marjoe Gortner) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster designed by Drew Struzan for the 1976 Bert I. Gordon film The Food of the Gods based on part of the H.G. Wells novel The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth with screenplay by Bert I. Gordon and starring Marjoe Gortner as Morgan. Plot summary: On a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island a professional football player named Morgan and his friends are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. They find hostile giant chickens in a barn and then gradually come to the realization that the entire island is crawling with giant animals of various types. Among these are giant rats gathering to attack the intruding humans. The growth of these oversized creatures has been stimulated by an edible substance mysteriously bubbling up from the ground, which a pair of local farmers named Mr. and Mrs. Skinner [John McLiam and Ida Lupino] have begun using as livestock feed and are planning to market as dog food through a company owned by Jack Bensington [Ralph Meeker]. However the growling monster rats get Bensington before the plan can be implemented.

Cast and crew: Bert I. Gordon, Drew Struzan, H.G. Wells, Marjoe Gortner, H.G. Wells, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, Ida Lupino, Jon Cypher, John McLiam, Belinda Balaski, Tom Stovall, Chuck Courtney, Reg Tunnicliffe