Movie Poster Collecting: John Williams

Monday, October 9, 2017

The Empire Strikes Back Mark Hamill 1980 Yugoslavian poster

The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - (Mark Hamill) Yugoslavian poster

This is an 18.5" x 28" Yugoslavian poster for the 1980 Irvin Kershner film The Empire Strikes Back based on a story by George Lucas, screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan and starring Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker. Plot summary: The imperial forces attack Luke Skywalker, Han Solo [Harrison Ford] and Princess Leia [Carrie Fisher] with AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. Luke anticipates a showdown duel with Darth Vader [David Prowse] so he goes looking for Yoda [Frank Oz] to prepare himself.

Cast and crew: George Lucas, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, John Williams, Mark Hamill, Irvin Kershner, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Alec Guiness, Jeremy Bulloch, John Hollis, Jack Purvis, Des Webb, Clive Revill

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

The Lady and the Bandit (1951) - (Louis Hayward) Italian four-sheet

This is a 55" x 77" two-piece Italian four-sheet poster using art by Anselmo Ballester for the 1951 Ralph Murphy film The Lady and the Bandit (AKA Dick Turpin's Ride) based on a story by Jack DeWitt and Duncan Renaldo adapted from the poem Dick Turpin's Ride by Alfred Noyes and starring Louis Heyward as Dick Turpin and Patricia Medina as Joyce Greene. Plot summary: The 18th-century highwayman Dick Turpin gives up robbery to marry and settle down with Joyce Greene. After his mother-in-law realizes who he really is, he also discovers that his arch enemy is plotting against King George.

Cast and crew: Patricia Medina, Dick Turpin's Ride, Anselmo Ballester, Louis Hayward, Ralph Murphy, Jack DeWitt, Alfred Noyes, Duncan Renaldo, Suzanne Dalbert, Tum Tully, John Williams, Malu Gatica, Alan Mowbray, Lumsden Hare, Barbara Brown, Malcolm Keen, Stapleton Kent, Sheldon Jett, George Baxter, Ivan Triesault, Norman Leavitt