Movie Poster Collecting: Kirk Douglas

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Saturday, January 12, 2019

Ulysses 1954 Kirk Douglas Egyptian poster

Ulysses (1954) - (Kirk Douglas) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 49" Egyptian poster for the 1954 Mario Camerini film Ulysses based on a screenplay by Franco Brusati, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini, Hugh Gray, Ivo Perilli and Irwin Shaw and starring Kirk Douglas as Ulysses. Plot summary: The people of the ancient Greek city of Ithaca eagerly await the return of King Ulysses from the Trojan War, but some of them do not want him to return at all, especially the ones who want to marry his wife Penelope [Silvana Mangano]. Penelope remains loyal to Ulysses and believes he will return.

Cast and crew: Mario Camerini, Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podesta, Jacques Dumesnil, Daniel Ivernel, Sylvie, Franco Interlenghi, Elena Zareschi, Evi Maltagliati, Ludmilla Dudarova, Tania Weber, Piero Lulli, Ferruccio Stagni, Alessandro Fersen, Dino de Laurentis, Carlo Ponti, Hugh Gray, Ben Hecht, Ivo Perilli, Irwin Shaw

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Friday, September 22, 2017

20,000 Leagues under the Sea 1954 James Mason Italian locandina

(1954) - (James Mason) Italian locandina

This is a 13" x 26" Italian locandina poster designed to promote the 1954 Richard Fleischer film Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea based on the 1870 novel of the same title by Jules Verne, screenplay by Earl Felton and starring James Mason as Captain Nemo. Plot summary: In 1868 world shipping lanes are disrupted by rumors of a giant sea monster attacking ships and the sea is no longer considered safe. The US government commissions an expedition to establish the truth about the rumored monster, which turns out to be real but something nobody expects. The film won three academy awards for Best Art Direction [John Meehan, Emile Kuri], Best Special Effects [John Hench, Joshua Meador] and Best Film Editing [Elmo Williams].

Cast and crew: Richard Fleischer, Earl Felton, Jules Verne, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, John Meehan, Emile Kuri, John Hench, Joshua Meador, Elmo Williams, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia, Carleton Young, J.M. Kerrigan, Percy Helton, Ted Cooper

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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Spartacus 1960 Kirk Douglas Australian Day Bill

Spartacus (1960) - (Kirk Douglas) Australian Day Bill

This is a 13" x 27" Australian Day Bill for the 1960 Stanley Kubrick film Spartacus based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Howard Fast, screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and starring Kirk Douglas as Spartacus. Plot summary: Sparacus is a Thracian slave who in 73 BC leads thousands of slaves in a revolt against the Roman Empire. The slave revolt is ultimately defeated but the remains of Spartacus are never found.

Cast and crew: Stanley Kubrick, Dalton Trumbo, Howard Fast (novel 1951), Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Tony Curtis, Nina Foch, John Ireland, Herbert Lom, John Dall, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone, Woody Strode, Peter Brocco

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Friday, September 1, 2017

Gunfight at the OK Corral R1975 Burt Lancaster Italian locandina

Gunfight at the OK Corral (R1975) - (Burt Lancaster) Italian locandina

This is a 13.25" x 27.25" Italian locandina poster designed by Enzo Nistri for a 1975 rerelease of the 1957 John Sturges film Gunfight at the OK Corral based on a screenplay by Leon Uris and starring Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp. Plot summary: In 1881 in Tombstone Arizona on October 26 the Earp brothers Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil and Doc Holliday have a quick shootout with an outlaw gang known as The Cowboys, killing three of them. The reason for the confrontation was Marshal Virgil Earp's decision to enforce a city ordinance requiring that weapons be deposited in a saloon during visits to Tombstone, but beyond that was a feud that had already been been simmering between the two groups. The event was recorded in 1931 by Stuart Lake in his book Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, which later became the basis for this 1957 John Sturges film.

Cast and crew: John Sturges, Enzo Nistri, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Hal Wallis, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Leon Uris, Lyle Bettger, Frank Faylen, Earl Holliman, Ted de Corsia, Dennis Hopper, Whit Bissell, George Mathews, John Hudson, DeForest Kelley, Martin Milner

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Monday, January 9, 2017

Saturn 3 (1980) - (Kirk Douglas) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the 1980 Stanley Donen film Saturn 3 based on a story by John Barry, screenplay by Martin Amis and starring Kirk Douglas as Adam. Plot summary: Benson, [Harvey Keitel] a supervisory technician, arrives unbidden with his malicious 8-foot robot Hector at a research station on one of Saturn's asteroids, where the two lovers Adam and Alex [Farrah Fawcett] are stationed. Benson's mission is to replace one of them with the robot after it is reprogrammed.

Cast and crew: Martin Amis, Wahib Fahmy, John Barry, Stanley Donen, Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel, John Barry, Ed Bishop, Roy Dotrice, Douglas Lambert, Christopher Muncke

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

A Man to Respect R1987 Kirk Douglas Egyptian one-sheet

A Man to Respect (R1987) - (Kirk Douglas) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Sami based directly on the design for the original Italian two-sheet, for a 1987 rerelease of the 1972 Michele Lupo film A Man to Respect AKA Hearts and Minds AKA The Master Touch AKA Un uomo da respettare based on a story by Roberto Leoni and Franco Bucceri, screenplay by Nico Ducci, Michele Lupo and Mino Rolli and starring Kirk Douglas as Steve Wallace. Plot summary: Steve Wallace is a safe cracker who has just served two years in prison. Now that he's out, he's feeling pinched financially and needs to do another job, which he does with the help of his wife Anna [Florinda Bolkan] and a gymnast named Marco [Giuliano Gemma].

Cast and crew: Roberto Leoni, Sami, Franco Bucceri, Michele Lupo, Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bokan, Wolfgang Preiss, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Romano Puppo, Bruno Corazzari, John Bartha, Allen Stanley, Vittorio Fanfoni, Luigi Antonio Guerra, Herbert A.E. Bohme, Peter Kuiper, Paul Muller

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Sunday, April 10, 2016

The Way West (1967) - (Kirk Douglas) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1967 Andrew V. McLaglen film The Way West based on the 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by by A.B. Guthrie, screenplay by Ben Maddow and Mitch Lindemann and starring Kirk Douglas as Senator William J. Tadlock. Plot summary: In 1843 the widower Senator Tadlock leaves Independence Missouri and heads west on the Oregon trail in a wagon train along with his son William [Stefan Arngrim] and a large group of fellow pioneers guided by Dick Summers [Robert Mitchum]. Senator Tadlock assumes leadership of the group but his harsh ways cause clashes with elements of the entourage. The Serendipity Singers sing the title song.

Cast and crew: Andrew V. McLaglen, Ben Maddow, Mitch Lindemann, Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Sally Field, Katherine Justice, Jack Elam, Stubby Kaye, Michael McGreevey, Harry Carey Jr., Connie Sawyer, Michael Whitney, William Lundigan, Elisabeth Fraser, John Mitchum, Eve McVeagh, Paul Lukather, Stefan Arngrim, Serendipity Singers

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

20000 Leagues under the Sea R1950s James Mason Egyptian one-sheet

20000 Leagues under the Sea (R1950s) - (James Mason) Egyptian one-sheet poster

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy to promote a 1950s rerelease of the 1954 Richard Fleischer film Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea based on the 1870 novel of the same title by Jules Verne, screenplay by Earl Felton and starring James Mason as Captain Nemo. The poster is not dated, but it was printed between 1958-1971 during the years of Gamal Abdel Nasser's United Arab Republic. Plot summary: In 1868 world shipping lanes are disrupted by rumors of a giant sea monster attacking ships and the sea is no longer considered safe. The US government commissions an expedition to establish the truth about the rumored monster, which turns out to be real but something nobody expects. The film won three academy awards for Best Art Direction [John Meehan, Emile Kuri], Best Special Effects [John Hench, Joshua Meador] and Best Film Editing [Elmo Williams].

Cast and crew: Richard Fleischer, Wahib Fahmy, Earl Felton, Jules Verne, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, John Meehan, Emile Kuri, John Hench, Joshua Meador, Elmo Williams, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia, Carleton Young, J.M. Kerrigan, Percy Helton, Ted Cooper

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Saturday, September 26, 2015

The Master Touch (1972) - (Kirk Douglas) Italian two-sheet

The Master Touch (1972) - (Kirk Douglas) Italian two-sheet poster

This is a 39" x 54" Italian two-sheet poster designed by Piero Ermanno Iaia to promote the 1972 Michele Lupo Italian/German film production The Master Touch AKA A Man to Respect AKA Hearts and Minds AKA Un uomo da rispettare, based on a story by Roberto Leoni and Franco Bucceri, screenplay by Nico Ducci, Michel Lupo and Mino Roli and starring Kirk Douglas as Steve Wallace. Plot summary: Steve Wallace is a safe cracker who has just served two years in prison. Now that he's out, he's feeling pinched financially and needs to do another job, which he does with the help of his wife Anna [Florinda Bolkan] and a gymnast named Marco [Giuliano Gemma].

Cast and crew: Michele Lupo, Piero Ermanno IAIA, Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan, Wolfgang Preiss, Reinhard Kolldehoff, John Bartha, Romano Puppo, Bruno Corazzari, Allen Stanley, Vittorio Fanfoni, Luigi Antonio Guerra, Herbert A. E. Bohme, Peter Kuiper, Paul Muller

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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) - (Kirk Douglas) Danish one-sheet

Pictured is a 24" x 33" Danish one-sheet designed by Stevenov for the 1959 John Sturges film Last Train from Gun Hill based on a story by Les Crutchfield with screenplay by James Poe and starring Kirk Douglas as Marshall Matt Morgan. Plot summary: As marshall of a western town, Matt Morgan suspects his old friend Craig Belden [Anthony Quinn] of murdering his native American wife Catherine [Ziva Rodann], but the real murderer turns out to be Belden's son Rick [Earl Holliman], and Craig Belden will not release his son to the marshall. Morgan takes a train alone to Gun Hill, where Belden rules as a powerful cattle baron. Despite opposition from almost everyone in town, Morgan arrests Rick and holds him at a hotel, vowing to put him on the last train out of Gun Hill at 9:00 that night. Craig Belden's former lover Linda [Carolyn Jones] agrees to speak to Morgan on Belden's behalf, but her allegiances have changed; she sneaks a shotgun into Morgan's room instead to help him outgun Belden.

Cast and crew: Kirk Douglas, Stevenov, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, John Sturges, Les Crutchfield, James Poe, Earl Holliman, Brad Dexter, Brian G. Hutton, Ziva Rodann, Bing Russell, Val Avery, Walter Sande

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Final Countdown (1980) - (Kirk Douglas) Spanish one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Spanish poster with a design derived directly from that of the US poster for the 1980 Don Taylor film the Final Countdown based on a story by Thomas Hunter, Peter Powell, David Ambrose and Gerry Davis, screenplay by Thomas Hunter and Peter Powell and starring Kirk Douglas as Captain Matthew Yelland. Plot summary: This film was made aboard the USS Nimitz super carrier in full cooperation with the US Navy, which even hung its poster in US Navy recruiting offices soon after release. The film tells the story of the Nimitz being unexpectedly caught in a time storm and then transported back to December 6 1941, the day before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The first inkling that something strange has happened comes when the ship picks up Jack Benny and Roscoe on its AM radio. There is disagreement about whether the ship has really gone back in time until the Japanese fleet is found on its way to Pearl Harbor and two F-14s from the Nimitz shoot down two Japanese A6M Zeros.

Cast and crew: Don Taylor, Thomas Hunter, Peter Powell, David Ambrose, Gerry Davis, Kirk Douglas, Katherine Ross, Martin Sheen, Ryan O'Neal, Charles Durning, Victor Mohica, James Coleman, Soon-Tek Oh, Joe Lowry, Alvin Ing, Mark Thomas, Harold Bergman, Dan fitzgerald, Lloyd Kaufman