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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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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The Sad Sack (1957) - (Jerry Lewis) Argentine one-sheet

The Sad Sack (1957) - (Jerry Lewis) Argentine one-sheet

This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet poster for the 1957 George Marshall film The Sad Sack based on the comic strip by George Baker with screenplay by Edmund Beloin and Nate Monaster and starring Jerry Lewis as Private Meredith C. Bixby. Plot summary: Private Bixby has a photographic memory, but despite this he is unable to adapt to Army routines. During deployment to a base in Morocco, Bixby is kidnapped by some insurgent Arabs who take advantage of his photographic memory by requiring him to assemble a cannon they have stolen.

Cast and crew: George Marshall, Nate Monaster, Edmund Beloin, George Baker, Jerry Lewis, David Wayne, Hal Wallis, Peter Lorre, Phyllis Kirk, Joe Mantell, Gene Evans, George Dolenz, Liliane Motevecchi, Shepperd Strudwick, Abraham Sofaer, Mary Treen, Kenneth Becker

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