Movie Poster Collecting: Robert Presnell Jr.

Friday, March 16, 2018

Conspiracy of Hearts (1960) - (Lilli Palmer) Italian locandina

This is a 13" x 27.5" Italian locandina poster for the 1960 Ralph Thomas film Conspiracy of Hearts based on a story by Adrian Scott, screenplay by Robert Presnell Jr. and starring Lilli Palmer as Mother Katharine. Plot summary: During World War II the nuns in a convent smuggle Jewish children out of an internment camp, operated by an Italian officer who turns a blind eye to what the nuns are doing. There is dissent among the nuns and even their own padre objects. The Germans later take over camp security, making the work of the nuns much more hazardous.

Cast and crew: Ralph Thomas, Adrian Scott, Robert Presnell Jr., Dale Pitt, Lilli Palmer, Sylvia Syms, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Lewis, Albert Lieven, Peter Arne, Nora Swinburne, Michael Goodliffe, Megs Jenkins, David Kossoff, Jenny Laird, George Coulouris, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Rebecca Dignam, Joseph Cuby

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Man in the Attic (1954) - (Jack Palance) Argentine one-sheet

This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet poster for the 1954 Hugo Fregonese film Man in the Attic based on the novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, screenplay by Robert Presnell Jr. and Barre Lyndon and starring Jack Palance as Slade. Plot summary: In London in 1888 Slade rents a room and an attic in the home of William and Helen Harley [Rhys Williams and Frances Bavier] and begins to attract attention because of his eccentric habits and his curious attic laboratory. These events unfold against the backdrop of a series of murders attributed to a killer known as Jack the Ripper.

Cast and crew: Hugo Fregonese, Robert Presnell Jr., Barre Lyndon, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer, Frances Bavier, Rhys Williams, Sean McClory, Leslie Bradley, Tita Phillips, Lester Matthews, Harry Cording, Lisa Daniels, Lilian Bond, Isabel Jewell