Movie Poster Collecting: Shirley O'Hara

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961) - (Jimmie Rodgers) US one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1961 Andrew V. McLaglen film The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come based on the 1903 novel of the same title by John Fox Jr. with screenplay by Barre Lyndon and starring Jimmie Rodgers as Chad. Plot summary: In 1860s Kentucky a young orphan boy named Chad of unknown origin living in the small village of Kingdom Come, decides to join the Union Army. This is a shock and disappointment to his friends in Kentucky, but his experiences as a soldier give him a completely new outlook on his future because he finds where he belongs.

Cast and crew: Andrew V. McLaglen, Jimmie Rodgers, Luana Patten, Chill Wills, John Fox, Jr., Linda Hutchings, Robert Dix, George Kennedy, Ken Miller, Neil Hamilton, Shirley O'Hara, Lois January

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Duel (1971) - (dir: Spielberg) Australian Day Bill Stone Litho

Duel (1971) - (Dennis Weaver) Australian Daybill

This is a 13" x 30" Australian stone lithograph poster designed to promote the 1972 Steven Spielberg film Duel based on story and screenplay by Richard Matheson and starring Dennis Weaver as David Mann. Plot summary: David Mann is an electronics salesman from Los Angeles on a business trip in his 1971 red Plymouth Valiant sedan. Inexplicably, he finds himself in a deadly highway confrontation with the driver [Carey Loftin] of a 1955 Peterbilt 281 tanker truck, who seems to be trying to kill him by running him off the road or leading him into collisions with other vehicles. The hostile interaction continues through several stops along the road and finally ends with a mountain catastrophe.

Cast end crew: Dennis Weaver, Steven Spielberg, Richard Matheson, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell, Gene Dynarski, Lucille Benson, Tim Herbert, Charles Seel, Shirley O'Hara, Alexander Lockwood, Amy Douglass, Dick Whittington, Carey Loftin, Dale Van Sickel