Movie Poster Collecting

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Advise and Consent (1962) - (Henry Fonda) US one-sheet

Advise and Consent (1962) - (Henry Fonda) US one-sheet poster

Pictured is a US one-sheet poster designed by Saul Bass to promote the 1962 Otto Preminger film Advise and Consent based on the novel by Allen Drury with screenplay by Wendell Mayes, starring Henry Fonda. Plot summary: Scandals rage and mud flies as a president's [Franchot Tone] candidate for secretary of state [Henry Fonda] faces a tough Senate investigation to determine if he is qualified.

Cast and crew: Otto Preminger, Allen Drury, Wendell Mayes, Henry Fonda, Allen Drury, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Wendell Mayes, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Burgess Meredith, Eddie Hodges, Paul Ford, George Grizzard, Inga Swenson, Paul McGrath, Will Geer

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Amazons of Rome (1961) - (Louis Jourdan) Belgian Poster

Amazons of Rome (1961) - (Louis Jourdan) Belgian film poster

This is a 14" x 21.25" Belgian poster designed to promote the 1961 Carlo Ludvico Bragagia and Vittorio Cottafavi film Amazons of Rome [Le vergini di Roma] based on story and screenplay by Luigi Emmanuele starring Louis Jourdan. Plot summary: A city under seige is being defended by an army of women warriors.

Cast and crew: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Vittorio Cottafavi, Luigi Emmanuele, Louis Jourdan, Sylvia Syms, Jean Chevrier, Nicole Courcel, Ettore Manni, Paola Faichi, Renaud Mary, Michel Piccoli, Corrado Pani, Nicolas Vogel, Maria Luisa Rolando, Carlo giustini, Jacques Dufiho, Andrej Gardenin

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Along Came a Spider (2001) - (Morgan Freeman) US one-sheet

Along Came a Spider (2001) - (Morgan Freeman) US one-sheet poster

Pictured is a US promotional poster for the 2001 Lee Tamahori film Along Came a Spider based on a novel by James Patterson with screenplay by Marc Moss starring Morgan Freeman. Plot summary: Detective psychologist Alex Cross [Morgan Freeman] has stopped working because of the loss of his partner, but a kidnapper deliberately pulls him back into the business by abducting a senator's daughter.

Cast and crew: Lee Tamahori, James Patterson, Marc Moss, Morgan Freeman, Michael Wincott, Monica Potter, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem, Anton Yelchin, Kim Hawthorne, Jay O. Sanders, Billy Burke, Michael Moriarty, Penelope Ann Miller, Anna Maria Horsford, Scott Heindi, Christopher Shyer, Jill Teed

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Flying Deuces (R1970s) - (Laurel & Hardy) Yugoslavian poster

Shown here is an 18.5" x 27" Yugoslavian promotional poster released in the 1970s to promote the 1939 Laurel and Hardy classic The Flying Deuces directed by A. Edward Sutherland based on story and screenplay by Ralph Spence and Charley Rogers. Plot summary: When Ollie is disappointed and heartbroken by an impossible love affliction, both he and Stan join the French Foreign Legion. They are then charged with desertion and sentenced to be executed by firing squad, but they escape in a stolen aircraft. The two are not good pilots and end up crashing it.

Cast and crew: A. Edward Sutherland, Ralph Spence, Charley Rogers, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Geginald Gardiner, Charles Middleton, Jean Del Val, Crane Whitley, James Finlayson

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Saturday, October 4, 2014

Tarzan and the Great River (1967) - (Mike Henry) US three-sheet

This is a US three-sheet promotional poster issued in two pieces to promote the 1967 Robert Day film Tarzan and the Great River starring Mike Henry based on story and screenplay by Bob Barbash. Plot summary: Tarzan fights a criminal tribal group in Brazil that is seeking to destroy indigenous villages and enslave the inhabitants.

Cast and crew: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert Day, Bob Barbash, Mike Henry, Jan Murray, Manuel Padila Jr., Diana Millay, Rafer Johnson, Paulo Gracindo

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Drum (1976) - (Ken Norton) US 40x60

Pictured is a US 40x60 poster designed to promote the 1976 Steve Carver film Drum based on novel by Kyle Onstott and screenplay by Norman Wexler, starring Ken Norton as Drum. Plot summary: Drum is a 19th century American slave who enjoys his success as a pit fighter but deplores the injustices of white society.

Cast and crew: Steve Carver, Burt Kennedy, Blaxploitation, Kyle Onstott, Norman Wexler, Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Ken Norton, Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, John Colicos, Fiona Lewis, Paula Kelly, Royal Dano, Lillian Hayman, Cheryl Smith, Alain Patrick, Brenda Sykes, Clay Tanner, Lila Finn

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Demon Seed (1977) - (Julie Christie) US 40x60

Pictured is a 40x60 US poster designed to promote the 1977 Donald Cammel film Demon Seed based on a Dean R. Koontz novel with screeplay by Robert Jaffe, starring Julie Christie as Susan Harris, the woman with the demon seed. Plot summary: Computer scientist Alex Harris [Fritz Weaver] has designed Proteus IV, a computer with artificial intelligence. Proteus IV begins to doubt the wisdom of its creators and starts looking for ways to interact more directly with its surroundings, including the wife of its creator, Susan Harris [Julie Christie].

Cast and crew: Dean Koontz, Robert Jaffe, Donald Cammell, Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger, Lisa Lu, Larry J. Blake, John O'Leary, Alfred Dennis, Davis Roberts, Patricia Wilson, E. Hampton Beagle, Michael Glass, Barbarao, Dana Laurita, Monica MacLean