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Re: Fantastic Film Posters - What's Striking Your Fancy?
« Reply #1050 on: November 07, 2013, 02:14:09 PM »
And would have been more in line with the Halloween spirit

And creepy, too..  ;D


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« Reply #1051 on: November 07, 2013, 03:10:11 PM »
ALL the art for this film is outstanding.  Not a dud in the bunch!

Amazing to think that about 30 years ago not a single one-sheet was known from this film (Bride of Frankenstein), and maybe only a couple total of inserts and halves.
Now there is at least one of each style one-sheet known, a half dozen each of inserts and halves, a couple of jumbo window cards, plus many more lobbies have surfaced.

Same thing with Dracula. 30 years ago, the only one-sheet around was the single copy featured in Borst's book.
Since then another of that style has turned up, the style C has surfaced, a style A has surfaced and then 3 of the Style Fs surfaced at one time (Bruce can best tell that story) in the mid 90s, and another copy of the F came from the Berwick find.
So Dracula went from 1 copy of one style one-sheet known to copies of all four styles known and 8 total known.

This is part of the reason that Universal horror always led the way in prices during the early days, much of it simply remained unknown and so when something did surface there was very heavy demand for it.
Of course there is still demand for it today, but I honestly feel there is more great material available in the collector's market today than at any other time of organized collecting.
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Re: Fantastic Film Posters - What's Striking Your Fancy?
« Reply #1052 on: November 07, 2013, 03:18:17 PM »
I would LOVE to hear the story of the 3 style F Dracula poster find!

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« Reply #1053 on: November 07, 2013, 03:34:49 PM »
The second 24 sheet for BOF - Frankie holding Bride - is very deceptive!  I finally got around to watching the movie and Bride was NOT receptive to Frankie's affection.  But who can figure out women anyway ;)

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« Reply #1054 on: November 07, 2013, 03:46:32 PM »
The second 24 sheet for BOF - Frankie holding Bride - is very deceptive!  I finally got around to watching the movie and Bride was NOT receptive to Frankie's affection.  But who can figure out women anyway ;)



Were you expecting an actual monster wedding Mel complete with a white dress and black tux :)  You should know better than to put stock in poster art as an accurate representation of a film.   

And the "Bride" being a cold-hearted-pathos-inducing-beotch is really the whole point.   And then you have Pretorius as the comic foil par excellence...

But yeah - WOMEN - yeesh!
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« Reply #1055 on: November 07, 2013, 03:55:29 PM »
"cold-hearted-pathos-inducing-beotch is really the whole point".

Boy...am I slowzzzz today. Had to read this twice to get it... (and not sure if I got it entirely!

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« Reply #1056 on: November 07, 2013, 03:59:53 PM »
"cold-hearted-pathos-inducing-beotch is really the whole point".

Boy...am I slowzzzz today. Had to read this twice to get it... (and not sure if I got it entirely!

cogito-ergo-sum oh yes

You are illustrating my comment Rosa ;)
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« Reply #1057 on: November 07, 2013, 04:26:03 PM »
"cold-hearted-pathos-inducing-beotch is really the whole point".

Boy...am I slowzzzz today. Had to read this twice to get it... (and not sure if I got it entirely!

cogito-ergo-sum oh yes

 ;D



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« Reply #1058 on: November 07, 2013, 04:38:27 PM »
she can shake it.. :)


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« Reply #1059 on: November 07, 2013, 04:41:34 PM »
Yes.. she can certainly pull off.... the hula hoop.

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« Reply #1060 on: November 07, 2013, 05:47:19 PM »

Upper right of photo.. KK to left, Frankie to the right:





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Re: Fantastic Film Posters - What's Striking Your Fancy?
« Reply #1061 on: November 07, 2013, 06:44:36 PM »
I know Ted, amazing, right?

And to the left of the Kong 6sh, is yet another, this one for The Man From Planet X (1951)



And then some more horror goodness further down the wall. LC from flickers, including Dracula, Werewolf of London, Freaks, Mask of Fu Manchu, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, The Invisible Ray and The Black Cat:

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Re: Fantastic Film Posters - What's Striking Your Fancy?
« Reply #1062 on: November 07, 2013, 06:48:06 PM »

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« Reply #1064 on: November 08, 2013, 03:28:09 PM »
This one is fantastic, eh?



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« Reply #1065 on: November 08, 2013, 03:35:40 PM »
Sure is Ted
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« Reply #1066 on: November 08, 2013, 04:45:49 PM »
Amazing.  Blows the US OS right out of the water!

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« Reply #1067 on: November 08, 2013, 05:13:59 PM »
You mean this mess with all the f*cked-up hands?


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Re: Fantastic Film Posters - What's Striking Your Fancy?
« Reply #1068 on: November 11, 2013, 03:18:35 PM »


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« Reply #1069 on: November 11, 2013, 03:26:15 PM »
A colorful US 6sh for Otto Preminger's Saint Joan (1957). Artwork by Saul Bass:




what a photo!  :P

not only does it not fit on account of the door jamb, but you've got a bare foot in the left corner, a sock in the right, some baby toys top-center, and i'm not sure i want to know what's underneath!

still, impressive poster (and jean seberg's first film!)

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Re: Fantastic Film Posters - What's Striking Your Fancy?
« Reply #1070 on: November 11, 2013, 03:31:41 PM »
And hopefully not used as the baby's play area..  ;D



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« Reply #1071 on: November 11, 2013, 03:42:58 PM »
And hopefully not used as the baby's play area..  ;D

yes, i'm afraid the buyer might notice some unknown modern-era detritus on the verso. ;D

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« Reply #1072 on: November 11, 2013, 03:46:57 PM »
yes, i'm afraid the buyer might notice some unknown modern-era detritus on the verso. ;D

An easy clean & fix, for the restorer.  wynk

And the color pattern would make a good baby blanket.  ;D
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« Reply #1073 on: November 11, 2013, 04:30:41 PM »
Gotta love Saul..Nice.

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« Reply #1074 on: November 20, 2013, 07:52:17 PM »
Really like the three sheet for the Wild Bunch: