Author Topic: Pictures of posters in action (Read 305407 times)

Harry Caul · « **Reply #300 on:** September 10, 2014, 02:03:16 PM »

Just found this one on a french postcard... no posters, but a pretty amazing one-off display for Lady from Shanghai!

CSM · « **Reply #301 on:** September 10, 2014, 02:14:41 PM »

Oh yeah that's cool...good find Matt

brude · « **Reply #302 on:** September 11, 2014, 06:49:45 PM »

Man, I'd love to see that one in color.
Nice find, Matt.

Harry Caul · « **Reply #303 on:** September 12, 2014, 09:22:47 AM »

Some gems in this blog too: https://2warpstoneptune.wordpress.com/category/movie-theatersmarquees/

erik1925 · « **Reply #304 on:** October 14, 2014, 11:54:39 PM »

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1923):

Island of Lost Souls:

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde:

Freaks:

Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man:

Mirosae · « **Reply #305 on:** October 15, 2014, 02:42:16 AM »

Cinemas looked so pretty and appealing back then

CSM · « **Reply #306 on:** October 15, 2014, 10:25:28 AM »

Island of Lost Souls is fantastic (as a movie too). And I especially like Bela having 2nd billing

Neo · « **Reply #307 on:** October 15, 2014, 12:50:21 PM »

Nice finds, Jeff. The theaters from back then are mighty cool, indeed.

wonka · « **Reply #308 on:** October 15, 2014, 03:22:48 PM »

Can't get over how cool those display panels/signs are. Has anything like these survived??

oldposterho · « **Reply #309 on:** October 15, 2014, 03:48:30 PM »

I'd kill for the Schlitze door panel.

Kill...

jayn_j · « **Reply #310 on:** October 15, 2014, 04:02:36 PM »

Quote from: wonka on October 15, 2014, 03:22:48 PM

Can't get over how cool those display panels/signs are. Has anything like these survived??

I've seen a couple in the last 10 years at random antique shops. They usually are on plywood and are a collage of cut up poster pieces (often from 3 sheets) and hand painted accents and lettering.

Never a title worth drooling over, and I felt they were too hard to store and would be unsellable, so I passed both times.

brude · « **Reply #311 on:** November 09, 2014, 05:42:45 AM »

Quote from: erik1925 on October 14, 2014, 11:54:39 PM

Island of Lost Souls:

Whoa....
Great pics, Jeff.

Harry Caul · « **Reply #312 on:** November 11, 2014, 02:33:49 PM »

I recently stumbled across a book of "then and now" type pictures of the little city where I live. Here was the interesting part....

I bet that Wild Party billboard would be worth a pretty penny today!

Mirosae · « **Reply #313 on:** November 11, 2014, 04:31:31 PM »

What a great street. All the cars look exactly the same.

jayn_j · « **Reply #314 on:** November 11, 2014, 04:47:52 PM »

Quote from: Mirosae on November 11, 2014, 04:31:31 PM

What a great street. All the cars look exactly the same.

Not even close. In the front row alone you see a truck with dump bed (can't see brand), a Ford Model A roadster sedan (4 door) and a Dodge coupe. In the background I see coupes, 2 door roadsters, sedans etc. Harder to tell models.

You asked someone from then and they would tell you that todays cars all look like the same chunk of melted clay.

Mirosae · « **Reply #315 on:** November 11, 2014, 04:52:05 PM »

And i thought i knew my coupes

Simes · « **Reply #316 on:** November 11, 2014, 08:27:07 PM »

Quote from: jayn_j on November 11, 2014, 04:47:52 PM

You asked someone from then and they would tell you that todays cars all look like the same chunk of melted clay.

Beat me to it. Concurred.

Harry Caul · « **Reply #317 on:** November 11, 2014, 10:16:28 PM »

Interesting to see so many cigarette ads! This was a mill-town back in the day - aka damn near indentured servitude for most of the working class folks. You can even see the trolly tracks on the right. They ran from downtown direct to the mills outside the city. It makes sense that people might have simply been hoping for a quick movie break and a damn cigarette!

CSM · « **Reply #318 on:** November 11, 2014, 11:08:44 PM »

Great pic Matt. Now quick hop in your Model A, run up those stairs and pull some of those down!

erik1925 · « **Reply #319 on:** November 11, 2014, 11:26:45 PM »

The south was (and is) a heavy tobacco producing area of the country... so maybe that's why the large number of ads?

lynaron · « **Reply #320 on:** November 15, 2014, 06:29:02 PM »

This is one of the best threads, ever! Thanks to all for the terrific images!

erik1925 · « **Reply #321 on:** December 07, 2014, 01:54:52 PM »

For a later, RR showing (1940s?) of Frankenstein and Dracula.

A locally/theater made poster ad, it looks like. The photo used of Bela looks like a shot of him from The Raven and Karloff is from Bride of Frankie

Im liking that giant die cut head of Karloff hanging above, on the marquee, too (as well as the costume and makeup!).

paul waines · « **Reply #322 on:** December 08, 2014, 10:24:57 AM »

They played together on double bills in 38, as this sparked the second cycle of Universal Monster films, and going off the write-up "first time together" looks like it could be one of those showings.

Nice find Jeff.

brude · « **Reply #323 on:** January 03, 2015, 08:57:31 PM »

London's Marble Arch pavilion, October 24, 1949

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/6139250/London-then-and-now-Photographs-of-London-streets-taken-60-years-apart.html?image=8

paul waines · « **Reply #324 on:** January 04, 2015, 10:13:19 AM »

Excellent find Ted, I'd love anyone of those 7 posters on display....

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