Author Topic: Pictures of posters in action (Read 305382 times)

50s · « **Reply #626 on:** July 13, 2016, 12:13:37 AM »

Yeah, the gorilla man is back!

brude · « **Reply #627 on:** July 13, 2016, 11:50:11 PM »

Thanks Steve. Good to see you too.

TheDude · « **Reply #628 on:** July 15, 2016, 06:12:23 AM »

Quote from: CSM on March 04, 2013, 12:09:03 AM

Found this in Bruce's archives:

Wow. Are there any copies of this poster extant today?

Damomac · « **Reply #629 on:** July 16, 2016, 08:32:16 AM »

Wow that is stunning. If there were any left i suggest they wouldn't come cheap

50s · « **Reply #630 on:** July 16, 2016, 08:49:17 AM »

Note that is Bruce on the right

paul waines · « **Reply #631 on:** July 16, 2016, 11:01:07 AM »

That is really good, me wants it...

Chris9000 · « **Reply #632 on:** July 18, 2016, 09:29:50 PM »

Love this thread.. Don't have a whole lot to contribute, but I could spend hours staring at these photos.

Thank you all for contributing.

crowzilla · « **Reply #633 on:** July 19, 2016, 07:23:49 PM »

Quote from: brude on July 12, 2016, 10:53:16 PM

That is a heck of a display for a 70s re-release of Kong, but the Castro in SF has always been known to do things big.
Love how it gets more billing than The Sting.

This original 33 Kong display is pretty awesome also:

brude · « **Reply #634 on:** July 19, 2016, 07:31:20 PM »

crowzilla · « **Reply #635 on:** July 19, 2016, 11:23:29 PM »

Quote from: brude on July 19, 2016, 07:31:20 PM

The studio issued '38 material is fine, not really a fan of this stuff they made on their own.
middle looks nothing like Kong, and what is that title only 1-sheet on the upper left?
yuck.

50s · « **Reply #636 on:** July 19, 2016, 11:37:49 PM »

Quote from: crowzilla on July 19, 2016, 11:23:29 PM

middle looks nothing like Kong

Kong?! I thought that was Mr T

jayn_j · « **Reply #637 on:** July 19, 2016, 11:42:21 PM »

Quote from: crowzilla on July 19, 2016, 07:23:49 PM

That is a heck of a display for a 70s re-release of Kong, but the Castro in SF has always been known to do things big.
Love how it gets more billing than The Sting.

Are you sure this wasn't for the 1976 remake with Jessica Lang?

erik1925 · « **Reply #638 on:** July 20, 2016, 12:11:08 AM »

Quote from: crowzilla on July 19, 2016, 07:23:49 PM

That is a heck of a display for a 70s re-release of Kong, but the Castro in SF has always been known to do things big.
Love how it gets more billing than The Sting.

This original 33 Kong display is pretty awesome also:

That framed 6 sheet above the marquee is just kick ass !

crowzilla · « **Reply #639 on:** July 20, 2016, 01:10:49 AM »

Quote from: jayn_j on July 19, 2016, 11:42:21 PM

Are you sure this wasn't for the 1976 remake with Jessica Lang?

Could be, and I would hope it is (Sting was re-released in '77), bu everything else in the photo says earlier to me.

The photo of the Capitol is definitely 1938 though.

Posteroid · « **Reply #640 on:** July 20, 2016, 09:48:36 AM »

Quote from: brude on July 12, 2016, 10:53:16 PM

This looks like a photo montage to me. The shape of the ape should cast a shadow just like the Castro sign but it does not. The sunlight is falling in from a top right angle so at a minimum the shadow of the ape's left arm would be visible to the left of the shadow of the Castro sign.

Armin

erik1925 · « **Reply #641 on:** July 21, 2016, 12:51:42 AM »

There certainly look to be some anomalies there, Armin.

I did a search for any other photos of this Castro marquee, as I thought that a number of people would have snapped a pic of this rather unique and commanding display.

Aside from that one pic, I found no others. Now, that isnt 100% proof of a photo-shopped image, but I think it's worth pondering.

50s · « **Reply #642 on:** July 21, 2016, 03:55:03 AM »

I have now just pondered this and my conclusion is that someone photoshoppef out the shadow

Actually could they have been allowed to suspend Kong into over the road?

brude · « **Reply #643 on:** July 22, 2016, 08:01:01 PM »

I think you guys might be reading too much into the shadow.
If you look at the awning to the left of the words 'King Kong,' you can see the distorted bottom edge shadow of the Castro marquee.
The sun is nearly overhead.
That makes me think Kong's outstretched arm would leave the most minimal of shadows -- if any -- maybe just a bump -- on the wall of the Castro.

Besides, I opened the pic in photoshop and examined the pixels close up. Nothing shopped/cut-and-pasted here. It is authentic.

erik1925 · « **Reply #644 on:** July 23, 2016, 12:44:49 AM »

While looking for other pics of Kong attached to the Castro Theater sign (aside from the one above), I found this series of 3 posters that was done by artist David O'Daniell, for a 2011 screening of the original, 1933 KONG at the Castro. Each is 18x24 inches:

monocle · « **Reply #645 on:** August 04, 2016, 01:58:07 PM »

This forum topic never fails to please. Love it!

brude · « **Reply #646 on:** September 17, 2016, 11:36:02 PM »

Producer Herman Cohen with two of his babies...

Chris9000 · « **Reply #647 on:** September 18, 2016, 01:35:53 PM »

Nice update, Ted!

Neo · « **Reply #648 on:** September 20, 2016, 02:15:25 PM »

I went for breakfast at a joint in Tallahassee yesterday where they have this video poster for the 80s skating flick Gleaming the Cube (1989).

Crazy Vick · « **Reply #649 on:** September 20, 2016, 04:49:12 PM »

Sort of related is this article I read on CW
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-death-of-flair/

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Author Topic: Pictures of posters in action (Read 305382 times)

TheDude