Fantastic Film Posters - What's Striking Your Fancy?

[crowzilla]

If this piece from the upcoming Heritage auction doesn't qualify, I don't know what does.
https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/horror/dracula-universal-1931-one-sheet-27-x-41-style-a/p/7167-16001.s?ic5=Home-FeaturedItems-071515

[guest4955]

If this piece from the upcoming Heritage auction doesn't qualify, I don't know what does.
https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/horror/dracula-universal-1931-one-sheet-27-x-41-style-a/p/7167-16001.s?ic5=Home-FeaturedItems-071515

$$$?

[guest4955]

WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD (1932)

[erik1925]

Im not a huge fan of the "floating head" designs (this or The Wolf Man poster w/Chaney, Jr), but it is for one of the Uni Classics... so kudos to the movie it's for, Sean. 

[50s]

WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD (1932)

I try to avoid posters with text on the art. This is my worst poster nightmare

[crowzilla]

Im not a huge fan of the "floating head" designs (this or The Wolf Man poster w/Chaney, Jr), but it is for one of the Uni Classics... so kudos to the movie it's for, Sean. 

For the most part I agree Jeff, though for Wolf Man it is the only style one-sheet there is, so not much choice if that's the size you want.
On Dracula though, this is the poster where the artwork actually looks like Lugosi, as opposed to the cartoony image of the style F.
(Yes, the photo image of the style B is of course him, but this art is great - I've seen Fishler's copy in person and it's just beautiful.)

[Harry Caul]

Do you know the story of where/when this copy surfaced? Sounds like a recent find...

[erik1925]

For the most part I agree Jeff, though for Wolf Man it is the only style one-sheet there is, so not much choice if that's the size you want.
On Dracula though, this is the poster where the artwork actually looks like Lugosi, as opposed to the cartoony image of the style F.
(Yes, the photo image of the style B is of course him, but this art is great - I've seen Fishler's copy in person and it's just beautiful.)

I agree with you, Sean, that the image is very spot on with Lugosi's likeness and it's beautiful in that regard. And the colors are fantastic, seeming to almost hop off the paper.

 

I never got the "cartoony," style F version, either. There is very little menace to it, but the colors also do pop.

[crowzilla]

Do you know the story of where/when this copy surfaced? Sounds like a recent find...

Both this and the Phantom one-sheet in the current auction are new to market pieces, having been in the seller's family since the 50s.
Not a collector, but someone in the film industry acquired them both back then as they loved the art and the son is selling now.

[erik1925]

Without a doubt... a truly fantastic poster! 

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

[Harry Caul]

Both this and the Phantom one-sheet in the current auction are new to market pieces, having been in the seller's family since the 50s.
Not a collector, but someone in the film industry acquired them both back then as they loved the art and the son is selling now.

Thanks.

[Louie D.]

Without a doubt... a truly fantastic poster! 

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Personally, I think the image stinks but it's certainly an incredible piece.

[erik1925]

US Insert for The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) 




Im not sure if this one is also an insert size or not (maybe a 3 sheet?) Dunno. 

[crowzilla]

US Insert for The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) 

That's a pretty amazing poster, and would be an incredible find.
But my first thought when I see it is that it's not real.

Philips was the name of the UK releasing company for Caligari (all the US material simply says Distributed by Goldwyn) and an insert is not a standard size they used back then. 

The show dates printed on the bottom of the poster Fri-Sat March 19-21 (which would be Fri-Sun, not Fri-Sat) would be 1920 show dates, but the film debuted in Germany the last week of February 1920 and didn't roll out to other countries until 1921.

Can't find any info on a Senator Theater in the UK (and wouldn't that be a "theatre" anyways), though I do find one in Baltimore starting in 1939. 

Lastly the idea that a theater was air-conditioned in 1920 would be huge, the Rivoli in Times Square usually gets credit for being the first theater to have air-conditioning and that was in 1925.

[erik1925]

That's a pretty amazing poster, and would be an incredible find.
But my first thought when I see it is that it's not real.

Philips was the name of the UK releasing company for Caligari (all the US material simply says Distributed by Goldwyn) and an insert is not a standard size they used back then. 

The show dates printed on the bottom of the poster Fri-Sat March 19-21 (which would be Fri-Sun, not Fri-Sat) would be 1920 show dates, but the film debuted in Germany the last week of February 1920 and didn't roll out to other countries until 1921.

Can't find any info on a Senator Theater in the UK (and wouldn't that be a "theatre" anyways, thought I do find one in Baltimore starting in 1939. 

Lastly the idea that a theater was air-conditioned in 1920 would be huge, the Rivoli in Times Square usually gets credit for being the first theater to have air-conditioning and that was in 1925.

I see what you mean, Sean.

And another red flag i just noticed nearer the bottom:

Goldwyn DISTRUBTION Company. 

Oh well..it caught my eye for a second or 2.

[erik1925]

Ive always found many of these Spook Show posters to be a lot of fun and interesting, with their tag lines and Z films that were often part of the lineup.

Dr Terror's House of Horrors:

[guest4955]

[Crazy Vick]

thought i'd seen this recently but its was :



...a daybill that sold on EMP for $105

Assume it will be in Chris' October thread shortly...

[erik1925]

I'm REALLY liking this hand painted poster for He Who Gets Slapped (1924), starring Lon Chaney Sr. 

This poster, measuring just under 27x40 inches, was done by artist Alvin Wolfson in 1924.

What a beautiful creation. 




And is available for $150K, from Todd Feiertag.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HE-WHO-GETS-SLAPPED-1924-LON-CHANEY-ORIGINAL-ALVIN-WOLFSON-HAND-PAINTED-POSTER/152708948962?hash=item238e29a3e2%3Ag%3AOD4AAOSwLdNZwIwK

[brude]

Not sure whether this one has been posted before, but apparently, it was unsold at Heritage in March of 2016.
Wow, what a poster.



https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/horror/frankenstein-universal-1932-first-release-spanish-one-sheet-28-x-395-/a/7125-86276.s

[erik1925]

German 3 sheet for I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1933), with the incomparable Paul Muni. 

What a cool looking poster, with art by Lapiner.

[guest4955]

Bombs away from Ira Resnick's collection:

Large XL slideshow:http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/HereComesMongo1968/slideshow/Bonhams%20Auction%202017?sort=3



The best of the bunch?

[erik1925]

I always liked this Dutch poster for Chaney's Phantom of the Opera (1925), using the image of the illuminated face of the "rat catcher" seen in the cellars when he's encountered by Raoul and Ledoux.   

[erik1925]

The Walking Dead (1936); a silkscreen style poster. This would shine on any wall today.

[brude]

If this piece from the upcoming Heritage auction doesn't qualify, I don't know what does.
https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/horror/dracula-universal-1931-one-sheet-27-x-41-style-a/p/7167-16001.s?ic5=Home-FeaturedItems-071515

$160k.
Go Daddy, Go!