Author Topic: Pictures of posters in action (Read 303632 times)

Makes sense, eh Cabman? Lugosi obsessed as Drac over a decolletage or two in his day, too! Well, maybe the obsession was a little higher in the "juglaretage" region. Okie

redman · « **Reply #832 on:** June 27, 2019, 04:35:00 PM »

These are all London in 1931 (late 1930 is possible for a couple i guess)

^ Finsbury Park Astoria, free golf lessons used to advertise Nancy Carrolls latest

^ Hackney, poster on right is for No No Nanette

^ Stoke Newington

^ Forest Gate, All Quiet on the Western Front

^ Leicester Square

^ Strand

okiehawker · « **Reply #833 on:** June 27, 2019, 11:10:43 PM »

Hi Redman! Can you determine what are the large movie posters on the extreme left side of the Stoke Newington photo? Thanks, Okie

redman · « **Reply #834 on:** June 28, 2019, 11:25:28 AM »

^ i'm not sure Oakie. upper far left is possibly Min and Bill (Min and Bill is on the illuminated thing by the doors and is painted on the steps). New Moon is shown along with Remote Control and those are the only 3 films mentioned.

another All Quiet on the Western Front, this one in Liverpool

redman · « **Reply #835 on:** July 25, 2019, 03:18:02 PM »

1930

1932

okiehawker · « **Reply #836 on:** July 25, 2019, 09:02:01 PM »

Just incredible pictures of UK Frankie and Gold Diggers, Redman! Wow!!! Okie

redman · « **Reply #837 on:** September 04, 2019, 12:43:34 PM »

one
two
three
^saw these on ebay, didn't bother resizing as that would have made text harder to read

redman · « **Reply #838 on:** November 13, 2019, 04:38:04 PM »

^detail of rod stewarts train set. turns out he is a better modeler than singer (link)
i had no clue what a "nash" is but found out they were cars

Harry Caul · « **Reply #839 on:** November 13, 2019, 10:47:42 PM »

Quote from: redman on July 25, 2019, 03:18:02 PM

1932

Wow! Is that a (trimmed) UK 6-sheet for Frankenstein?

martinc · « **Reply #840 on:** November 14, 2019, 09:32:52 AM »

The photo is of a bookshop, long gone now, which would have been not very far from where I live. They were displaying a stack of these:

This was the Readers Library edition of the novel, priced at sixpence in old money. There were no stills from the film inside the book (with other films they often put eight stills into the text) but it's a great cover. As with any book from that period dustjackets often disappeared fairly quickly so issues with the d/j can be hard to pick up today.

Can't help with the poster at the centre of the display- possibly a cut-out from an English version of the US three-sheet (called a six-sheet in England at that time)?

redman · « **Reply #841 on:** November 20, 2019, 03:10:51 PM »

okiehawker · « **Reply #842 on:** November 20, 2019, 11:02:49 PM »

Man, that theatre was beautiful that was showing Nora Prentiss, Redman! Okie

redman · « **Reply #843 on:** December 09, 2019, 11:28:48 AM »

France '37

^Lyon

^Reims

^Strasbourg

^Roanne

^Chalons s/Marne

^Marseille

okiehawker · « **Reply #844 on:** December 09, 2019, 09:11:31 PM »

What a treat, Redman: a 24 sheet right at street level. Thanks for sharing. Okie

Harry Caul · « **Reply #845 on:** December 11, 2019, 07:29:12 AM »

Awesome pics!

wonka · « **Reply #846 on:** December 11, 2019, 10:22:08 AM »

Quote from: Harry Caul on December 11, 2019, 07:29:12 AM

Awesome pics!

eatbrie · « **Reply #847 on:** December 11, 2019, 01:19:46 PM »

Is this last one painted or printed? It's quite amazing by today's standards that a single theater would have an entire wall to promote a movie. It's probably the back of the theater, since I see doors without knobs there, but still, the amount of work for a single flick (one of the best ever, but I assume they didn't know that yet.)

I want that poster.

T

martinc · « **Reply #848 on:** December 12, 2019, 08:01:12 AM »

Incredible pictures, thanks for posting them. I had no idea that the film was publicised to that level (literally) in France at the time.

The last one is far beyond even 24 sheet size - were these one-off print runs made just for particular building locations?

Tob · « **Reply #849 on:** January 03, 2020, 05:04:52 AM »

Not for a film, but this billboard advertising the BBC's Dracula adaptation is pretty clever. Here is a timelapse video:

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/DangerousDiscreteEasternglasslizard-mobile.mp4

Better photos here:

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/01/02/bbc-erects-immersive-dracula-billboards-with-bloody-stakes-and-haunting-shadows

News:

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