filmlover Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Movie poster collecting is a major hobby (and investment) for some. I am tempted between Casablanca, since it is my favorite movie, a Thief of Bagdad poster (Fairbanks version) because it has a Maxfield Parrish look to it, Thief of Bagdad: http://members.cscoms.com/~suwat/poster/The_Thief_of_Bagdad.jpg and This Gun for Hire (because it may be the most beautiful film poster of all). This Gun for Hire: http://www.postermountain.com/images/thisgunafter-2.jpg But I would probably end up going with Casablanca. Casablanca: http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/1d/images.art.com/images/-/Casablanca-Poster-C10045006.jpeg Out of all the posters ever made, what would be your choice of just one poster and your reason for wanting it? Message was edited by: filmlover Link to post Share on other sites
Shonna Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Cool Posters, Filmlover!!! As I told Cinemascope in another thread I was fortunate enough to find a poster from the movie "Ace in the Hole". It has a picture of Kirk Douglas strangling Jan Sterling. I found it in a little obscure antique shop in the middle of no where and it is in mint condition! I also have a couple of neat Tarzan posters with Johnny Weissmuller that were left to me by my Grandfather. Link to post Share on other sites
JimCM Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I also found a giant one-sheet from my favorite movie, "Sullivan's Travels" in an obscure little shop years ago... Link to post Share on other sites
chinaseas Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Red-Headed Woman with Jean Harlow. Link to post Share on other sites
ChelseaRialtoStudios Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Here's a link to my private theater (recently relocated from NYC to the Catskills), which includes some poster shots in the gallery: http://chelsearialtostudios.com/rialto/new_rialto.htm Link to post Share on other sites
filmlover Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Incredible, Chelsea! Seeing all those posters took me back to about 1970 when I was really getting a lot of great posters. Gone now, sigh. Any chance you miht be able to a direct-on shot of the mark of Zorro insert. Is that an original or rerelease? Looks gorgeous. And I love the Adam Had Four Sons. With Susan Hayward on it so breathtakingly, one forgets Ingrid Bergman was the star! Poor I.B., delegated to a small corner of her own poster. Link to post Share on other sites
klondike Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 "The Valley of Gwangi". Link to post Share on other sites
hlywdkjk Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 I have an image of a Marlene Dietrich poster I snagged from a newsgroup that is too large to post that would be top of the list. But this is a nice runner-up - Kyle In Hollywood Link to post Share on other sites
JackBurley Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 While pondering the question, I discovered that Marcello Mastroianni has quit smoking. You see, I was thinking that perhaps I'd choose La Dolce Vita, and I looked for a reminder of the poster: But since the new DVD has come out, they made a little change: Link to post Share on other sites
jarhfive Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 I guess, one of those very large (six sheet) original Frankenstein posters. When I say "one of those"...I mean, poster number two. I believe only one six sheet Frankenstein has ever showed up in modern times. I do own a one sheet Young Frankenstein. I bought that item at a Star Trek convention back in the early 1970s. The colors are still great...unfortunately, I kept the poster folded and in a drawer for many years. Even more unfortunate is when we tried to mount the poster on a linen backing...I don't want to talk about the experience right now. Rusty Link to post Share on other sites
pktrekgirl Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 If I could get the ORIGINAL in MINT condition? No contest: Captain Blood. Worth a FORTUNE. And a very nice looking poster, to boot. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Alien. It was so simple and left so much to the imagination, plus the hook, "In Space No One Can Hear You Scream." Link to post Share on other sites
MattHelm Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I used to have a Dawn of the Dead one sheet autographed by the make-up artist, Tom Savini, who I met at a sci-fi/horror convention. Don't remember what happened to it. And I used to have a cheap replica of The Creature from the Black Lagoon hanging in my bathroom ... it seemed the most appropriate place to hang it. My prized possessions are a 14x36 lobby insert of Some Came Running and a British quad of Night of the Hunter. There are too many movie posters that I'd love to have to just pick one. I'd probably go by artwork and concept, rather than by movie. I'm sure the B movie posters are more interesting than the A's Link to post Share on other sites
hlywdkjk Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Found out Photobucket compresses and resizes large images uploaded to their site so my "first choice" will fit in a post. Whadda thnk? Kyle In Hollywood Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyJustin2007 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I'd personally like a Warhol style poster of Bogart. You know like the kind he did of Monroe. Link to post Share on other sites
bansi4 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Kyle, the poster of Dietrich is sublime. Link to post Share on other sites
hlywdkjk Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 mongo - I think you are right. It is sublime. There is something joyful in the simple beauty of that image. Now, have you ever seen the film? I haven't but hope to one day. Dietrich. Lubitsch. Romance. What a combination. Kyle In Hollywood Link to post Share on other sites
hlywdkjk Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 For the ever-friendly Mongo - Kyle In Hollywood Link to post Share on other sites
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