Second , if I understand correctly , your main tactic is to buy from abandoned or old movie theater , I am right ? Because, it's mainly what I am trying to do here.
Hey Adamatc, thanks for stopping by. I'm not sure what I may have said in my thread to suggest I buy from abandoned or old movie theaters, but sadly, I've never had the opportunity to do that. I think that most movie poster collectors would love to come across a stash of movie posters in a closed or abandoned theater, but few of us will likely have that chance. I'd say that well in excess of 90% of the posters I've ever bought have come from ebay, so nothing too exciting or romantic there. Keep posting pictures of the posters you find, as we love to see 'em all!
Hello gang, this post has so much non-excitement in it, I was hesitant to post it. However, Club VMPF is a bit quiet with regards to new stuff to look at, so here goes. It is movie ephemera, but it's all car geeky stuff, so turn away while you still can. For starters, I happened along this door panel pretty cheaply. I don't know if I'll ever be inclined to spend the dough to frame it, so it's fate is uncertain, but it's kinda neato.
Next up we have a two-fer with things that are fast and undoubtedly furious. First off, a pressbook that was mega inexpensive:
And one of only two posters I think I'll seek out for the recent F&F franchise (the other being the fourth installment, I think). This is for FF7:
That's all I got. Should you have made it this far, thanks for checking it out.
How did I miss this post? I do remember USED CARS...and the poster makes it look like it might be a sex comedy. Ha! What a scam as it is soooo NOT! I never saw any of the FAST AND FURIOUS movies--not even the original you have the pressbook for--so they don't really resonate with me, as I have no connection to them. (I'm a horror guy...not a car guy.) But congratulations on the scores.
A Cali guy not into cars? As Bugs Bunny used to say, "oh, for shame, doc!". Including the 1954 (I think) one, you haven't really missed anything by not seeing the F&F films. They're just cinematic fluff. Thanks for the kind words.
Hey gang, if you're looking for interesting content on VMPF currently, this ain't it. I suggest you head over to the recent hangings thread for some neato stuff. Having said that, my poster buying has slowed to a trickle, so I figured I might as well post the one recent purchase I've made, to keep me caught up and offer a small morsel to look at on the forum. This one seems to have a chunk missing at the top, but is otherwise intact. A little more AIP goodness:
Egads. Sorry for another massive pic. I can't imagine sitting through 4 of these movies in one go, but if it was drive-in fodder, I suppose them teeny boppers weren't paying much attention anyway.
LOVE IT! I've been looking at these multi-movie re-release posters. Glad you scored one. And--yes! I can't imagine watching 4 movies at one go. Can you imagine theaters doing that today? They don't even have double features any more. Thanks for posting. CHEERS!
Thanks northwestern tiki-god. These aren't the best pics, but they are representative of the two other quad-feature 1 sheets that AIP did (aside from the hot rod one posted earlier in my thread and the one I just posted). I'm not aware if they had others.
I'm not sure which posters I have seen--these or others. I recall the most recent one I had seen as being in green--not black and white. Still cool that you have one.
Yeah, I think the actual 1 sheets are all duotone. The pics I posted above are probably ad mats of some sort. They were just the quickest thing to grab and post to represent what the other 1 sheets look like.
Great paper Rockabilly! As a huge AIP poster fan, I have been trying to track down these four unit show posters for a while… Well done! Hondo, thank you for presenting the images for all of these combo sheets!
A couple of German A1's about to make their way across the pond and to the hallowed halls of the Rock-o-gallery. I'll never see either film, I just dig the artwork.
Thanks, Mr P. I'm pretty sure I ran across the Night Moves poster in Paul Veysey's Motor Movies - The Posters book, and the Woman In Chains I think I saw in Tony Nourmand's Exploitation posters book.
(This isn't. Sorry.) Just a couple new entries for the rock-o-archives. Regarding the first one, I have an insert and window card for the title, but the best art (IMO) is on the 1 sheet (and also the half sheet), so I was glad to add this to the pile, er, collection. Yeah, someone seems to have used liquid paper/correction fluid stuff on the border area. Ugh. The image area looks pretty dandy though.
And in searching for "bad girl" genre posters, I happened along this German A1. Apparently it's for a film titled Wicked from 1998. It'll be a good companion piece for some of the more traditional bad girl stuff.
That's it. That's as much of a poster induced frenzy I can whip you into at the moment. Thanks for having a peek.
Ooooooh, cool! Melikes that one too. I have a soft spot for Danish/Finnish/Swedish posters anyway, but despite the lack of color, at least they used the 1 sheet/half sheet artwork. I gotta imagine an image of a "teenage" girl ready to clock someone was a wee bit shocking to 1955 adult sensibilities. On second thought, maybe folks eyes never made it that far up the poster anyhow.
As long as I'm here, I'll lay this bit of amazing graphic design on you, definitely suitable for display in the world's finest museums:
Apparently there is no low I won't stoop to in collecting vintage movie posters with automotive art. Feel free to go scrub your retinas. They'd probably thank you.
The poster artist in Australia was a little lazier drawing only six juvenile delinquents instead of ten for the fight scene. The street scene was removed to allow for the large Australian censorship rating to be included on the one sheet poster. The F. Cunninghame artwork is inferior to the U.S. and the Finnish artwork, although the colours are o.k..
Thanks for the additional image, Lawrence. Pretty impressive that they printed a 1 sheet for a juvenile delinquent title. From your past comments on the subject, many troubled teens/delinquent titles didn't get OZ/NZ releases, so it's surprising this one did.
The difference here I believe is that this film was from a major Hollywood film studio. Clenched fists were o.k. with Australian film censors as long as knifes, broken bottles, etc. weren't being held in a hand that was being depicted to be shown to be in a threatening manner on film publicity material. If this was the case with overseas advertising material the deemed offensive material would have been normally removed from Australian artwork. A few examples of juvenile delinquent films that were released in Australia are depicted below.
Hell Kitten was also originally released in Australia with it's original title of The Prime Time.
There were an occasional exception where something managed to get through the censor's guidelines as with The Hot Angel ( 1958 ) poster artwork. The Australian one sheet was censored , but the daybill escaped being censored.
The Australian censors had a real hatred for horror films and were either banned or heavily censored from between 1948 and late 1971 when the R 18 certificate was introduced here.
Juvenile delinquent films weren't banned in Australia in the 1950s. Most of the available films of this genre originated from either AIP or Allied Artists studios. Distribution overload of product and just a simple matter of inferior films in this genre was the reason I believe that films such as Speed Crazy, Hot Car Girl, Hot Rod Girl, Dragstrip Riot and High School Hellcats, as well as many others never reached our shores.
As a late addition I just had to include these Girls On The Loose ( 1958 ) original Universal International U.S.linsert and Australian daybill poster images. Not only was a knife censored, but a revolver as well. A bit more mature for being called juvenile delinquents in the film, but certainly in the style of the poster you collect Rock.
Thanks again for all the extra info, Lawrence. I now have a better understanding of why many of those films didn't receive OZ releases. I do like the title "Hell Kitten" way more than "The Prime Time". I'll have to keep my eye out for one of those.
Thanks for the kind words, baron von horrormeister. Good to see you virtually stop in.
Well hello again. I didn't expect I'd be stopping in so soon again with something to post, but fate seems to have worked in my favor. While not the more colorful COO poster, a quad will fit the bill just fine for now. Since US posters are arguably easier to find over here, any non-US posters for this genre of film are something I have a growing interest in collecting. Definitely another one I was glad to score. This quad was not sourced here, but is coming from across the pond from the very pleasant chaps at https://www.moviepostermem.com/ .
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Second , if I understand correctly , your main tactic is to buy from abandoned or old movie theater , I am right ? Because, it's mainly what I am trying to do here.
Next up we have a two-fer with things that are fast and undoubtedly furious. First off, a pressbook that was mega inexpensive:
And one of only two posters I think I'll seek out for the recent F&F franchise (the other being the fourth installment, I think). This is for FF7:
That's all I got. Should you have made it this far, thanks for checking it out.
Including the 1954 (I think) one, you haven't really missed anything by not seeing the F&F films. They're just cinematic fluff.
Thanks for the kind words.
Egads. Sorry for another massive pic. I can't imagine sitting through 4 of these movies in one go, but if it was drive-in fodder, I suppose them teeny boppers weren't paying much attention anyway.
Well over four hours or more of viewing time to have had to sit through, with little to enjoy one can imagine.
The following are the only examples of AIP's '' Four length features programming'' one sheet combinations that I am aware of that they printed.
The Girls In Prison, etc. poster is the first time that I have sighted this poster design.
Oh, good heavens. More gigantic pictures. Sorry.
Thanks for having a peek.
(This isn't. Sorry.) Just a couple new entries for the rock-o-archives. Regarding the first one, I have an insert and window card for the title, but the best art (IMO) is on the 1 sheet (and also the half sheet), so I was glad to add this to the pile, er, collection. Yeah, someone seems to have used liquid paper/correction fluid stuff on the border area. Ugh. The image area looks pretty dandy though.
And in searching for "bad girl" genre posters, I happened along this German A1. Apparently it's for a film titled Wicked from 1998. It'll be a good companion piece for some of the more traditional bad girl stuff.
That's it. That's as much of a poster induced frenzy I can whip you into at the moment. Thanks for having a peek.
As long as I'm here, I'll lay this bit of amazing graphic design on you, definitely suitable for display in the world's finest museums:
Apparently there is no low I won't stoop to in collecting vintage movie posters with automotive art. Feel free to go scrub your retinas. They'd probably thank you.
The poster artist in Australia was a little lazier drawing only six juvenile delinquents instead of ten for the fight scene. The street scene was removed to allow for the large Australian censorship rating to be included on the one sheet poster. The F. Cunninghame artwork is inferior to the U.S. and the Finnish artwork, although the colours are o.k..
Hell Kitten was also originally released in Australia with it's original title of The Prime Time.
There were an occasional exception where something managed to get through the censor's guidelines as with The Hot Angel ( 1958 ) poster artwork. The Australian one sheet was censored , but the daybill escaped being censored.
The Australian censors had a real hatred for horror films and were either banned or heavily censored from between 1948 and late 1971 when the R 18 certificate was introduced here.
Juvenile delinquent films weren't banned in Australia in the 1950s. Most of the available films of this genre originated from either AIP or Allied Artists studios. Distribution overload of product and just a simple matter of inferior films in this genre was the reason I believe that films such as Speed Crazy, Hot Car Girl, Hot Rod Girl, Dragstrip Riot and High School Hellcats, as well as many others never reached our shores.
As a late addition I just had to include these Girls On The Loose ( 1958 ) original Universal International U.S.linsert and Australian daybill poster images. Not only was a knife censored, but a revolver as well. A bit more mature for being called juvenile delinquents in the film, but certainly in the style of the poster you collect Rock.
Thanks for the kind words, baron von horrormeister. Good to see you virtually stop in.
As always, thanks for having a look.