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Great Poster but just wee too much Yellow for my liking.

MattMatt
in Various Thoughts
Had a chat Ves this afternoon and this topic always seems to pop up in our discussion.

So I'd like to know what others think and it doesn't have to yellow. It can be any other colour as well.

Here's a couple of examples of what we talked about.

Time Machine Australian one sheet.



House on Haunted Hill Australian one sheet










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  • theartofmovieposterstheartofmovieposters
    Let's be more accurate...there is sometimes too much yellow :)

    Apparently this one has just enough yellow:




  • theartofmovieposterstheartofmovieposters
    The one sheet for My Fair Lady has too much pink for my liking:


  • HONDOHONDO


    This Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Aub Mosely designed 1953 daybill immediately sprang to mind. Too much yellow for me.
  • BruceBruce
    OTOH, this poster is great BECAUSE it has "too much blue"!






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  • CharlieCharlie
    Bruce said:
    OTOH, this poster is great BECAUSE it has "too much blue"!


    It is a wonderful poster! I love blue...
  • theartofmovieposterstheartofmovieposters
    HONDO said:


    This Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Aub Mosely designed 1953 daybill immediately sprang to mind. Too much yellow for me.
    I think that yellow paint must have been in abundance.  Its EVERYWHERE!
  • MattMatt
    edited March 2021
    The blue face is a bit ridiculous.


    And more yellow.....


  • theartofmovieposterstheartofmovieposters
    Oh man!  That's a lot of YELLOW!  Great portraits though!
  • HONDOHONDO


    Shane Australian one sheet and The Facts Of Life daybill designs with too much yellow applied for my taste.
  • EisenhowerEisenhower
    Agree with the color overload-but think it’s worse when things are colors they shouldn’t be; the faces in Shane & Married Boss I think hurt the appeal of the poster. 

    In Rear Window there’s a lot of red, but the stars faces are “natural” in tone. 

  • CSM_2_Point_0CSM_2_Point_0
    edited March 2021


     ;) 
  • HONDOHONDO
    edited March 2021

    That daybill  image appears to be of The Spider Woman Strikes Back ( 1947 ). The only copy of that film that I have ever seen. It would be nice to view an unadulterated copy image of this film.



    The U.S.A. insert of the film for comparison. 
  • HONDOHONDO




    How about the green and the blue then that was applied to these Pygmalion posters?
  • HONDOHONDO




    This Rio Bravo Australian one sheet is a disaster and hard on the eyes. Anyone agree?
  • theartofmovieposterstheartofmovieposters
    HONDO said:




    How about the green and the blue then that was applied to these Pygmalion posters?
    I dont mind the one on the left...
  • theartofmovieposterstheartofmovieposters
    HONDO said:




    This Rio Bravo Australian one sheet is a disaster and hard on the eyes. Anyone agree?
    Need my sun glasses to look at this one!
  • HONDOHONDO




    A John Wayne below par coloured poster is Jet Pilot ( 1957 ). I am of two minds with Passage To Marseille ( 1944 ). Do the red and yellow colours work? I am not sure, but some tonning down of the red colour I am convinced  would have made it a better poster.

    That's all folks!

  • MattMatt
    Wow , a few more posters coming out of the woodwork than expected. 

    Poor old John Wayne getting wacked by our artists. Hondo nailed it with Rio Bravo Might need another thread to recover some pride.

     Hondo, The Spider Woman Strikes Back ( 1947 ) for Chris's poster. Any other info do you have on that?
  • HONDOHONDO
    edited March 2021
    Matt said:
    Wow , a few more posters coming out of the woodwork than expected. 

    Poor old John Wayne getting wacked by our artists. Hondo nailed it with Rio Bravo Might need another thread to recover some pride.

     Hondo, The Spider Woman Strikes Back ( 1947 ) for Chris's poster. Any other info do you have on that?
    I worked out the film's title from the recognisable images of  Rondo Hatton  and the spider web. I then thought the film was The Spider Woman Strikes Back and on checking the U.S.A. insert then found the images on this poster, including the Gale Sondergaard one then confimed this to be the film.

    One has to wonder how this inferior daybill copy wasn't spotted and scrapped at either the printers or at the Universal offices. Amazing to know it ever ended up surviving. It would be interesting to see if Chris knows anything more regarding this poster's history. 

  • CSM_2_Point_0CSM_2_Point_0
    This Spider Woman daybill is made odder by the fact it is printed on the back of a normal Sinister Shadow daybill! 
  • CSM_2_Point_0CSM_2_Point_0
    Both of course starring Rondo Hatton

  • CSM_2_Point_0CSM_2_Point_0
    edited March 2021
    Also although I am probably a bit biased I think the Passage to Marseille is one of the most striking Warner Bros daybills!  It is even more appealing in person. I really love it
  • RickRick
    Rio Bravo is a shocker
  • HONDOHONDO
    CSM_2_Point_0 said:
    This Spider Woman daybill is made odder by the fact it is printed on the back of a normal Sinister Shadow daybill! 

    What is the image condition of The Sinister Shadow daybill?   Is anything of The Spider Woman Strikes Back image visible on this side of the poster? Can you please share an image?
  • HONDOHONDO


    CSM_2_Point_0 said:
    Also although I am probably a bit biased I think the Passage to Marseille is one of the most striking Warner Bros daybills!  It is even more appealing in person. I really love it


           
                  
    Australian daybill and the similar U.S.A. insert. 
  • CSM_2_Point_0CSM_2_Point_0
    HONDO said:


    CSM_2_Point_0 said:
    Also although I am probably a bit biased I think the Passage to Marseille is one of the most striking Warner Bros daybills!  It is even more appealing in person. I really love it


           
                  
    Australian daybill and the similar U.S.A. insert. 
    The HA image seems washed out - the colours really pop much more in person (ok I think I have convinced everyone now ;) )
  • CSM_2_Point_0CSM_2_Point_0
    HONDO said:
    CSM_2_Point_0 said:
    This Spider Woman daybill is made odder by the fact it is printed on the back of a normal Sinister Shadow daybill! 

    What is the image condition of The Sinister Shadow daybill?   Is anything of The Spider Woman Strikes Back image visible on this side of the poster? Can you please share an image?
    Nope nothing shows through.  In fact I had had the Sinister Shadow daybill for years without even noticing the second printing on the back!

    I don't know why I only have a crappy photobucket copy but oh well:


  • HONDOHONDO




    The above original Casablanca Australian one sheet I believe got the background colours just right




    The Australian Casablance first release daybill, although a lovely poster, could have toned down the red backgroud just a little. Anyone agree?
  • HONDOHONDO
    edited April 2021

    No thoughts on the colour presentaations of the two Casablanca posters?
  • RickRick
    I quite like the red, though i usually find Marchant posters less attractive.
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