November 2018
Found this in an antique store today. Has 149 cigarette cards of movie stars. Still doing research. Also wondering how to remove the cards if needed.
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Both dbs get top marks for aesthetic appeal in my book.
Its a beauty Rock! I love it! Well done !
Reynolds Brown artist....
I do enjoy a disaster pic! This daybill doesn't seem to surface much (no pun intended):
This had a LOT of tape on the back which I've been able to remove. It's a NZ release. I'm thinking this might be the first daybill I look to get restored:
Another fun daybill re-titling. This film is know as 'The Boss' and 'Murder Inferno' in most parts of the world. Love how lazy the Aussie posters makers could be - note the half Italian credits! Also it's the first time I've come across Omega Films:
This is worth reading BTW:
1w457 VERONICA LAKE 20x24 special poster 1980s close-up of the sexy actress wearing fabulous dress!
An Unfolded Special Poster (measures 20" x 23 3/4" [51 x 60 cm])(Learn More)
Description: Veronica Lake was an actress from the 1930s to the 1970s and best remembered from the 1940s as the sexy girl in many film noirs. Some of her movie roles include: Sullivan's Travels, This Gun For Hire, So Proudly We Hail!, The Glass Key, Hold Back the Dawn, The Blue Dahlia, I Married a Witch, and Star Spangled Rhythm. Note that many people remember the story of her cutting her hair, but it is quite likely that they remember it "wrong". What was the story? It was that she cut her hair because women were working in factories, and the government did not want women to get their hair caught in machines, so they asked Miss Lake to be a role model and "cut hers first". While it is true that Veronica Lake was a gigantic star in 1942, and it is true that she cut her hair at that time, the above is not the correct story, but one of those "urban legends"! We auctioned a great still of her where it explained that she offered to cut her famous long hair as an inducement to get people to buy war bonds. After $180,000 was raised, she cut 1 inch of her hair, and she said that "for $5,000,000, she'll cut the whole thing off"! Of course, that money was raised, and she DID cut her hair, and sadly discovered that her wonderful hair was a major part of her appeal, and her stardom quickly diminished.
Sticking those two daybills up side by side would cost you about $1,000 per display nowdays!
The Syndicate daybill is nice. Seven Keys used the same design on their one sheet.
Beautiful VL poster, Mel! Any idea what the interest in her would've been in the 80's, such to have a color poster produced? Just something for the collector market, perhaps?
With regards to the hot rod movie poster collection, this one would be my holy grail. I'd love to have one of these in any size/format (thanks for the image, Bruce).