Inseminoid (1981) - (Judy Geeson) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1981 Norman J. Warren film Inseminoid AKA Horror Planet written by Nick and Gloria Maley and starring Judy Geeson as Sandy. Plot summary: Somewhere out in the future scientists are excavating ruins from an ancient civilization on a remote planet. While collecting crystals in a cave, Sandy is attacked by an enormous alien creature and impregnated. She then takes on superhuman powers and begins attacking her colleagues and their facilities.
Cast and crew: Norman J. Warren, Judy Geeson, Nick Maley, Gloria Maley, Sir Run Run Shaw, Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley, Stephanie Beacham, Steven Grives, Victoria Tennant, Barrie Houghton, Rosalind Lloyd, Trevor Thomas, Heather Wright, David Baxt, Dominic Jephcott, John Segal, Kevin O'Shea, Robert Pugh
Labels: Barrie Houghton, Gloria Maley, Jennifer Ashley, Judy Geeson, Nick Maley, Norman J. Warren, Robin Clarke, Sir Run Run Shaw, Stephanie Beacham, Steven Grives, Victoria Tennant
Caesar the Conqueror (1962) - (Cameron Mitchell) Argentine one-sheet
This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet poster for the 1962 Tanio Boccia film Caesar the Conqueror based on Julius Caesar's book De Bello Gallico with adaptation and screenplay by Arpad DeRiso and Nino Scolaro and starring Cameron Mitchell as Julius Caesar. Plot summary: In 54 BC Julius Caesar is out to stop a rebellion in Gaul led by Vercingetorix. The Romans have political conflicts and military setbacks but they prevail in a final decisive battle with the help of last-minute reinforcements from Rome. On the poster Cameron Mitchell stands in the background as Caesar while in the foreground is Rick Battaglia as Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix leaning over his mortally wounded Queen Astrid [Dominique Wilms].
Cast and crew: Tanio Boccia, Gaio Giulio Cesare, Arpad DeRiso, Nino Scolaro, George Higgins, Cameron Mitchell, Rick Battaglia, Dominique Wilms, Ivica Pajer, Raffaella Carra, Carlo Tamberlani, Cesare Fantoni, Giulio Donnini, Nerio Bernardi, Carla Calo, Piero Palermini, Bruno Tocci, Aldo Pini, Lucia Randi, Fedele Gentile
Labels: Arpad DeRiso, Cameron Mitchell, Dominique Wilms, Gaio Giulio Cesare, George Higgins, Ivica Pajer, Nino Scolaro, Raffaella Carra, Rick Battaglia, Tanio Boccia
Jubal (1956) - (Glenn Ford) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the 1956 Delmer Daves film Jubal based on the novel by Paul I. Wellman with screenplay by Russell S. Hughes and Delmer Daves and starring Glenn Ford as Jubal Troop. This is a Western reworking of Shakespeare's Othello where Ernest Borgnine is the Othello character in his role as Shep Horgan, Rod Steiger is Iago in his role as 'Pinky' Pinkum and Glenn Ford's Jubal Troop is Cassio. Plot summary: Shep Horgan finds Jubal Troop on the side of a road with no horse and in a weakened condition. He gives Jubal shelter and Jubal quickly gets into a conflict with cattleman Pinky; Pinky says Jubal smells like sheep. Horgan likes Jubal and offers him work at the ranch. His wife Mae [Valerie French] also expresses an interest in Jubal behind Horgan's back. Jubal is actually interested in Naomi [Felicia Farr], a young woman who is part of a religious wagon train camped on the ranch. When Pinky and the other cowhands try to drive them away, Jubal stands up for them; this further antagonizes Pinky. Jubal has an ally in Reb [Charles Bronson], who has joined the wagon train. Horgan ends up hiring Reb to help Jubal. When Horgan confronts Jubal with a gun because he suspects him of having a relationship with his wife, Jubal kills him with a pistol Reb throws to him.
Cast and crew: Delmer Daves, Russell S. Hughes, Paul I. Wellman, Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger, Valerie French, Felicia Farr, Basil Ruysdale, Noah Beery Jr., Charles Bronson, John Dierkes, Jack Elam, Robert Burton
Labels: Basil Ruysdale, Charles Bronson, Delmer Daves, Ernest Borgnine, Felicia Farr, Glenn Ford, Noah Beery Jr., Paul I. Wellman, Rod Steiger, Russell S. Hughes, Valerie French
Johnny Dangerously (1984) - (Michael Keaton) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 40" US one-sheet poster designed by Drew Struzan for the 1984 Amy Heckerling film Johnny Dangerously written by Harry Colomby, Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff and Norman Steinberg and starring Michael Keaton as Johnny Kelly aka Johnny Dangerously. This film is a parody of crime and gangster movies from the 1930s. Plot summary: Johnny Kelly is an honest man who is obliged to turn to crime to pay his mother's [Maureen Stapleton] medical bills and to put his younger brother Tommy [Griffin Dunne] through law school. As he explains to a young shoplifter trying steal from him in 1935, the story begins in 1910 when young Johnny [Byron Thames] is working as a newsboy in New York City. To pay for one of his mother's medical operations he starts working for a crime boss named Jocko Dundee [Peter Boyle] and eventually, under continuing pressure to pay for more medical operations, he becomes head of Dundee's gang; his younger brother becomes the district attorney on his payroll. Johnny is later arrested and sentenced to death, but escapes.
Cast and crew: Amy Heckerling, Drew Struzan, Harry Colomby, Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff, Norman Steinberg, Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Glynnis O'Connor, Dom DeLuise, Richard Dimitri, Danny DeVito, Ron Carey, Ray Walston, Dick Butkus, Byron Thames, Alan Hale Jr.
Labels: Amy Heckerling, Bernie Kukoff, Drew Struzan, Harry Colomby, Jeff Harris, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Michael Keaton, Norman Steinberg, Peter Boyle
John and Mary (1969) - (Dustin Hoffman) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster by an unknown designer for the 1969 Peter Yates film John and Mary based on a novel by Mervyn Jones, screenplay by John Mortimer and starring Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow as John and Mary. Plot summary: The story is about the interaction between a New York City couple after they have met in a bar and slept together. The only thing they know in the beginning is they have similar ideas about a French film. They spend most of the following day matching wits and trying to learn where they stand in relation to one other.
Cast and crew: Peter Yates, Mervyn Jones, John Mortimer, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow, Michael Tolan, Sunny Griffin, Stanley Beck, Tyne Daly, Alix Elias, Julie Garfield, Marvin Lichterman, Marian Mercer, Susan Taylor, Olympia Dukakis, Carl Parker, Richard Clarke, Alexander Cort
Labels: Alix Elias, Dustin Hoffman, John Mortimer, Julie Garfield, Mervyn Jones, Mia Farrow, Michael Tolan, Peter Yates, Stanley Beck, Sunny Griffin, Tyne Daly
Joan of Arc (1948) - (Ingrid Bergman) Argentine poster
Joan of Arc (1948) - (Ingrid Bergman) Argentine one-sheet
This is a 29" x 43" Argentine one-sheet poster for the 1948 Victor Fleming film Joan of Arc based on the Broadway play Joan of Lorraine by Maxwell Anderson, screenplay by Maxwell Anderson and Andrew Solt and starring Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc. This film was considered by some to be the beginning of a low period in Bergman's career partly because of negative publicity surrounding an affair she was having at the time with Italian director Roberto Rossellini, although both she and Jose Ferrer (who played the role of Charles VII) received academy award nominations and the film has become an enduring classic. This poster was made to promote the first release by RKO in November 1948 but the film has undergone many revisions since them. The 2004 DVD release is the restored complete version. Plot summary: The film gives a straightforward account of the life Joan of Arc, a 14-year-old illiterate farm girl who in the 15th Century told the court of France she had been divinely called to save the country by leading the French army taking Orleans back from the English; Joan was eventually burned at the stake in Rouen by the English and the Burgundians on charges of witchcraft, heresy and dressing like a man. For more information watch the movie and see Wikipedia and the links to its footnotes.
Cast and crew: Ingrid Bergman, Maxwell Anderson, Andrew Solt,Victor Fleming, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish, Ward Bond, Shepperd Strudwick, Gene Lockhart, John Emery, Leif Erickson,Cecil Kellaway, Jose Ferrer, Selena Royle, Robert Barrat, Jimmy Lydon, Rand Brooks, Roman Bohnen
Labels: Andrew Solt, Francis L. Sullivan, Gene Lockhart, Ingrid Bergman, J. Carrol Naish, John Emery, Leif Erickson, Maxwell Anderson, Shepperd Strudwick, Victor Fleming, Ward Bond
My Nights of Love [ليالي الحب] (Abdel Halim Hafez) - (1956) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet
My Nights of Love [ليالي الحب] (1956) - (Abdel Halim Hafez) Egyptian one-sheet
This is an Egyptian 27" x 39" undated rerelease one-sheet poster for the 1955 Helmy Rafla film My Nights of Love starring Abdel Halim Hafez as Ahmed Momtaz. Plot summary: Ahmed Momtaz was a low-level employee who invented a type of fireproof cloth. He offered his invention to his direct supervisor, who in turn offered it to the one above him and so on until it reached the executive director. Each person in the chain took credit for the invention himself. He went with his colleague to see the executive director at his home where they were having a costume party. He met the director's daughter thinking she was the maid, and they liked each other. She thought he was a millionaire because he had the same name as the millionaire Ahmed Momtaz. The real millionaire appeared, who was courting the girl. The director discovered the truth. Ahmed tried to prove to the director that he was the owner of the invention. There was a confrontation between the employee and the millionaire, which ended in Ahmed's favor. He married his love after the director learned the truth about the invention.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Helmy Rafla, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Amal Farid, Mahmoud Nasr, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Ismail Al-Hebrouk, Seraj Munir, Salah Nazmi, Mohammed Abdel Koddous, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Aziza Helmy, Hind Alam, Shafik Noureddin, Wedad Hamdy, Said Khalil, Mohamed al-Dib
Labels: Abdel Halim Hafez, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Amal Farid, Helmy Rafla, Ismail Al-Hebrouk, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Mahmoud Nasr, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Seraj Munir
Jesus (1979) - (Brian Deacon) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for the original 1979 John Krish and Peter Sykes film Jesus AKA The Jesus Film based primarily on the Biblical Gospel of Luke with screenplay by Barnet Bain and starring Brian Deacon as Jesus. Synopsis: According to Wikipedia, the Gospel of Luke was chosen for this film because it is considered the most complete of the Biblical gospels, and an early decision was made by the film's producers that the film would be based on only one gospel. The film's storyline closely follows the version of Luke found in The Good News Bible and makes a point of not adding embellishments, although cinematic smoke and mirrors such as the use of echo effects during important spoken segments and various halos and hazes at strategic moments are apparently OK. There is also a concluding exhortation and invitation to convert that does not come from the book of Luke. The film was made in various parts of the Middle East using Israeli actors. Producer John Heyman dubbed over all the actor voices except the voice of Brian Deacon because he thought they were too high. The Warner Brothers 1979 commercial release promoted by this poster lost $2 million and was seen as unimaginative by critics, but since then the film has become a staple in the evangelical toolbox; its promoters claim it has become the most watched film of all time. It has been translated into 1100 languages and still receives wide international distribution on DVD through Internet sales and missionary work, sponsored by Bill Bright's Jesus Film Project. For more information see the Wikipedia article about this film and the links in its footnotes.
Cast and crew: Brian Deacon, Rivka Neuman, Joseph Shiloach, Niko Nitai, John Krish, Peter Sykes, Barnet Bain, Barnet Fishbein, Alexander Scourby, Ori Levy
Labels: Alexander Scourby, Barnet Bain, Barnet Fishbein, Brian Deacon, John Krish, Joseph Shiloach, Niko Nitai, Ori Levy, Peter Sykes, Rivka Neuman
The Jerk (1979) - (Steve Martin) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet for the 1979 Carl Reiner film The Jerk based on a story by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb, screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias and starring Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson. This was Steve Martin's first starring role in a feature film. Plot summary: Navin personally narrates his story for the viewer. He tells us he is a foolish homeless bum adopted by an African American sharecropper who does not realize he is adopted until adulthood. He leaves home and hitchhikes to St. Louis looking for the Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra, whose performance of "Crazy Rhythm" he has heard on the radio and liked. On the road he falls in love with Marie [Bernadette Peters], but Marie reluctantly leaves him because of the lack of financial security. Navin's fortunes take a turn for the better when an invention is a commercial success, so he finds and marries Marie. Then problems with the invention and a series of lawsuits reverse his fortunes; Navin is soon homeless again and abandoned once more by Marie.
Cast and crew: Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias, Bernadette Peters, Mabel King, Catlin Adams, Richard Ward, Bill Macy, Dick Anthony Williams, M. Emmet Walsh, Dick O'Neil, Maurice Evans, Helena Carroll, Renn Woods, Pepe Serna, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGee"
Labels: Bernadette Peters, Bill Macy, Carl Gottlieb, Carl Reiner, Catlin Adams, Dick Anthony Williams, M. Emmet Walsh, Mabel King, Michael Elias, Richard Ward, Steve Martin
Jean de Florette (1986) - (Gerard Depardieu) US video poster
Jean de Florette (1986) - (Gerard Depardieu) US video one-sheet
This is a 27" x 41" US video poster for the 1986 Claude Berri film Jean de Florette based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol with an adaptation by Claude Berri and Gerard Brach and starring Gerard Depardieu as Jean de Florette. In 2010 Empire magazine ranked this film number 60 on its list of the 100 best films of world cinema. Plot summary: After World War I Ugolin Soubeyran [Daniel Auteuil] returns to his village in Provence after completing his military service and greets his uncle Cesar [Yves Montand], then embarks on a project growing carnations further up in the mountains, believing this crop will generate a good income for him at the local market. A big problem arises when Ugolin and Papet decide to try to expand the project by buying the property of a local farmer named Pique-Boufigue, who does not want to sell. Pique-Boufigue is killed in a fight with Ugolin. Jean Cadoret, a descendant of Pique-Boufigue and a hunchback, eventually inherits the property; he is also unwilling to part with it because he wants to support himself there by breeding rabbits; Ugolin calls him Jean de Florette. Jean de Florette, who is unaware of a well on his own property that has been plugged by Ugolin and Papet, must acquire water for his rabbit farm from a distant spring; this proves extremely difficult to do.
Cast and crew: Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Marcel Pagnol, Claude Berri, Gerard Brach, Elisabeth Depardieu, MargaritaLozano, Ernestine Mazurowna, Armand Meffre, Andre Dupon, Pierre Nougaro, Jean Maurel, Roger Souza, Didier Pain, Pierre-Jean Rippert, Marc Betton, Clement Cal
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Labels: Armand Meffre, Claude Berri, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Ernestine Mazurowna, Gerard Brach, Gerard Depardieu, Marcel Pagnol, MargaritaLozano, Yves Montand
James and the Giant Peach (1996) - (Paul Terry) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 40" US one-sheet for the 1996 Henry Selick film James and the Giant Peach based on the book by Roald Dahl with screenplay by Kasey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts and Steve Bloom and starring Paul Terry as the voice of James and Peter Postlethwaite as narrator.. Plot summary: James Henry Trotter was living happily with his parents by the sea in England and looking forward to a trip with them to New York City to see the Empire State Building, but that dream ended when an angry rhinocerous from the sky killed his parents and James was forced to move in with his two abusive aunts, Spiker [Joanna Lumley] and Sponge [Miriam Margolyes]. One day when James is saving a spider from being crushed by his aunts, a man [Peter Postlethwaite] gives him a bag of mysterious jumping green flourescent crocodile tongues, tells him these magic tongues will improve his life because he is not meant to be miserable, then disappears. James stumbles and lets the tongues scatter into the ground, which causes a peach in an old tree to grow to a gigantic size. His aunts start selling tickets to see it. James crawls inside the peach through a hole he makes and becomes friends with some very large talking insects living inside. When they hear the aunts looking for James one of them, Mr. Centipede [Richard Dreyfuss], chews off the stem connecting the peach to the tree causing it to roll into the ocean and start floating like a boat. James and the insects decide to navigate in the peach to New York City. Spiker and Sponge follow them there but are not able to disrupt James's happy new life. James and his friends make themselves a townhouse in Central Park from the pit of the peach after the children of New York have eaten the rest of it.
Cast and crew: Henry Selick, Roald Dahl, Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom, Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, J. Stephen Coyle, Steven Culp, Cirocco Dunlap, Michael Girardin, Toney Haney, Kathryn Howell
Labels: Henry Selick, Jane Leeves, Joanna Lumley, Jonathan Roberts, Karey Kirkpatrick, Paul Terry, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard Dreyfuss, Roald Dahl, Simon Callow, Steve Bloom
Jack and the Beanstalk (1974) - (dir: Gisaburo Sugii) US one-sheet
Jack and the Beanstalk (R1976) - (dir: Gisaburo Sugii) US one-sheet
This is a US 27" x 41" one-sheet poster for a 1976 rerelease of the 1974 Gisaburo Sugii film Jack and the Beanstalk, English version written and directed by Peter J. Solmo with screenplay by Shuji Hirami and starring Billie Lou Watt as the voice of Jack. This is a Japanese musical animation release based on the familiar fairy tale, with a few twists. The English dubbed version has its own character voice actors. Plot summary: When poor Jack climbs way into the clouds to the top of a beanstalk that grew from a handful of magic beans he got in a trade for the family cow, he finds himself in a castle courtyard face-to-face with Margaret [Corinne Orr], the castle's princess. Margaret tells Jack she is very happy because tomorrow she will marry her beloved Prince Tulip (the giant) [Jack Grimes]. This intended of Margaret's is not a menacing, fierce giant of the fee-fi-fo-fum variety; this one is a stupid, clumsy, easily manipulated fellow. Margaret introduces Jack to Prince Tulip's mother, Madame Hecuba [Corinne Orr], actually an evil witch who has Margaret spellbound. The witch's plan is to become queen of the Land of the Clouds after Tulip and Margaret are married. She puts Jack to sleep with drugged soup because she wants to eat him, but Jack wakes up and escapes when the witch hides him from the approaching giant. Jack meets some pantomiming mice dressed as courtiers; they were once the people of the castle before the witch turned them into mice after killing the castle's king and queen (Jack gets this information from a talking harp). Jack sees a hen that lays golden eggs and when he climbs back down the beanstalk he takes it with him along with some of the treaure he finds lying around. He and his mother rejoice at their good fortune, but Jack's dog Crosby [Jack Grimes] reminds him he must go back up and prevent Margaret's marriage to Tulip. Back at the top, Jack learns from the harp that Hecuba's spell over the princess will be broken if someone brave kisses her. Jack crashes the wedding and kisses Margaret. Then Margaret wakes up and recognizes Tulip and Madame Hecuba for who they really are. An angry Tulip is about to step on Jack, but then steps on the witch instead. Then the mice all become people again, but the giant chases Jack down the beanstalk; as in the original tale Jack chops down the beanstalk causing Tulip to fall to his death.
Cast and crew: Gisaburo Sugii, Peter J. Solmo, Jack Grimes, Corinne Orr, Billie Lou Watt
Labels: Billie Lou Watt, Corinne Orr, Gisaburo Sugii, Jack Grimes, Peter J. Solmo
King of Comedy (1983) - (Robert De Niro) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster designed by Kaiser Creative for the 1983 Martin Scorcese film King of Comedy written by Paul D. Zimmerman and starring Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin. Plot summary: Rupert Pupkin is a delusional failure. He thinks he is destined to be a stand-up comedian, but the poor fellow has no talent or social skills. He tries unsuccessfully to insinuate himself into a relationship with famous comedian and talk show host Jerry Langford [Jerry Lewis]. He then makes plans with stalker Masha [Sandra Bernhard], also obsessed with Langford, to kidnap him; when they have done this Rupert demands the opening spot on Langford's television show as ransom, to which the network agrees. Rupert is well received on the show but jailed immediately afterwards.
Cast and crew: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Martin Scorcese, Kaiser Creative, Paul D. Zimmerman, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard, Ed Herlihy, Lou Brown, Loretta Tupper, Peter Potulski, Vinnie Gonzales, Whitey Ryan, Doc Lawless, Marta Heflin, Katherine Wallach, Charles Kaleina, Richard Baratz
Labels: Diahnne Abbott, Ed Herlihy, Jerry Lewis, Kaiser Creative, Loretta Tupper, Lou Brown, Martin Scorcese, Paul D. Zimmerman, Robert De Niro, Sandra Bernhard
King Dinosaur (1955) - (William Bryant) US insert
This is a 14" x 36" US insert poster for the 1955 Bert I. Gordon 53-minute black-and-white film King Dinosaur based on the story "Beast from Outer Space" by Bert I. Gordon and Al Zimbalist, with screenplay by Tom Gries and starring William Bryant as Dr. Ralph Martin. Plot summary: In 1960 four astronauts travel to a planet called Nova known to have plant life that has just entered the Earth's solar system. They want to determine if the new planet would be suitable for a new colony of humans. They encounter an atmosphere similar to Earth's with comparable vegetation; after taking off their space suits and making themselves at home, they are attacked by a crocodile and then have to fight giant insects and other outsized creatures such as a snake, an alligator, an armadillo, some prehistoric wooly mammoths and the king dinosaur himself, a giant iguana the scientists compare to the prehistoric tyrannosaurus rex; briefly, with no role to play in the film at all, we are also treated to a glimpse of the bizarre-looking mata mata turtle. It took a week to make this film using borrowed equipment and stock footage. The poster, which has become popular among collectors, is quite a bit more interesting than the film.
Cast and crew: Bert I. Gordon, William Bryant, Wanda Curtis, Douglas Henderson, Patti Gallagher, Marvin Miller
Labels: Bert I. Gordon, Douglas Henderson, Marvin Miller, Patti Gallagher, Wanda Curtis, William Bryant
Jacaré, Killer of the Amazon (1942) - (Frank Buck) US herald
Jacaré (1942) - (Frank Buck) US herald
This is a 7" x 10" herald for the 1942 Charles E. Ford documentary film Jacaré written by Thomas L. Lennon and narrated by Frank Buck, a professional collector of zoo animals. Synopsis: The film narrates an expedition done as a commercial filming and animal collection project in the Spring of 1942 in the lower part of the Amazon river, led by Clyde E. Elliott, Charles E. Ford and James Dannaldson. The team spent three and a half months at the mouth of the Amazon with a crew of 35 bearers and animal catchers, cataloging and collecting footage of local wild animals including a 28-foot anaconda, many caymans, jaguars, ocelots, water buffalo, anteaters, harpy eagles, jabiru storks, tucans, coatimundi, tapirs, armadillos and capybaras. Jacaré is the Brazilian name for the Amazon's man-eating alligator (cayman).
Cast and crew: Frank Buck, Jim Dannaldson, Charles E. Ford, Thomas Lennon, Miguel Roginsky
Labels: Charles E. Ford, Frank Buck, Jim Dannaldson, Miguel Roginsky, Thomas Lennon
Killer Bait (1955) - (Lizabeth Scott) US program sheet
This is an 11" x 17" two-sided press sheet for the 1955 Byron Haskin noir film Killer Bait, a rerelease of the 1949 Too Late for Tears, based on a serial written for the Saturday Evening Post and a screenplay both by Roy Huggins and starring Lizabeth Scott as Jane Palmer. Plot summary: Jane and Alan Palmer [Arthur Kennedy] are driving to a party late at night on a lonely highway when a satchel containing about $60000 is unexpectedly tossed into their back seat. The money is obviously meant for someone else because they have to evade a pursuer on the way home; when they examine the stash in their Hollywood apartment Alan wants to turn it in to the police, but Jane wants to hang on to it so Alan puts it in a locker at Union Station to satisfy her. Before long someone named Danny Fuller [Dan Duryea] comes to their apartment posing as a detective, but then drops the facade when he finds some newly purchased goods and realizes Jane has been spending the stash; he claims the money belongs to him. Jane tells Danny she will split the money with him, but she really plans to kill him when she gets him out into the hills. Danny realizes he cannot trust Jane and flees. In a later altercation Jane shoots her husband during a boat ride, dumps him in the lake and then reports him to the police as a missing person. Jane later retrieves the money from the locker and goes to Danny's apartment to ask for his help, but ends up killing him with a poisoned drink instead.
Cast and crew: Byron Haskin, Roy Huggins, Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller, Barry Kelley, Hunt Stromberg
Labels: Arthur Kennedy, Barry Kelley, Byron Haskin, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Hunt Stromberg, Kristine Miller, Lizabeth Scott, Roy Huggins
The Jungle Book (1994) - (Jason Scott Lee) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 40" US folded double-sided one-sheet for the 1994 Stephen Sommers film The Jungle Book very loosely based on the Rudyard Kipling book with screenplay by Stephen Sommers, Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman and starring Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli. The story in this non-animated film is a huge departure from all previous film versions of The Jungle Book, for starters in the complete absence of any idea that Mowgli is raised from infancy by animals, and then in the much more extensive development of Mowgli's relationship with Kitty, the girl he knew as a child before joining the animals. Plot summary: Instead of being found and taken to a wolf pack by the black panther Bagheera as an infant, at the age of five Mowgli [Sean Naegeli] wanders away from a group of people in the jungle. Here is where Bagheera finds him with his pet wolf pup, Grey Brother, and takes him to the wolf pack. Years later when Mowgli has become a man he has another encounter with the same group of people, where he finds Kitty [Lena Headey] again and falls in love with her. The romance does not go well at this point, and after learning to dance and speak English Mowgli decides to return to the jungle because he is more at home there. He is pursued by a group interested in getting information from him about a lost jungle city and its treasure. In the ensuing conflict Mowgli prevails with the help of his animal friends, is reunited with Kitty and becomes lord of the jungle.
Cast and crew: Stephen Sommers, Rudyard Kipling, Ron Yanover, Mark Geldman, Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, John Cleese, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, John Cleese, Jason Flemyng, Stefan Kalipha, Ron Donachie, Anirudh Agarwal, Faran Tahir, Sean Naegeli, Joanna Wolff, Liza Walker, Rachel Robertson, Natlie Morse
Labels: Cary Elwes, Jason Flemyng, Jason Scott Lee, John Cleese, Lena Headey, Mark Geldman, Ron Yanover, Rudyard Kipling, Sam Neill, Stefan Kalipha, Stephen Sommers
The Jungle Book (R1984) - (Disney Animation) US one-sheet
This is a 27" x 41" US one-sheet poster for a 1984 rerelease of the 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman film The Jungle Book based on Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in his book by the same title as the film, screenplay by Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson and Vance Gerry and starring Phil Harris as the voice of Baloo the bear and the director's son Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli. This was the last film produced by Walt Disney, who died in 1966 during production. Plot summary: Bagheera the black panther [Sebastian Cabot] finds Mowgli in a basket in the jungle and takes him to a mother wolf so she can raise him with her cubs. A few years later when they hear a man-eating bengal tiger named Shere Khan [George Sanders] has returned to the jungle, the wolves realize Mowgli must return to his own kind for safety. Bagheera volunteers to take him to the man-village, but Mowgli does not want to go because he prefers life in the jungle. Mowgli gets support from Baloo the bear, who promises to continue with his upbringing. Bagheera soon talks Baloo out of this idea after a few mishaps and Mowgli runs away, angry with Baloo. Shere Khan hears of this and decides he will hunt Mowgli down and kill him personally. After Mowgli has a close call with Shere Khan, Bagheera and Baloo finally take him to the man-village; Mowgli is unwilling to go there at first but he is lured in by a beautiful young girl [Darleen Carr].
Cast and crew: Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, Vance Gerry, Rudyard Kipling, Wolfgang Reitherman, Sebastian Cabot, Bruce Reitherman, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, Louis Prima, J. Pat O'Malley, Verna Felton, Clint Howard, Chad Stuart, Lord Tim Hudson, John Abbott, Ben Wright, Darleen Carr
Labels: Bruce Reitherman, George Sanders, Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Louis Prima, Ralph Wright, Rudyard Kipling, Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway, Vance Gerry, Wolfgang Reitherman
Caesar the Conqueror (1962) - (Cameron Mitchell) A...
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John and Mary (1969) - (Dustin Hoffman) US one-she...
Joan of Arc (1948) - (Ingrid Bergman) Argentine po...
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Jean de Florette (1986) - (Gerard Depardieu) US vi...
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The Jungle (1952) - (Rod Cameron) Argentine one-sh...
Labyrinth (1986) - (David Bowie) US one-sheet
Kurt & Courtney (1998) - (dir: Nick Broomfield) Ro...
Brother-in-Law [باجناق] (Hossein Ghassemi-Vand) (1...
Kiss Me Stupid (1965) - (Dean Marin) US insert
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) - (Klinton Sp...
Lay that Rifle Down (1955) - (Judy Canova) US one-...
The Lawless Breed (1953) - (Rock Hudson) Argentine...
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) - (Kirk Douglas) D...
The Late Great Planet Earth (1976) - (Orson Welles...
The Last American Hero (1973) - (Jeff Bridges) US ...
The Land that Time Forgot (1975) - (Doug McClure) ...
Lancelot and Guinevere (1963) - (Cornel Wilde) US ...
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974) - (Dan ...
Leviathan (1989) - (Peter Weller) US one-sheet
Legend of the Werewolf (1975) - (Peter Cushing) UK...
Geronimo (1962) - (Chuck Connors) US three-sheet
Gamera: Super Monster (宇宙怪獣ガメラ) (1980) - (dir: Nor...
Funny Lady (1975) - (Barbra Streisand) Australian ...
The Funhouse (1981) - (dir: Tobe Hooper) US one-sh...
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) - (Laurel and Hard...
Go Tell the Spartans (1978) - (Burt Lancaster) Spa...
The Glory Guys (1965) - (Tom Tryon) US one-sheet