That's a great one. UFA bunging up worthless, leftover posters as set dressing.
Really like the use of the "Call Me Bwana" poster in From Russia With Love, though presumably a studio mock up. Sent from my iPad On 30 May 2013, at 16:57, Matt Johnston <drharryc...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is a thread on this exact topic over at APF. My favorite was a post by > Rich showing a city scene from Fritz Lang's "Spione" (1928) that had (6) > 3-sheets for Metropolis pasted up on the wall! > > Thread (Posters in films and television - a game): > http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,6074.0.html > Picture from Spione: http://www.comic-art.com/temp/spione_metropolis.jpg > > > > On May 30, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Kirby McDaniel wrote: > >> But also some "knowingness" vis a vis the Mary Astor character? >> >> >> On May 30, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Ron Moore <cinemaicon...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> There are lots of cases of movie posters in the background of other movies. >>> One of my personal favorites is in The Maltese Falcon. As Bogart arrives on >>> the crime scene of his murdered partner, in the background we can clearly >>> see a one sheet posted to a wall for Swing Your Lady-- a film Bogart hated >>> and claimed he never made... It was just a guy that looked like him. John >>> Huston was obviously having some fun at Bogart's expense. >>> >>> --- On Thu, 5/30/13, Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net> wrote: >>> >>>> From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net> >>>> Subject: [MOPO] POSTER WITHIN A FILM >>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>> Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 9:51 AM >>>> Last night I watched a DVD of the >>>> Ronald Neame film, THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS (1956). There >>>> is a scene in the film where two cars are en route to a >>>> destination. In one of the shots, in the background, >>>> there is a billboard for HITLER'S CHILDREN. I couldn't >>>> make out much of the art on the poster, but the title >>>> was clearly evident. These kinds of contextual >>>> juxtapositions are common in movies today, but in this film >>>> that poster - it looks to be a British six sheet - could >>>> just >>>> as easily have been any 1942 film. Why HITLER'S >>>> CHILDREN? I can't help but believe there was a kind of >>>> knowingness in that choice. For those of you who have >>>> not >>>> seen the movie, it concerns an effort to deceive the German >>>> military as to the true location of Allied invasion of >>>> Europe. >>>> >>>> What do you remember about movie posters in films? >>>> When are they just props and when do they comment on >>>> something? Incidentally, the DVD from Netflix >>>> was a quite respectable transfer of a CinemaScope >>>> picture. Not Blu-Ray, though. >>>> >>>> Kirby McDaniel >>>> MovieArt Original Film Posters >>>> P.O. Box 4419 >>>> Austin TX 78765-4419 >>>> 512 479 6680 www.movieart.com >>>> mobile 512 589 5112 >>>> >>>> Visit the MoPo >>>> Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>>> How to >>>> UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Send a message addressed to: >>>> lists...@listserv.american.edu >>>> In the BODY of >>>> your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The author of this message is solely >>>> responsible for its content. >>>> >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> >>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
