[MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-26 Thread Michael B 

the other night, i watched for the first time, KIND LADY.? with the?great 
ethel barrymore.



afterwards, i did a poster search.? boy, am i glad that i didn't read the 
poster first.? the poster gives away the plot; the poster ruins the development 
of the plot; would have ruined the first 25minutes, or so.



poster link from bruce's site:? ? 
http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html





POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!



agree?



of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the title.





michael





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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-26 Thread Craig Miller 

The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the original one, not
the awful remake) showed the surprise ending.

Craig.


At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:
the other night, i watched for the first time, KIND LADY.  with 
the great ethel barrymore.


afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i didn't 
read the poster first.  the poster gives away the plot; the poster 
ruins the development of the plot; would have ruined the first 
25minutes, or so.


poster link from bruce's 
site: 
http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html



POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!

agree?

of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the title.


michael


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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-26 Thread Bruce Hershenson 
I can't bear to watch trailers anymore. They say"First, they met, then they
fell in love, they she found out she has cancer, and then he decides to
steal a lot of money so they can have one last wonderful weekend together",
showing you images from all these scenes.

Who then needs to see the movie?

Bruce

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Craig Miller  wrote:

> The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the original one, not
> the awful remake) showed the surprise ending.
>
> Craig.
>
>
>
> At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:
>
> the other night, i watched for the first time, KIND LADY.  with the
> great ethel barrymore.
>
> afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i didn't read the
> poster first.  the poster gives away the plot; the poster ruins the
> development of the plot; would have ruined the first 25minutes, or so.
>
> poster link from bruce's site:
> http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html
>
>
> POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!
>
> agree?
>
> of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the title.
>
>
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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-26 Thread Phil Edwards 
The trailer for the new version of THE WOLFMAN is a case in point. Way too much 
plot revealed, no matter how striking the visuals appear to be.

Phil
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  I can't bear to watch trailers anymore. They say"First, they met, then they 
fell in love, they she found out she has cancer, and then he decides to steal a 
lot of money so they can have one last wonderful weekend together", showing you 
images from all these scenes.

  Who then needs to see the movie?

  Bruce


  On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Craig Miller  wrote:

The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the original one, not 
the awful remake) showed the surprise ending.

Craig. 



At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:

  the other night, i watched for the first time, KIND LADY.  with the 
great ethel barrymore.
   
  afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i didn't read the 
poster first.  the poster gives away the plot; the poster ruins the development 
of the plot; would have ruined the first 25minutes, or so.
   
  poster link from bruce's site:
http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html
   
   
  POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!
   
  agree?
   
  of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the title.
   
   
  michael
   
   

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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-26 Thread Ari Richards 
I try not to watch trailers, read reviews, spoilers, of anything I havent seen. 
It (I think) is much more enjoyable seeing a movie "blind", with older movies 
its hard as I spent much of my childhood and teen years reading as much as I 
could on films, but luckily my memory is like a gold fish, so I usually can 
still go in fresh.

AFTER I have seen it then I enjoy reading what others have to say about it.

Ari

--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Bruce Hershenson  wrote:

> From: Bruce Hershenson 
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Received: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 12:32 PM
> I can't bear to watch trailers
> anymore. They say"First, they met, then they fell in
> love, they she found out she has cancer, and then he decides
> to steal a lot of money so they can have one last wonderful
> weekend together", showing you images from all these
> scenes.
> 
>  
> Who then needs to see the movie?
>  
> Bruce
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM,
> Craig Miller 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the
> original one, not 
> the awful remake) showed the surprise ending.
> 
> Craig. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:
> 
> the other night, i watched for the
> first time, KIND LADY.  with the great ethel
> barrymore.
>  
> afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i
> didn't read the poster first.  the poster gives away
> the plot; the poster ruins the development of the plot;
> would have ruined the first 25minutes, or so.
> 
>  
> poster link from bruce's site:    
> http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html
>  
>  
> POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!
> 
>  
> agree?
>  
> of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the
> title.
>  
>  
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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-26 Thread Jeff Potokar 
most posters DO NOT tell the story. how many posters from other films  
have you seen, that give this kind of printed synopsis of the plot?


i fear a change of the boxer shorts is in order.


jeff





On Aug 26, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Michael B wrote:

the other night, i watched for the first time, KIND LADY.  with  
the great ethel barrymore.


afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i didn't  
read the poster first.  the poster gives away the plot; the poster  
ruins the development of the plot; would have ruined the first  
25minutes, or so.


poster link from bruce's site:http://www.emovieposter.com/ 
imagearchive/poster/162129.html



POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!

agree?

of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the title.


michael


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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread MotionPictureArt.com 
The poster for the remake of Night of the Living Dead already reveals that the 
main character (Tony Todd) will also change into a zombie eventually.
Trailers should be avoided as much as possible. However, sometimes the trailer 
is much better than the movie.
Ron
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  Subject: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow


  the other night, i watched for the first time, KIND LADY.  with the great 
ethel barrymore.

  afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i didn't read the 
poster first.  the poster gives away the plot; the poster ruins the development 
of the plot; would have ruined the first 25minutes, or so.

  poster link from bruce's site:
http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html


  POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!

  agree?

  of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the title.


  michael


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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread Ari Richards 
yes it does in a way, BUT to be truthfull, the aussie video, which has it as a 
photo, scared the shite outta me (and gave it ALL away), but I was still 
surprised at the ending, the US poster, or rather one of them (2 releases - for 
the original ) was designed by a member of Mopo (my favourite art, but still 
want a UK 1sht)  and I managed to get a rolled version, in my top 3 films of 
all time (maybe top 5 depending on the day and my mood)

Ari

--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Craig Miller  wrote:

> From: Craig Miller 
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Received: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 11:29 AM
> 
>  
> The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the original
> one, not 
> 
> the awful remake) showed the surprise ending.
> 
> 
> Craig.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:
> 
> the other
> night, i watched for
> the first time, KIND LADY.  with the great ethel
> barrymore.
> 
>  
> 
> afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad
> that i didn't
> read the poster first.  the poster gives away the
> plot; the poster
> ruins the development of the plot; would have ruined
> the first
> 25minutes, or so.
> 
>  
> 
> poster link from bruce's site:   
> 
> http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!
> 
>  
> 
> agree?
> 
>  
> 
> of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the
> title.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread Paul Gerrard 
 
Very true. And with comedies now, they usually show the best jokes. 
Increasingly I even have to switch off TV documentaries on  movies, as I 
find they reveal too much of the plot. Started to watch a BBC  doc on film 
noir last weekend, but they gave away the storyline and  ending of In A Lonely 
Place, and when they moved onto Kiss Me Deadly,  I decided not to take the 
risk... I may have seen an  unhealthy number of these movies, but my partner 
has not. Clearly,  they have to show some key scenes to illustrate a point, 
but they  never used to have quite so many spoilers as they do now. Looking 
back  at older documentaries that I recorded from TV, they used to have  a 
more balanced structure, acting both as teasers to novices, and  with a bit 
of analysis for crusty old film buffs.

A few years ago I went to a retrospective showing of Get Carter (Michael  
Caine), preceded by a talk by the director Mike Hodges. During the talk, 
Hodges  casually gave away the final scene. There were audible groans from the  
audience, and one disgruntled person actually asked him to shut up and come  
back after the film had been shown. Amazingly, being the nice guy he is,  
Hodges took no offence and did precisely that, even though he must  have 
originally been planning to sneak out when the film started! You could say  
that 
these sort of showings are primarily for an audience that  has seen the 
film a dozen times before, but it's obvious on  this occasion that people had 
brought friends etc along to see it for  the first time. 
 
Back to posters, the Quad for The Fly gives away quite a lot, but  I think 
this is one case where I wouldn't have minded:-
_http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=693&Lot_No=64055#ph
oto_ 
(http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=693&Lot_No=64055#photo)
 
 
Paul
_www.movieposterstudio.com_ (http://www.movieposterstudio.com) 
 
 
In a message dated 27/08/2009 03:33:00 GMT Daylight Time,  
brucehershen...@gmail.com writes:

I can't bear to watch trailers anymore. They say"First, they met, then  
they fell in love, they she found out she has cancer, and then he decides to  
steal a lot of money so they can have one last wonderful weekend together",  
showing you images from all these scenes.
 
Who then needs to see the movie?
 
Bruce



 

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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread Walton, Jeffrey 
Shawshank comes to mindTim Robbins in the rain with hands extending
to the heavens just after his escape...

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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread Doug Taylor 
"However, sometimes the trailer is much better than the movie."

 

Sadly, this is so true.  I hate when that happens.

 

Against All Odds was one of the worst offenders.what a great, stylish,
interesting trailer.  Unfortunately, it was better than the movie.

 

Regards

 

DBT

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The poster for the remake of Night of the Living Dead already reveals that
the main character (Tony Todd) will also change into a zombie eventually.

Trailers should be avoided as much as possible. However, sometimes the
trailer is much better than the movie.

Ron

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Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:58 AM

Subject: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

 

the other night, i watched for the first time, KIND LADY.  with the
great ethel barrymore.

 

afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i didn't read the
poster first.  the poster gives away the plot; the poster ruins the
development of the plot; would have ruined the first 25minutes, or so.

 

poster link from bruce's site:
http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html

 

 

POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!

 

agree?

 

of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the title.

 

 

michael

 

 

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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread Joseph Bonelli 

You are right, Bruce!  Many trailers show way too much and many reviewers 
(particularly the third-rate blogging kind) choose to reveal entire plots, 
twists and all, in their reviews.
When the new "Casino Royale" came out, the New Orleans "critic" ended his 
review by revealing the clever use of a Bond dialogue staple as the film's 
punch line.  
 
But then-- "Trailers That Tell All" DO allow one to have "seen the movie" 
without going through the expense and motions of actually going to the theatre, 
paying exhorbitant admission,  seeing the  film through the blinking 
distractions of text-messaging idiots and having one's ears blown off at a 
volume designed to drown out the babbling voices of teeny-boppers (remember 
that term??) and their older peers. 
 
I saw the trailer for...and then  happily managed to miss "Transformers 2; 
Electric Boogaloo" recently-- and couldn't be more pleased!
 
Joe B in NOLA

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From: Bruce Hershenson 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 9:32 PM



I can't bear to watch trailers anymore. They say"First, they met, then they 
fell in love, they she found out she has cancer, and then he decides to steal a 
lot of money so they can have one last wonderful weekend together", showing you 
images from all these scenes.
 
Who then needs to see the movie?
 
Bruce


On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Craig Miller  wrote:


The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the original one, not 
the awful remake) showed the surprise ending.

Craig. 





At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:

the other night, i watched for the first time, KIND LADY.  with the great 
ethel barrymore.
 
afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i didn't read the 
poster first.  the poster gives away the plot; the poster ruins the development 
of the plot; would have ruined the first 25minutes, or so.
 
poster link from bruce's site:    
http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html
 
 
POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!
 
agree?
 
of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the title.
 
 
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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread Joseph Bonelli 
Ari, we are totally (excuse overused teeny-bopper expression) on the same 
wavelength here.  That's exactly my approach as well.
And it ain't easy avoiding spoiler media and friends.  Recently I sucessfully 
avoided any comment whatsoever and saw the new Potter film in IMAX--- almost 4 
weeks after it's first release.  Avoiding Potter Press was pretty difficult but 
I managed.
 
Loved the film, too!
 
Joe B in NOLA

--- On Wed, 8/26/09, Ari Richards  wrote:


From: Ari Richards 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 10:08 PM


I try not to watch trailers, read reviews, spoilers, of anything I havent seen. 
It (I think) is much more enjoyable seeing a movie "blind", with older movies 
its hard as I spent much of my childhood and teen years reading as much as I 
could on films, but luckily my memory is like a gold fish, so I usually can 
still go in fresh.

AFTER I have seen it then I enjoy reading what others have to say about it.

Ari

--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Bruce Hershenson  wrote:

> From: Bruce Hershenson 
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Received: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 12:32 PM
> I can't bear to watch trailers
> anymore. They say"First, they met, then they fell in
> love, they she found out she has cancer, and then he decides
> to steal a lot of money so they can have one last wonderful
> weekend together", showing you images from all these
> scenes.
> 
>  
> Who then needs to see the movie?
>  
> Bruce
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM,
> Craig Miller 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the
> original one, not 
> the awful remake) showed the surprise ending.
> 
> Craig. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:
> 
> the other night, i watched for the
> first time, KIND LADY.  with the great ethel
> barrymore.
>  
> afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i
> didn't read the poster first.  the poster gives away
> the plot; the poster ruins the development of the plot;
> would have ruined the first 25minutes, or so.
> 
>  
> poster link from bruce's site:    
> http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html
>  
>  
> POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!
> 
>  
> agree?
>  
> of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the
> title.
>  
>  
> michael
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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread Richard Evans 
I sheets for Angel Face, (Mitchum/Simmons) and The French Connection  
immediately come to mind.


Rich

On 27 Aug 2009, at 08:23, MotionPictureArt.com wrote:

The poster for the remake of Night of the Living Dead already  
reveals that the main character (Tony Todd) will also change into a  
zombie eventually.
Trailers should be avoided as much as possible. However, sometimes  
the trailer is much better than the movie.

Ron
- Original Message -
From: Michael B
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:58 AM
Subject: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

the other night, i watched for the first time, KIND LADY.  with  
the great ethel barrymore.


afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad that i didn't  
read the poster first.  the poster gives away the plot; the poster  
ruins the development of the plot; would have ruined the first  
25minutes, or so.


poster link from bruce's site:
http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html


POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!

agree?

of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the title.


michael


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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread Craig Miller 

I am the MoPo member who designed the later one-sheet for
THE WICKER MAN.  When the showed me the artwork that
Warner Bros. had come up with for the film, I couldn't believe
that they'd given away the surprise ending.

(Thanks for liking my version.)

Craig.


At 11:57 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:
yes it does in a way, BUT to be truthfull, the aussie video, which 
has it as a photo, scared the shite outta me (and gave it ALL away), 
but I was still surprised at the ending, the US poster, or rather 
one of them (2 releases - for the original ) was designed by a 
member of Mopo (my favourite art, but still want a UK 1sht)  and I 
managed to get a rolled version, in my top 3 films of all time 
(maybe top 5 depending on the day and my mood)


Ari

--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Craig Miller  wrote:

> From: Craig Miller 
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Received: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 11:29 AM
>
>
> The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the original
> one, not
>
> the awful remake) showed the surprise ending.
>
>
> Craig.
>
>
>
>
> At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:
>
> the other
> night, i watched for
> the first time, KIND LADY.  with the great ethel
> barrymore.
>
>
>
> afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad
> that i didn't
> read the poster first.  the poster gives away the
> plot; the poster
> ruins the development of the plot; would have ruined
> the first
> 25minutes, or so.
>
>
>
> poster link from bruce's site:
>
> http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html
>
>
>
>
>
> POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!
>
>
>
> agree?
>
>
>
> of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the
> title.
>
>
>
>
>
> michael
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Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

2009-08-27 Thread Neil Jaworski 
this thread put me in mind of the late, great Lionel Hutz:
"Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fradulent advertising since my 
suit against The NeverEnding Story"
one poster that springs to mind is the style b for Kubrick's 'The Killing' 
and don't get me started on King Kong ;-) 
http://www.movieposterdb.com/poster/581b4474
neil

--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Craig Miller  wrote:

From: Craig Miller 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 6:33 PM


 
I am the MoPo member who designed the later one-sheet for 

THE WICKER MAN.  When the showed me the artwork that 

Warner Bros. had come up with for the film, I couldn't believe 

that they'd given away the surprise ending.  


(Thanks for liking my version.)


Craig.




At 11:57 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:

yes it does in a way, BUT to be
truthfull, the aussie video, which has it as a photo, scared the shite
outta me (and gave it ALL away), but I was still surprised at the ending,
the US poster, or rather one of them (2 releases - for the original ) was
designed by a member of Mopo (my favourite art, but still want a UK
1sht)  and I managed to get a rolled version, in my top 3 films of
all time (maybe top 5 depending on the day and my mood)


Ari


--- On Thu, 27/8/09, Craig Miller 
wrote:


> From: Craig Miller 

> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Posters Should Not Foreshadow

> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

> Received: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 11:29 AM

> 

>  

> The original US poster for THE WICKER MAN (the original

> one, not 

> 

> the awful remake) showed the surprise ending.

> 

> 

> Craig.

> 

> 

> 

> 

> At 05:58 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:

> 

> the other

> night, i watched for

> the first time, KIND LADY.  with the great ethel

> barrymore.

> 

>  

> 

> afterwards, i did a poster search.  boy, am i glad

> that i didn't

> read the poster first.  the poster gives away the

> plot; the poster

> ruins the development of the plot; would have ruined

> the first

> 25minutes, or so.

> 

>  

> 

> poster link from bruce's site:   

> 

>

http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/162129.html

> 

>  

> 

>  

> 

> POSTERS SHOULD NOT TELL THE STORY!

> 

>  

> 

> agree?

> 

>  

> 

> of course, hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN does this in the

> title.

> 

>  

> 

>  

> 

> michael

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