I, for one, would love to find out who did those RKO posters. The late 40s, early 50s RKO 1-sheets are among the most attractive US 1-sheets ever, IMHO. It would be nice to put artists' names to this beautiful artwork
Dave www.posteropolis.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Edwards To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] One sheet for Birdman of Alcatraz http://www.bobpeak.com/artpage.cfm?artid=33 While BIRDMAN is listed, there are no examples and it falls very early in his film poster career, so he may have done the WC, but not any other key art that was used. No one ever mentions that the famous Brando with sponge key art for the German APOCALYPSE NOW by Peak is flopped - his siganture is there, but is back to front. As for not listing artists unless signed, there are exceptions - such as Amsel's international art for CHINATOWN used in Australia (both as full colour and duotone second printings) and Germany. The US paper on CHINATOWN is often attributed erroneously to Amsel but isn't by him. What about all the Reynold Brown art that's unsigned but is well known and documented as by Brown, or Albert Kallis et al? Of course studio/distributor art departments often added other material to the key art (apart from credits and sometimes title) of work by known artists. Poster artists, with few exceptions such as Drew, Peak, Brown, Kallis, etc.go almost completely unacknowledged - which considering it's actually art that is being collected when one collects movie posters does seem a little odd. What artists, for example, did all those great RKO posters of the 40s and 50s? Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:46 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] One sheet for Birdman of Alcatraz Bob Peak did the window card, which is signed. All the other posters are not like the window card, and I don't think Peak did any of them. I think it is likely Bob Peak told Dan Strebin he did some art for Birdman of Alcatraz, and Dan misheard, or maybe Peak mis-remembered. In my database, I only use artists' names if the art is signed, for this very reason. On Moon Over Miami, one of the one-sheets is by Vargas, and the pressbook states that many of the other posters were drawn in the Vargas style by other artists. Bruce On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Richard Halegua Comic Art <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bob Peak told Dan Strebin he did this art it does look like other art he was doing in the time period At 10:30 PM 11/23/2008, you wrote: Can somebody tell me who did the artwork on this poster? Thanks, Channing Thomson Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
