Rich, Actually, I was speaking of the one sheet for Farewell, My Lovely from 1975. With Robert Mitchum, and one of my favorite actresses, Charlotte Rampling. I like the image on the poster of Mitchum looking out the window smoking, looking rumpled and tough. Granted, a newer poster, but non the less, a noiresque movie and poster. A very affordable poster I might add. John W
________________________________ From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> To: John Waldman <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 3:10:37 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] John means Murder My Sweet, which happens to be my #1 poster collection (I collect Raymond Chandler) however, while I love the movie and the poster is right in front of my desk when I'm working so I see it everyday, it is far from a great Noir 1sheet and I could think of many others which are better. However, in keeping with MMS, the 3sheet on the title with a nightgown clad Claire Trevor with a smoking gun in her hand is tops!! and the half sheets are better noir posters than the 1sh other mentions: the Third Man 1s Brute Force half sheet with Lancaster over prison I Walk Alone halves DOA - the halves Gun Crazy (why isn't it on your list Steve) Captive City Kill or Be Killed after I get into my collection, I'll be able to list many others as I am very heavy with Noir At 12:00 PM 6/10/2010, John Waldman wrote: This Gun For Hire > >Farewell, My Lovely >John > > >From: Richard Evans <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 2:48:28 PM >Subject: [MOPO] > >A few favourites: > >The Big Sleep French Grande > >The Lost Weekend French Grande (Bat Style) > >In A Lonely Place Argentinean 1 Sht > >Gun Crazy 3 sht > >And of course, Out of Past 1 sht > > > > >On 10 Jun 2010, at 07:49, steve olson wrote: > > >Hello, >> >>I don’t post much but after reading Dark City (thanks to whomever suggested >>the book) I wanted an opinion of what noir posters MOPO’ers thought best >>evoked the spirit of noir’s. No, not necessarily the most beautiful (e.g. >>This Gun For Hire 1sh) nor the best images of the stars (e.g. Gilda) but the >>posters that capture the fatalism, grim streets, desperation, duplicity, >>temptation, and broken hopes which inhabit Dark City. >> >>Now to start the abused and discarded, deflated, never quite reaching the top >>of the hill before rolling into oblivion noir ball rolling- >> >>1. Cry of the City (20th Century Fox, 1948). Half sheet or insert- best >>image of noir photographic style? >>2. The killing. half sheet- luridly colored corpses make for the >>meanest of noir posters >>3. Stranger on the Third Floor (RKO, 1940). One Sheet- 1st noir also has >>the 1st great noir poster >>4. D.O.A. 3 sheet (1 sheet and half are also great, w/ the half having a >>toe tag around his body) >>5. Nightmare alley. insert- meaner Powers face than the 1 sheet. >>6. Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Paramount, 1948). One sheet- with all the >>eyes >>7. The Big Combo (Allied Artists, 1955). Half Sheet – fatalism, femme >>fatale, dark streets >>8. Mystery Street (MGM, 1950). One Sheet- great noir art for an >>inexpensive poster >>9. Kiss of death. 1 sheet- at least one great poster is in black and white >>10. Raw Deal (Eagle Lion, 1948). One sheet- very raw >>11. I Walk Alone (Paramount, 1948). One sheet- vivid >>12. T-Men. One sheet- kitchen sink of noir posters >>13. Killer’s Kiss. 1sheet- cold as you would expect from Kubrick and an >>ax (Here’s Johnny!!) >>14. The Devil Thumbs a Ride (RKO, 1947). 1 sheet- is Lawrence Tierney Ben >>Affleck’s evil noir alter-ego? >> >> >>I stuck to USA posters since noir’s are mostly an American phenomenon. >>Otherwise the Italians(The Enforcer 2 folio, High Sierra (R-1949). 2 >>Folio, Knock on Any Door (Columbia, 1949) 2 – Folio) might have had a few >>well deserved entries.. I also didn’t include tc/lc’s but would love >>feedback as to some of the best. Two of my favorite are the lc of Night of >>the Hunter w/ Mitchum close-up (love/ hate) and lc of The 3rd Man with Harry >>Lime (Welles) looking like the trapped rat he was. >> >>All opinions will be treated civilly except the ones I don’t agree with. >>Steve Olson >> >> >>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.
