Talking of recent, the 1 sht for The Last Seduction is a good one for
a fine neo-noir.
On 10 Jun 2010, at 20:58, John Waldman wrote:
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 didnâ
€™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
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