The best DOUBLE INDEMNITY poster is the U.S. half sheet, which MovieArt currently has.
Other favorite film noir posters: OUT OF THE PAST one sheet ( would love to see a six sheet or twenty four sheet) GUN CRAZY three sheet GUN CRAZY six sheet LAURA six sheet LAURA one sheet (we have) KISS OF DEATH one sheet, three sheet (we have) DARK CITY six sheet THE HITCH HIKER one sheet MURDER MY SWEET three sheet (we have) NORA PRENTISS insert (we have, imagine that) BORN TO KILL (we have, buy it now - but not on ebay) PICKUP six sheet (we have) NIAGARA 24 sheet (yes, a noir / we have) SUDDENLY 6SH (we have) WHIRLPOOL (we have) Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net On Jun 10, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Richard Evans wrote: > Oh, and though I can't really think of a Sunset Boulevard poster I really > like (or Double Indemnity unfortunately), the swimming pool card evokes the > spirit very well. > > > 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.
