There is a thread on this exact topic over at APF. My favorite was a post by Rich showing a city scene from Fritz Lang's "Spione" (1928) that had (6) 3-sheets for Metropolis pasted up on the wall!
Thread (Posters in films and television - a game): http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,6074.0.html Picture from Spione: http://www.comic-art.com/temp/spione_metropolis.jpg On May 30, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Kirby McDaniel wrote: > But also some "knowingness" vis a vis the Mary Astor character? > > > On May 30, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Ron Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There are lots of cases of movie posters in the background of other movies. >> One of my personal favorites is in The Maltese Falcon. As Bogart arrives on >> the crime scene of his murdered partner, in the background we can clearly >> see a one sheet posted to a wall for Swing Your Lady-- a film Bogart hated >> and claimed he never made... It was just a guy that looked like him. John >> Huston was obviously having some fun at Bogart's expense. >> >> --- On Thu, 5/30/13, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [MOPO] POSTER WITHIN A FILM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 9:51 AM >>> Last night I watched a DVD of the >>> Ronald Neame film, THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS (1956). There >>> is a scene in the film where two cars are en route to a >>> destination. In one of the shots, in the background, >>> there is a billboard for HITLER'S CHILDREN. I couldn't >>> make out much of the art on the poster, but the title >>> was clearly evident. These kinds of contextual >>> juxtapositions are common in movies today, but in this film >>> that poster - it looks to be a British six sheet - could >>> just >>> as easily have been any 1942 film. Why HITLER'S >>> CHILDREN? I can't help but believe there was a kind of >>> knowingness in that choice. For those of you who have >>> not >>> seen the movie, it concerns an effort to deceive the German >>> military as to the true location of Allied invasion of >>> Europe. >>> >>> What do you remember about movie posters in films? >>> When are they just props and when do they comment on >>> something? Incidentally, the DVD from Netflix >>> was a quite respectable transfer of a CinemaScope >>> picture. Not Blu-Ray, though. >>> >>> Kirby McDaniel >>> MovieArt Original Film Posters >>> P.O. Box 4419 >>> Austin TX 78765-4419 >>> 512 479 6680 www.movieart.com >>> mobile 512 589 5112 >>> >>> 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.
