Kirby, first off, you probably American posters, because foreign posters are usually more realistic and more accurate. As to your question " which illustrations on film posters really get the image of a star", where do you want to start?
Here are a few American, Marilyn Monroe posters, that did a faithful job of her likeness: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(1SH) Bus Stop(6SH) How to Mary a Millionaire(1SH) River of No Return(3SH) Then there are many hundreds of posters where the artists got the image of the star bang on, we can't really make a list of those. Just look at many of the posters drawn by Howard Terpening, Frank McCarthy, Bob Peak, Drew Struzan, Richard Amsel, and others, not to mention Norman Rockwell, Vargas etc. Zeev -----Original Message----- From: Kirby McDaniel [mailto:ki...@movieart.net] Sent: June 13, 2013 9:43 AM To: Zeev Drach Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ICONIC BILLBOARD Marilyn's posters - across here entire filmography - often to do not look like Marilyn. Very few of the illustrations get it really right. Most of them are Marilyn-like. This is often the case with film posters. The image of Veronica Lake on THIS GUN FOR HIRE does not look like Veronica Lake. Some Blonde is pictured. So here's a question for the list - excepting photographs - which illustrations on film posters really get the image of a star - doesn't matter which one - REALLY right? I point to the Roger Souble portrait of Veronica Lake. There is art that really captures the look and the essence of the star's appeal. K. Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.com mobile 512 589 5112 On Jun 13, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Zeev Drach <lobb...@rogers.com> wrote: > Gorgeous poster but is it just me or does Marilyn not quite look like > Marilyn on all posters on this title. > > Zeev > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of > Kirby McDaniel > Sent: June 13, 2013 12:56 AM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: [MOPO] ICONIC BILLBOARD > > http://www.movieart.com/niagara-1953-385/ > > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
