Agreed.

Kirby McDaniel
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On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Jeff Potokar <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think Belgian poster artists, in MANY cases, have gotten the image and feel 
> of actors, spot on, in numerous examples.
> 
> Poster after poster from the 1940s and '50s have just stunning images created 
> of Monroe, Bergman, A Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant and so many others, 
> IMO.
> 
> They can be both beautiful and extremely close in presentation, emotion and 
> energy.
> 
> Jeff
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> On Jun 13, 2013, at 6:43 AM, Kirby McDaniel wrote:
> 
>> 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 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Gorgeous poster but is it just me or does Marilyn not quite look like
>>> Marilyn on all posters on this title.
>>> 
>>> Zeev
>>> 
>>> 
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