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Australia Day Movie Poster Auction the world has ever seen...January 26,
2015.
*The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) - Original Australian One Sheet
Movie Poster
*This 1946 drama-film noir is based on the 1934 novel of the same name
by James M. Cain. The movie starred Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil
Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, and was directed by Tay
Garnett. This film centres on the passionate affair that violently
erupts between a mysterious wanderer and the wife of a diner owner and
the trouble that starts when the lovers decide that the only way to be
together and have the money is to murder her husband.
It is rated as one of Turner's best performances Turner gave in her
career, often trading on her looks in this movie she gives an
outstanding portrayal a complex woman. Hume Cronyn as the shyster lawyer
plays a memorable part as well.
There are different versions of how the author came up with the title,
the most popular was that it was inspired by writer Vincent Lawrence.
When the manuscript was being rejected by publishers, Lawrence told
James M. Cain how he had mailed out his first play and sat by the window
waiting for a letter accepting it until he realised that the postman
always rang twice.
The working title for the film was 'Bar-B-Q' and when MGM publicity
released photos of Lana Turner and John Garfield's love scene on the
beach, they got complaints from the Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America about the film's sexual tone (also see attached
article). The films was banned in Indonesia, Switzerland and Spain.
Despite the theme being somewhat familiar in many movies since then the
book has actually been adapted for screen a number of times, including
twice before this 1946 adaptation:
Le Dernier Tournant (1939 French film) directed by Pierre Chenal
Ossessione (1943 Italian film) directed by Luchino Visconti
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film) directed by Bob Rafelson
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1982 opera)
Szenvedély (1997 Hungary film) directed by Fehér György
Jerichow (2008 German film) directed by Christian Petzold (in German)
Please enjoy your sneak peak at this stunning poster being auctioned on
www.Bidll.com on January 26th 2015; I've also included an article that
appeared in the Mirror (Perth, Western Australia) on Page 1 no less, on
November 10 1945
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*David Rew
[mob] 0402 925 158*
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