Can't see them being for professional use, else I'd imagine the It Happened One Night would have been completed, rather than having "A Frank Capra...".
The lettering is rather well done, wonder perhaps a replication exercise by someone aspiring to be a poster artist. Seem to have some genuine age to me. Lot of work, why do all that if the purpose was fraud and blow it by ticking in a Belgian printer credit. Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Aug 2015, at 21:07, Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm with Todd on this one, there's definitely something fishy about these. > > A hand painted belgian poster would not have been used in New York at the > time, neither would belgian theatres have used a poster painting with the > english title. > > I seriously doubt they are from the 1930s, 1990s seems much more likely. > > Helmut > > www.filmposter.net > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. August 2015 um 19:12 Uhr > Von: Todd <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [MOPO] King Kong & It Happened One Night Original Vintage > Paintings > Ken, > > Someone showed me the IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT in person and maybe another one > but I don't think it was the KING KONG. > > I was told that these were used at Radio City and that's why the R.C. on the > back. > > My instinct was that something definitely didn't smell right and the Radio > City thing made no sense whatsoever, since why would they use some Belgium > hand made painted poster at Radio City. > > There were a ton of painted repros done 20 or so years ago and these are > probably some of those. > > But I like how they found some old paper, cardboard stock to paint on. > > Good luck but I don't think they're worth anything. > > Best, > Todd Feiertag > > Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:50:40 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] King Kong & It Happened One Night Original Vintage Paintings > To: [email protected] > > Just Kids Nostalgia is listing two pieces of original art on eBay this week. > > They look spectacular, but we are not able to accurately identify this > artwork. > > Please take a look on eBay. > > http://www.ebay.com/sch/justkidsnostalgia/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=3&_rdc=1 > > Hopefully one of the MOPO experts can help us with some information on these > two paintings. > > Thanks, > Ken, > Just Kids Nostalgia > > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 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.
