This was one of the oldest posters I had until I sold it last year: an original 1948 first release Belgian poster for Frank Capra’s classic black comedy Arsenic And Old Lace. This 1944 movie was based on a very successful Broadway play, and features everyone’s favourite leading man, the one and only Cary Grant….
A Fistful Of Dynamite
A Fistful Of Dynamite tends to be the forgotten Sergio Leone spaghetti western, compared to the Dollars trilogy and Once Upon A Time In The West…which is a pity, as its a lot of fun, with great chemistry between stars James Coburn and Rod Steiger. The movie was made at a time when the ideals…
Badlands
“La Balade Sauvage” is the French title for Terrence Malick’s 1973 classic neo-noir Badlands, and is arguably a more evocative description of the film itself. Badlands was director Malick’s feature debut, and shares a lyrical tone, leisurely pace and strong use of imagery with much of his later works. Much of the movie’s enduring strength…
Rollerball
“In the not too distant future, wars will no longer exist. But there will be Rollerball.” That I remember was the tag-line on the UK poster for this 1975 sci-fi classic. This French poster doesn’t bother with any of that, instead relying on a powerful graphic image which pretty well sums up the movie! The…