From the school of McGinnis comes Ron Lesser, a celebrated illustrator of steamy pulp paperbacks and Civil War art, who is probably most famous in the movie poster world for his work on High Plains Drifter and Ryan’s Daughter.
Whichever of his many styles you prefer, his range is impressive as he seamlessly draws sexy babes, Confederate soldiers, cigar-chomping cowboys, soulful Indians and Impressionist landscapes with equal aplomb!
Who says you can’t learn something new everyday? I came across this classic article on the history of movie posters and the National Screen Service, written by none other than longtime EMP dealer, Bruce Hershenson, way back in 1998. So I thought I’d share it with those who missed it the first time around…(via All Poster Forum)
In honor of this weekend’s wide-mouth release of Piranha 3D, here’s a boat-load of some of the nastiest sea creatures to ever glisten the silver screen…
But the coolest Dylan poster by far — at least IMHO — is Milton Glaser’s infamous insert poster below, along with a few other greatest hits.
No, no, not Joseph McCarthy and the Hollywood blacklist! I’m talkin’ Frank McCarthy (1924-2002), the longtime illustrator whose career spanned over 50 years, doing magazine covers and paperbacks (Avon, Bantam, Dell) and brought us the high-octane one-sheets for The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape (Paul Crifo did the International version), and many more, including split-duties with Robert McGinnis on the James Bond posters for Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.
Mr. McCarthy quit commercial work in 1974 and, like many of the other greatest poster artists of his generation, such as John Solie, Howard Terpning, and Robert Tanenbaum, moved to Arizona to focus his talents on Western art.
Now that The Expendables have blasted their way into our consciousness, it will only be a matter of time before these slew of action films get remade into something bigger and badder.
By the way, The Black Six featured a gang of ex-NFL players from the 70’s, so it would be interesting to see which current athletes/actors they would cast for that today…Hmm, how ’bout an NBA version with Shaq, LeBron, Kobe, Ray Allen, and Dennis Rodman to get the ball rolling?
Okay, Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglorious Basterds (2009) isn’t technically a remake of the Inglorious Bastards of ’78 — other than the title and a slight plot resemblance of ex-WWII soldiers wreaking havoc on the Nazis…but, with the recent success of The Expendables, there’s no doubt that QT reinvented what surely will be a new wave of 70’s style action-adventure ensemble films.
Here’s a Woody Allen foursome by famous Frenchman, Jean-Michel Folon (September, Purple Rose of Cairo) and two other classics (via EatBrie)…
But wait, you can’t forget the classics — even if they’re all in black-and-white!
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