Here Comes Mr. Jordan meets Heaven Can Wait before they went back Down To Earth.
Look out, Wilt Chamberlain — here comes Warren Beatty! In honor of the recent announcement that Mr. Beatty slept with almost 13,000 women in Peter Biskind’s new book, Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America, I thought it might be nice to get between the sheets and sneak a peek at some of his past one-sheets…
Whenever I’m browsing through DVDs of old 70’s and 80’s movies, I’m always attracted to this former magazine illustrator’s work. You see, when Birney Lettick was not busy doing movie posters, he apparently had a very prolific career drawing portraits of such powerful figures as Ayatollah Khomeini and Ronald Reagan for Time.
And what an unusual spelling of his name! I’ve heard of a lotta Bernies before (Bernie Mac, Bernie Madoff, Bernie Kopell, etc.) — but never Birney. So if you’re in the mood, take a moment to stop your world and melt with Birney’s Valley Girl and many other classics.
Movie Poster Museum 