Page 2 of a two-page advertisement for RKO Radio Pictures
Category: Silver Screen
Movies, Movie Posters, and the stars that propelled them into the spotlight.
William Powell, 1929
Promotional shot of William Powell as Philo Vance in the “Canary Case Murder”
Batman: The Movie, 1966
Lobby card for the 1966 film Batman
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It’s Football Season Again
Promotional photo of Nancy Carroll for the 1929 film “Sweetie”
Auction in Souls, 1933
Trade magazine advertisement for Auction in Souls, which was renamed to The Constant Woman before final release in 1933
RIP Ed Asner
Ed Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) passed away today. Here are a few shots of him as Police Lt. Jacoby in the 1967 film Gunn.
Ava at the “Beach”
Ava Gardner in a staged beach shot
Esquire, June, 1965
June 1965 issue of Esquire, featuring Sean Connery as James Bond on the cover, with a 12 page spread for the new 007 film “Thunderball”
A Ticket to Hell, 1931
From life where the “L” roars to life where ‘ell pops… from stolen kisses in tenement hallways to frozen embraces in night clubs.
A girl lifting herself up by her shoulder straps, paid as she went and went to far. A round-trip ride on a one-way ticket
Canary Murder Case, 1929
A beautiful showgirl, nicknamed ‘the Canary’ (Louise Brooks, voice dub by Margaret Livingston), is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and soon ends up dead. But who killed ‘the Canary’. All the suspects who knew her had been used by her. The only witness to the crime was also killed. Only one man, debonair detective, Philo Vance (William Powell), might be able to figure out who silenced ‘the Canary’.
It is available to watch here (archive.org)
