Pan American World Airways tourism poster for Brazil. Art by Cardwell Higgings, 1930s.
Tag: Posters
He Knows…
“The weed of crime bears bitter fruit!” – The Shadow
Marijuana, 1952
aka Big Jim McLain.
House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter (James Arness) hunt down Communists in post-WWII Hawaii.
In foreign dubbed versions, they hunt marijuana smugglers (IMDb)
The Thief of Bagdad, 1924
Promotional poster for The Thief of Bagdad, starring Douglas Fairbanks
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a younger, but vicious gang leader. (IMDb)
The Scarlet West, 1925
Lobby card for the 1925 film Scarlet West
The Blonde Captive, 1931
An expedition is sent into the rugged Australian outback to search for a lost white woman. (IMDb)
16 Hours
Poster for the New 20th Century limited touting 16 hours from New York to Chicago by train.
The Bat’s Cave
Lobby poster for the The Bat’s Cave, chapter 2 of the 1943 Batman serial
The Mummy’s Ghost
Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.(IMDb)
