post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

alternate copy on the half-sheet

https://i.imgur.com/jJRurIG.jpg

Mad Monster Party co-written by Harvey Kurtzman to nicely close the circle.

BTW, excellent spot on the Kurtzman involvement in that Fire Sale poster, stevie.

Davis too apparently

"mad monster party" apparently trying to pre-empt MAD magazine's spoof by using their exact typeface/bolding.

― the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Thursday, February 11, 2016 11:30 PM (four years ago)

Mad Monster Party? wasn't official MAD but had ties - Harvey Kurtzman co-wrote the script and Jack Davis did character design.

― saki, Friday, February 12, 2016 1:25 AM (four years ago)

Thanks for the Friedman link, visiting - the last few TV Guide pieces look very much like the "WEHK"-signed mid-'80s stuff that stevie was remembering

BTW, excellent spot on the Kurtzman involvement in that Fire Sale poster, stevie.

Thanks Ward!

Though I think it was just Will Elder...

This is what Friedman says about it on that link visiting posted:

This time In collaboration with Kurtzman, Elder's second film poster, from 1977

Ah right, was only looking at the lovely pix on that link, and hadn't spotted any trademark WEHK signature.

I guess Kurtzman did the initial layout design and then WE painted it - predates the WEHK signed stuff by a few years, maybe they only used that for Mad?

Nuts! may have also had some WEHK-signed stuff, the covers had the same sort of look iirc

Rosalind Russell in that spy picture ?? Literally 30 years after her peak!

They way they drew women on movie posters from like 1965 to 1989 is like America's hentai

I'm repeatedly baffled that all of these movies exist. Part of me still thinks they are being spit out by an AI

we're living in a simulation, so...

Always think about the middle-aged Silent Generation couple dressing up and getting a sitter so they can go see the latest Peter Sellers movie.

Part of me still thinks they are being spit out by an AI

xpost i think also date-night movies for the square, Silent Majority boomers?

More like AIP!

VG

Nuts! may have also had some WEHK-signed stuff, the covers had the same sort of look iirc

Fastner & Larson art btw, definitely look like Kurtzman gags though

Those Peter Sellers movies, ones like "Mrs. Pollifax-Spy" or "The Secret of My Success", may have been the high-brow "low-brow" movies of their day. While the Boomer teens saw the latest Elvis movie, I picture the 40something parents putting on coat and tie, nice earrings and hat, and going out for a bit of fun to see an "adult" movie before heading over to Sam's Diner on the way home for a cup of coffee.

boomer teens were going to elvis movies in the early 70s?

I was thinking these were from 1965-68 or so!

Again, this is just what's happening in my head, maybe not IRL.

tbh i didn't realize until just now looking it up that Elvis was still starring in narrative features up until '69, so i think generally your theory could totally work for a lot of the dorky MOR-looking 60s comedies itt!

I don't think in 1969 anybody was going to see Charro! or Change of Habit.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjYyODBhZjctZTVjOS00YTljLTlkZDYtYzg5ZDAyOGUzYjI0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjIyNjE2NA@@._V1_.jpg

Spanish Fly (1976)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWQxNTRiYzEtMTNiNC00MWUwLTg1NTMtOTI1MmFiNzA1MmQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjc1NTYyMjg@._V1_.jpg

Bye Bye Braverman (1968)

they just never end!

lol

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1057/4964/products/north-dallas-forty-vintage-movie-poster-original-1-sheet-27x41-621.jpg?v=1535065898

North Dallas Forty, 1979

Clearly the best hope for the movie industry to recover is to ban photographic or photoshopped posters

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk0Mjc1MDY0NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzk3MTI0NA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,647,1000_AL_.jpg

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

https://i0.wp.com/blog.filmfile.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/THE-FOUR-MUSKETEERS-11.jpg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C445

The Four Musketeers (1974)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjkwMmQ4MzEtZTQ2NS00NDczLWFiMTgtODQ2YjkyMWIwZDAzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzU0NzkwMDg@._V1_.jpg

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/snvNu7aXBIFSnYncIMc5DYlIUNU.jpg

Kidnapped, 1971

Kidnapped one is gorgeous.

imdb trivia for t-shirt zone:

The movie had an alternate title. It was sold under the title of "Sexy Lady" in Argentina and other countries of Latin America.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/qUkAAOSwfW5d-9aJ/s-l1600.jpg

definitely an unusual slogan on Alone In The T-Shirt Zone

Same artist as Kidnapped.

Andy's undisplayable image is achronologically fulfilling this prediction: post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

here's one that might show up, though the linked version in that post is much better:

https://www.moviemem.com/images/pictures/store/victorian-shed-movie-posters/PINKANGELS1SHHRws.jpg

i'm seeing both versions of Pink Angels (1971), a great one every time...

http://www.npccomic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/newtoyou_wheels.jpg
https://www.silveremulsion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wheelsonmeals_poster.jpg

Wheels on Meals (1984)

ebay- and twitter-hosted image embeds never show on ILX for me, probably a quirk of the stylesheet

Yeah, I can see both versions.. I actually prefer the full-color version..

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/2LPhZmcEAZpnmkWmLY6u3qifFfn.jpg

Killer Force, 1976

wow that looks dope as hell

Peter Fonda IS Joaquin Phoenix In I'm Still Here

FROM I'm Still Here, that is.

https://cinemaretro.com/uploads/claypigeondvd.jpg

Clay Pigeon,1971

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2IzMWM2N2MtYjhlMi00NjI3LTkwYzctMDQ5MTNlOGQ1NDU1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTAyNDU2NDM@._V1_.jpg

Inside Out, 1975

I want to see all these shitty Telly Savalas action movies