drace68
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Re: "Mask of the Avenger" (Jody Lawrance) - deviation to Sword of Monte Cristo
Scan from an old newspaper adv. 1951.
In the 1940s and '50s it was common for the studios to utilize an illustrator to make such likenesses and then paste a photo of the star's head on the created image.
PBS did a program on such illustrators perhaps 10 years ago. One that struck me was the promotional pic for Maureen O'Hara's "Against All Flags." The artist/illustrator used his wife as the model (PBS showed a still of the wife in boots and lunge).
The technique faded and that particular illustrator left California for northwestern Nebraska.
Friends, I have been to northwestern Nebraska - the land is harsh.
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Re: "Mask of the Avenger" (Jody Lawrance)
Interesting. Karma (+) for the info.
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Re: "Mask of the Avenger" (Jody Lawrance)
Found this write-up on TCM's official US website, thought you might find it informative.
Columbia Pictures' Mask of the Avenger (1951) continued the (Monte Cristo) tradition. While the romantic leads (John Derek and, in her film debut, Jody Lawrance) turn in serviceable performances, Anthony Quinn shines in a cultured, villainous role. The production values are high for an early 1950s Columbia film, and the Technicolor photography (by Charles Lawton, Jr.) is often eye-popping. The script contains some standard daring-do, but also allows for a very skilled heroic assist from the usually helpless female captive in the final reel.
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=176225&mainArticleId=176222
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