Retro Movie Adventures: Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Is this where the "I'm just a simple country lawyer" gag came from?

Lee Remick wearing sunglasses in Anatomy of a Murde.
Jimmy Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder. Just his head and shoulders. He is looking slightly to his right. He is rendered in shades of blue and cyan. The background is faint portraits of Lee Remick and George C. Scott, rendered in magentas and yellows.

Man, trials in the fifties sure had a lot of joking around. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about murder and rape; just saying the word “panties” is enough to get the whole courtroom giggling.

I saw this at the Vista, which only shows movies on film. Last time I was there I saw a great 70mm print of Vertigo. This time, it was a 35mm print that looked looked like it had been stored in the basement of a truck stop. It was watchable, but mighty rough.

Went with an easy, mostly text poster for today’s parody. The picture of Jimmy Stewart is pretty rough, so it matches well with the film print I saw.

A poster fr Anatomy of a Murder in the style of the poster for Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

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