Category: Photoshop

  • Streaming Movie Adventures: Jay Kelly

    Adam Sandler and George Clooney in Jay Kelly.
    George Clooney and Adam Sandler in Jay Kelly.

    I had planned on seeing this in a theater, but I only got around to it when it was streaming- and even then, it took being stuck in a hotel room to get me to watch.

    The acting is strong, George Clooney is charming, Adam Sandler again shows he’s good at serious parts, Billy Crudup has a scene that steals the movie. But I had a hard time connecting to a story about a massively successful movie star who has trouble with real world relationships. I think I would have been more engaged if the movie was from Crudup’s point of view, or if both stories were told in parallel.

    Today’s fake poster comes from a different new movie that’s about a much less successful performer.

    A fake poster for Jay Kelly mimicking the poster for Marty Supreme.
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  • Walk of Fame Movies: Straight Shooting with Harry Carey

    Harry Carey in Straight Shooting
    Harry Carey, Dan Duffy, and Vester Pegg in Straight Shooting

    This is John Ford’s first full length film, and he made it through trickery. He was supposed to shoot a two-reeler, but pretended some of the film was damaged during shooting so they’d give him more stock.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Harry Carey's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Harry Carey.

    This was not Harry Carey’s (1521 Vine Street) first appearance as Cheyenne Harry. He first play the character a decade earlier, and played him in dozens of movies. When movies went to sound he was too old to play leads, but he was a popular character actor for decades.

    Today’s fake poster is all about shooting.

    A fake poster for Straight Shooting mimicking the poster for A Shot in the Dark.

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  • Classic Movie Adventures: The Cameraman

    Buster Keaton surrounded by women in The Cameraman
    Buster Keaton and Marceline Day in The Cameraman

    Buster Keaton is SO DAMN GOOD at making ridiculous situations seem plausible. You’ve been separated from your date on a double-decker bus? Obviously, you should climb down the side and sit on the fender next to her. Lost your swimsuit in the public bath? The only solution is to steal someone else’s pants.

    Hey, look- there’s actually a connection between this movie and the one the fake poster is based on!

    A fake poster for The Cameraman mimicking the poster for Blow-Up.
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  • Walk of Fame Movies: Hold That Ghost with Joan Davis

    Joan Davis and Lou Costello in Hold That Ghost.
    Left to right: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Evelyn Ankers, Joan Davis and Richard Carlson in HOLD THAT GHOST

    I watched a VHS rip of this from the Internet Archive. I only watched Abbott & Costello if it was the only thing on TV when I was a kid, so the picture quality felt right.

    The story was the same structure I remembered: Someone needs to do an unpleasant/scary/dangerous thing, and Abbott browbeats Costello into doing it. And the Andrews sisters show up to sing a couple of songs.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Joan Davis's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Joan Davis.

    The best part of this movie is Joan Davis (1521 Vine Street). She’s got great timing and was a gifted physical comedian. I need to find more of her stuff.

    Today’s fake poster is brought to you by the word “that.”

    A fake poster for Hold That Ghost mimicking the poster of She's All That.
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  • Walk of Fame Movies: The Battle of the Sexes and Belle Bennett

    Jean Hersholt and Phyllis Haver in The Battle of the Sexes.
    Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, and Don Alvarado in The Battle of the Sexes.

    Not really a battle of the sexes; more of a dumb husband deciding to leave his wife for a gold digger. Not great.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Belle Bennett's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Belle Bennett.

    Belle Bennett started as a child performer in the circus, but by this time she had been typecast as “the mother.” She died of cancer at 41, four years after this movie was released.

    Ooooh! There was a movie this year with “Battle” in the title and a poster that’s not too hard to mimic!

    A fake poster for The Battle of the Sexes mimicking the poster for One Battle After Another.
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  • Movie Pass Adventures: Dust Bunny

    Sophie Sloan and Mads Mikkelsen in Dust Bunny.
    Mads Mikkelsen in Dust Bunny.

    When I told my spouse I was going to see Dust Bunny, they said “But that’s a horror movie, and you don’t like horror movies.” That’s not exactly true these days, but usually I’d prefer to not see a splatterfest. Lucky for me then that this is about as much of a horror movie as Beetlejuice.

    I made FOUR fake posters today- a personal best! I’m also ten posters behind- a personal worst!

    A fake poster for Dust Bunny mimicking the poster for The Brown Bunny

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  • Walk of Fame: All-American Co-Ed and Frances Langford

    Johnny Downs and Frances Langford in All-American Co-Ed.
    Noah Beery Jr and Johnny Downs in All-American Co-Ed.

    I watched this movie a month ago but forgot to do the review & poster thing for it- probably because I didn’t care for it.

    The plot: a women’s horticultural college named Mar Brynn (gee, where did they get that name?) decides to boost their flagging enrollment by forbidding frat boys from Quinceton (gee, where did they get that name?) from coming on campus. Luckily for the Quinceton boys, they just did a drag show on campus, so they send Bob, one of their members, in drag to infiltrate the school. A boy acting like a girl? CRAZY! Then the hi-jinks start, and don’t end until the school puts on a big musical number and the boy and the lead girl fall in love. Along the way, Jim Rockford’s dad tries to hook up with the boy while he’s cross-dressing, and the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island carries a small plant.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Frances Langford's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Frances Langford.

    Frances Langford (1500 Vine Street) is Virginia, the girl Bob falls for. She was a popular singer who also did a ton of USO shows with Bob Hope. I wish I’d seen her in a better film.

    And I wasted a good original poster on this thing.

    A fake poster for All-American XCo-Ed mimicking the poster for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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  • Movie Pass Adventures: Reflection in a Dead Diamond

    A disembodied eye and section of face from Reflection in a Dead Diamond.
    Yannick Renier in Refection in a Dead Diamond.

    Classic James Bond meets grindhouse meets art film. It’s not always easy to follow, but it sure is pretty. Also: somebody watched Danger: Diabolik!

    Also, pretty much the opposite of a 1970 dramedy based on a play about a bunch of gay guys throwing a birthday party. Which brings us to today’s fake poster:

    A fake poster for Reflection in a Dead Diamond mimicking the poster for The Boys in the Band.

  • Walk of Fame Movies: Picture Snatcher and Alice White

    James Cagney in Picture Snatcher.
    Patricia Ellis and James Cagney in Picture Snatcher.

    Jimmy Cagney sure made a lot of tough guy action comedies.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Alice White's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Alice White.

    Alice White (1511 Vine Street) plays the bad woman trying to cheat on her boyfriend with Cagney. White’s real life sounds like it came out of one of these Cagney movies: her career was derailed when she and her boyfriend were accused of hiring someone to beat up her ex. She ended up leaving acting and becoming a secretary. It sounds like she didn’t miss it; her quote at MUBI on her filmography page is “I wouldn’t be a movie star again for all the tea in China.”

    What do you get when a movie has very few available decent images and the title contains a word from a movie with a very simple poster? You get this:

    A fake poster for Picture Snatcher mimicking the poster for Snatch.
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  • Walk of Fame Movies: The Divorce of Lady X and Binnie Barnes

    Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in The Divorce of Lady X.
    Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier in The Divorce of Lady X.

    Very odd to see the leads of Wuthering Heights in a goofy rom-com. Fun, though!

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Binnie Barnes's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Binnie Barnes.

    Binnie Barnes (1501 Vine Street) had a 50 year run on screen. She had dozens of roles, but don’t expect any of those parts to be a frail and fainting weakling. She once said “One picture is just like another to me, as long as I don’t have to be a sweet woman.” Good for her!

    Today’s poster is from a movie about a different lady.

    A fake poster for The Divorce of Lady X mimicking the poster for Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

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