100 Years of Movie Posters

Monday, 13 October 2014

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott (1898 – 1987) was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, adventure tales and war films. However, his most enduring image is that of the tall-in-the-saddle Western hero. Out of his more than 100 film appearances more than 60 were in Westerns.

Scott's more than 30 years as a motion picture actor resulted in his working with many acclaimed screen directors, including Henry King, Rouben Mamoulian, Michael Curtiz, John Cromwell, King Vidor, Allan Dwan, Fritz Lang, and Sam Peckinpah. He also worked on multiple occasions with prominent directors: Henry Hathaway (eight times), Ray Enright (seven), Edwin R. Marin (seven), André de Toth (six), and most notably, his seven film collaborations with Budd Boetticher.

Tall (6ft 2½in; 189cm), lanky and handsome, Scott displayed an easygoing charm and courtly Southern drawl in his early films that helped offset his limitations as an actor, where he was frequently found to be stiff or "lumbering". As he matured, however, Scott's acting improved while his features became burnished and leathery, turning him into the ideal "strong, silent" type of stoic hero.

During the early 1950s, Scott was a consistent box-office draw. In the annual Motion Picture Herald Top Ten Polls, he ranked 10th in 1950, eighth in 1951, and again 10th in 1952. Scott also appeared in the Quigley's Top Ten Money Makers Poll from 1950 to 1953. [Wikipedia]

Man of the Forest (1933)

The Last Round-Up (1934)

Wagon Wheels (1934)

Home on the Range (1935)

Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935)

She (1935)

Go West Young Man (1936)

The Last of the Mohicans (1936)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

The Texans (1938)

20,000 Men a Year (1939)

Coast Guard (1939)

Jesse James (1939)

Virginia City (1940)

Belle Starr (1941)

Western Union (1941)

Pittsburgh (1942)

The Spoilers (1942)

Bombardier (1943)

Corvette K-225 (1943)

The Desperadoes (1943)

Gung Ho! (1943)

Belle of the Yukon (1944) Spanish poster

Captain Kidd (1945)

Albuquerque (1948)

Return of the Bad Men (1948)

Colt.45 (1950)

The Nevadan (1950)

Forth Worth (1951)

Man in the Saddle (1951)

Santa Fe (1951)

Sugarfoot (1951)

Carson City (1952)

Carson City (1952) Italian poster

Hangman's Knot (1952)

The Man Behind the Gun (1953) Belgian poster

The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)

The Bounty Hunter (1954)

Riding Shotgun (1954)

A Lawless Street (1955)

Rage at Dawn (1955)

Tall Man Riding (1955)

Ten Wanted Men (1955)

Ten Wanted Men (1955) Belgian poster

7th Cavalry (1956)

Seven Men from Now (1956)

Decision at Sundown (1957)

The Tall T (1957)

The Tall T (1957) French poster

The Tall T (1957) Italian poster

Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) Belgian poster

Ride Lonesome (1959)

Ride Lonesome (1959) Italian poster

Westbound (1959)

Westbound (1959) Belgian poster

Comanche Station (1960) Belgian poster

Comanche Station (1960)

Ride the High Country (1962)

Friday, 10 October 2014

Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye, 1911 – 1998) was an American singer and cowboy actor who was one of the most popular Western stars of his era. Known as the "King of the Cowboys", he appeared in over 100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of The Roy Rogers Show.

In many of his films and television episodes, he appeared with his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German Shepherd dog Bullet. His show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured a sidekick, often Pat Brady, Andy Devine, or George "Gabby" Hayes.

On February 8, 1960, Roy Rogers was honored with three stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame: for Motion Pictures at 1752 Vine Street, for Television at 1620 Vine Street, and for Radio at 1733 Vine Street. [Wikipedia]

Under Western Stars (1938)

Billy the Kid Returns (1938)

Shine On Harvest Moon (1938)

The Arizona Kid (1939)

Days of Jesse James (1939)

Frontier Pony Express (1939)

In Old Caliente (1939)

Saga of Death Valley (1939)

Southward Ho! (1939)

Wall Street Cowboy (1939)

The Carson City Kid (1940)

Young Buffalo Bill (1940)

In Old Cheyenne (1941)

Jesse James at Bay (1941)

Red River Valley (1941)

Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942)

South of Santa Fe (1942)

King of the Cowboys (1943)

Utah (1945)

Under Nevada Skies (1946)

Eyes of Texas (1948)

The Gay Ranchero (1948)

The Golden Stallion (1949)

Son of Paleface (1952)

Tim McCoy

Tim McCoy (1891 – 1978) was an American actor, military officer, and expert on American Indian life and customs.

One of the great stars of early American Westerns, McCoy was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1973. McCoy was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1974.

Tim McCoy's final appearance was in Kevin Brownlow-David Gill's television history of silent films, Hollywood (1980). [Wikipedia]