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Related: About this forumMy Dad collected movie posters from the theater. Here's one.

He also painted portraits of movie stars.
I don't have the dates, but they are really old.
A Charles Laughton in there? I'll post when I find it.
FOUND IT.

AllaN01Bear
(29,970 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,363 posts)chouchou
(3,393 posts)...lots of South Korean and Japanese actors wear lipstick nowadays. (men)
BaronChocula
(4,903 posts)I figured it was old-school photoshop.
chouchou
(3,393 posts)Anyway, some of the Manly Men look ...ah...Strange..
(Not that there's anything wrong with it"
BaronChocula
(4,903 posts)and have to check this out.
Devilsun
(393 posts)mountain grammy
(29,296 posts)Really nice!
usonian
(26,889 posts)I just snapped these two with an iPhoneSE3 (no need to open the camera bags) and did my usual very minimal processing with the mac Preview app.
For these old prints, I took the color up a little (I hate garish color) just enough to convey what the artist intended.
I would take out the dust and dirt spots with the free GIMP program.
Figarosmom
(14,294 posts)They look in good condition. When they have this type of art on Roadshow they usually turn out to be worth a couple hundred.
Should frame them and make a wall of them.
usonian
(26,889 posts)Next to Dad's paintings. I'll get some from my brother shortly.
And my photos, as well.
My daughter and son-in-law get great diving photos.
So, I definitely look forward to a home gallery.
When I move. But that's another story.
aggiesal
(10,976 posts)and I'm thinking "That's not Gary Cooper".
So I went to the imdb.com for the movie and found this image, where it says this is Robert Young.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024675/mediaviewer/rm120551680/
usonian
(26,889 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:16 AM - Edit history (1)
I see Young Robert (sic) in the black and white.
I plead ignorance on these. The black and white looks like a great photo, Others are very sharp,
I have to wonder if they are black and white photos that have been colorized, since they have the "airbrush" look to them.'
And to print, they have to be halftoned anyhow.
My Dad's movie star paintings are not so subtle. They use bold color by comparison.
Now, a mystery.
MORE. Young and Cooper are stars in it.
https://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/today-we-live-i24675/EAr1go
If you hover over the stills, the one I posted says Robert Young


From this page
https://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/today-we-live-i24675/M2Pmgs
Many pix here.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024675/
War is hell.

BaronChocula
(4,903 posts)If they ever roll through your town stop by.
usonian
(26,889 posts)I grew up in New England. Now there's the place.
In our optical engineering department, there was one guy who swore he made more selling blanket chests and so on, on weekends, than as an optical engineer during the work week.
He also familiarized us with the "last one holding the bag" theory of antiques.
Thanks for the positive thought, though.
BaronChocula
(4,903 posts)In Vermont. They actually hosted an AR episode.
I think its strange how antiques lose value based on taste. Youd think anything old just appreciates in value automatically. And then, kids these days arent as eager to inherit junk from previous generations. At least what Ive seen from nieces and nephews. If thats really the case the demand for antiques may plateau. But who knows. Just spitballing.
calimary
(91,206 posts)NoSheep
(8,390 posts)usonian
(26,889 posts)but I suspect black an white photos, colorized by hand and airbrushed.
On second thought, despite these looking "photographic", they may be original artwork, perhaps based on photos/stills.
"The Internet" doesn't give details on a brief search.
Trying to be productive today. I rescued a disk drive last night and am committed to sorting out all my camera photos, scanned photos and documents (and more) logically so they can be found and backed up.