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usonian

(26,889 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:22 PM Sunday

My 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.

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chouchou

(3,393 posts)
3. Gary Cooper earing lipstick. Not trashing that...
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:49 PM
Sunday

...lots of South Korean and Japanese actors wear lipstick nowadays. (men)

chouchou

(3,393 posts)
16. My Husband watches Asian dramas on Netflix (Yeah, I know)
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:08 AM
Monday

Anyway, some of the Manly Men look ...ah...Strange.. (Not that there's anything wrong with it"

usonian

(26,889 posts)
7. The posters were well-preserved.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:58 PM
Sunday

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)
6. Likely worth a lot
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 11:45 PM
Sunday

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)
8. You know how it goes, precious to buy, worthless to sell, but definitely worth hanging on the wall. Great entertainment
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 12:04 AM
Monday

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)
9. I'm looking at the ''Today We Live'' poster you supplied ...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:14 AM
Monday

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)
14. How could the studio get it wrong??
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:39 AM
Monday

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.


usonian

(26,889 posts)
12. They'll buy the whole town. It's antique. (for California anyway)
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:26 AM
Monday

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)
15. Grew up down the road from the Shelburne Musem
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:42 AM
Monday

In Vermont. They actually hosted an AR episode.
I think it’s strange how antiques lose value based on taste. You’d think anything old just appreciates in value automatically. And then, kids these days aren’t as eager to inherit junk from previous generations. At least what I’ve seen from nieces and nephews. If that’s really the case the demand for antiques may plateau. But who knows. Just spitballing’.

usonian

(26,889 posts)
19. I know nothing about how these were created (sure I can look it up) and a
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 11:34 AM
17 hrs ago

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.

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