Rare Film Posters

ONE AGAINST SEVEN

£49.50

Original British 11 inch x 17 inch Trade Advertisement for the 1945 Zoltan Korda War Movie ONE AGAINST SEVEN (COUNTER-ATTACK) starring Paul Muni, Marguerite Chapman, Larry Parks, George Macready and Ludwig Donath.

During WW2, a Mexican stand-off ensues between a group of German soldiers and a team of Soviet fighters trapped together in the basement of a bombed-out Russian building.

Ad art by Dudley Pout.

Born into a Kent farming community in 1908, Dudley Pout’s film poster career began with the East Kent Poster Service in Kent, who supplied hand painted film star portraits and foyer displays for local cinemas. Two years later he was offered a job managing the Stoll art studios in Chatham producing posters, foyer displays and press advertising. Joining the Metropolitan Police Reserve during the war he was approached by United Artists’ publicity manager who introduced him to Michael Balcon. Then in off duty hours he designed posters and publicity for The Goose Steps Out, The Foreman Went to France, Went the Day Well?, The Black Sheep of Whitehall and many more. “Before any ideas of drawing were put to paper, I would attend a private viewing of the film with the publicity manager of the company concerned. We would discuss what the best selling point of the film would be to feature on the posters. Correct billing was very important. The star or stars were placed above the title and the supporting cast were set below. Credits varied in size in relation to the importance and popularity of the star and were so much per cent of the title size…”

”Next came the question of how many colours were to be used, two, three or four. Every extra colour raised the cost of printing. After producing what is called a ‘finished rough’ and having it approved, the artwork was then completed. The lettering of titles, stars and credits was all done by hand.”

After the war Pout moved into the publishing world and produced illustrations in the Eagle and Girl.

The Advertisement is in very good condition one vertical centre fold and minor marks along it. There is slight colour imprinting visible on the left half of the advert.

Availability: 1 in stock

Original British 11 inch x 17 inch Trade Advertisement