Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun

Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun. 1951




Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Scream 2


Scream 2
A Film by Wes Craven
Rated R

Staring David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Jerry O'Connell, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Liev Schreiber

This 'hotstamp' advertising postcard is unused. 

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Law and Order with Ronald Reagan

Cinq Jours de Terreur
(In French this translates to: Five Days of Terror - The name of the movie in English is 'Law and Order'.)

Starring Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone, and Preston Foster

VIJF DAGEN SCHRIKBEWIND
(I put this in a translator and it came out as DUTCH for: Five Day Scraper)

This vintage postcard is unused.

Law and Order: Released on May 13, 1953

Plot:
Having cleaned up Tombstone, Arizona, marshal Frame Johnson (Ronald Reagan) quits after an attempted lynching. He hopes to settle down on a ranch near Cottonwood with his sweetheart Jeannie (Dorothy Malone). Before he can do so, he may have to clean up Cottonwood, too, making a great sacrifice to restore law and order.

Thursday, January 31, 2019

2001: A Space Odyssey


2001: A Space Odyssey
An epic drama of adventure and exploration

Man's colony of the Moon ... a whole new generation has been born and is living here ... a quarter-million miles from Earth.

Director Stanly Kubrick
Stars: Kier Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

This movie poster postcard was printed in 1985, however, it was mailed in 2018 from Belgium.

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2001: A Space Odyssey is a science fiction film that was inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel".  It was first released on April 2, 1968.

Thursday, December 20, 2018

The Rescuers, Albatross Airlines

Jag / vi kommer tillbaka den /  kl._____

Translation from Swedish:
I / we will return / at._____

This postcard features Orville from Albatross Airlines with Bernard and Miss Bianca from the Disney movie The Rescuers.

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The Rescuers, released on June 22, 1977, was Disney's 23 animated movie.

The film is about two mice, Bernard and his co-agent Miss Bianca, and how they rescue Penny, an orphan girl being held prisoner by Madame Medusa.

The film is based on a series of books by Margery Sharp.

Monday, March 27, 2017

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's
The Nightmare Before Christmas

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The Nightmare Before Christmas, released on October 29, 1993, is a stop-motion animated dark fantasy musical film directed by Henry Selick, and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a resident from "Halloween Town" who stumbles through a portal to "Christmas Town" and decides to celebrate the holiday, with some dastardly and comical consequences.

Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of Jack. 

Walt Disney's Peter Pan

Walt Disney's
Peter Pan
Color by Technicolor

Peter Pan
The original one-sheet for Peter Pan, released February 5, 1953

This postcard is from 'Disney Classics, A Postcard Book'.

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Peter Pan is an animated movie based on the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie. It is the 14th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series.

Peter Pan is the final Disney animated feature released through RKO before Walt Disney's founding of his own distribution company, Buena Vista Distribution.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Madagascar Cartoon with Marty, Alex, Gloria, Melman, etc.

Madagascar: From left to right, in this Photo are standing:
Marty the Zebra, Alex the Lion, Gloria the Hippo, Melman the Giraffe, on his neck is a crew of penguins (Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, Private) and King Julien the Lemur.

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Madagascar is a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released to theaters on May 27, 2005.

The film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa, getting shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar. It features the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith; others voices include Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter. 

Independence Day

Independence Day

The success of
INDEPENDENCE DAY
has gone beyond anything we could have ever imagined.  we knew that we were creating a very special film and are pleased that it has struck a chord with such a vast audience.

Now, and in the years to come, we hope you and those close to you will have the opportunity to enjoy this film over and over again.

Dean Devlin (Producer and Co-Writer)
and
Ronald Emmerich (Director and Co-Writer)

This 3-D card was not meant to be a postcard.  However, someone stamped it and mailed it to me in 2016.

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Independence Day, (the main release was on July 3, 1996) is an American science fiction action film. The film focuses on a group of people who unite in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by aliens. Along with the rest of the world, they launch a counterattack on July 4 – Independence Day in the United States.

The Great Gatsby (In French)

Paramount prevente
une production David Merrick
un film de Jack Clayton

Robert Redford et Mia Farrow
Gatsby le Magnifique

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The Great Gatsby is a 1974 American romantic drama film.

The film won two Academy Awards, for Best Costume Design (Theoni V. Aldredge) and Best Music (Nelson Riddle).

It also won three BAFTA Awards for Best Art Direction (John Box), Best Cinematography (Douglas Slocombe), and Best Costume Design (Theoni V. Aldredge). (The male costumes were executed by Ralph Lauren, the female costumes by Barbara Matera.)

It won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (Karen Black) and received three further nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Bruce Dern and Sam Waterston) and Most Promising Newcomer (Sam Waterston).

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Miles Ahead, Miles Davis, Starring Don Cheadle

Mile Ahead

If you gonna tell a story, come with some attitude

Staring Don Cheadle and Ewan McGregor
2015

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In the midst of a prolific career, Miles Davis (Don Cheadle) disappears from public view for a period of five years in the late 1970s. He lives in isolation while dealing with chronic pain from a deteriorating hip, a musical voice inhibited and numbed by drugs and painkillers, and traumatic memories of his past. A music reporter, Dave Braden (Ewan McGregor), forces his way into Davis' house and, over the next couple of days, the two men unwittingly embark on an adventure to recover a stolen tape recording of the musician's most recent compositions.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Zoolander with Ben Stiller

Zoolander
In theatres September 28

Skyy Vodka and Martinis

This is a 'Go-Card' Advertising postcard.

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Zoolander is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by Ben Stiller and starring Stiller, Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell. The film contains elements from a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television specials in 1996 and 1997. The short films and the film itself feature a dimwitted male model named Derek Zoolander, played by Stiller. The film involves Zoolander becoming the pawn of corrupt fashion executives in order to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia. 

The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock with Jessica Tandy

Alfred Hitchcock's
"The Birds"
(1963)

"It could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made!" -Alfred Hitchcock

Starring Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Introducing Tippi Hedren

This postcard was printed in 1985.

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Release Date: March 28, 1963

Movie Plot:
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

Sunday, February 21, 2016

One Tough Cop with Stephen Baldwin

There are still real heroes.

One Tough Cop

Sometime the facts get lost in the headlines.
Stephen Baldwin, Chris Penn, Gina Gershon

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One Tough Cop is a 1998 American action crime film. It was directed by Bruno Barreto and written by Jeremy Iacone. 

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Jupiter Ascending with Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis

Jupiter Ascending
From the Creators of The Matrix Trilogy
Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne
2015

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A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.

Disney's Frozen

This postcard features the Disney movie Frozen and shows Kristoff, Elsa, Anna and Olaf the Snowman.  It was bought in 2015. 

Friday, March 20, 2015

The Search for Spock - Star Trek Movie Poster Postcard

A Dying Planet.
A Fight for Life.
The Search for Spock.

Star Trek III
The Search for Spock

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Disney Gallery Images

This postcard features Jessica and Roger Rabbit.

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit, stars Bob Hoskins as private detective Eddie Valiant, who investigates a murder involving Roger Rabbit, a second-banana cartoon character. The film co-stars Charles Fleischer as Roger Rabbit's voice; Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom, the villain; Kathleen Turner as the voice of Jessica Rabbit, Roger's cartoon wife; and Joanna Cassidy as Dolores, the detective's girlfriend.

Disney released the film through its Touchstone Pictures division on June 22, 1988.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Good will Hunting with Robin Williams and Matt Damon

Good Will Hunting

Movie Go

This is a free advertising postcard from Taiwan.  There is a small amount of Taiwanese writing on the back.

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Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, and stars Matt Damon, Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014), Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd. It was written by Affleck and Damon.

The film received universal critical acclaim and was a financial success. It grossed over US$225 million during its theatrical run with only a modest $10 million budget. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, and won two: Best Supporting Actor for Williams and Best Original Screenplay for Damon and Affleck.

Plot:
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989

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The postcard features:
Alison Doody as Dr. Elsa Schneider
Denholm Elliott as Dr. Marcus Brody
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones