Smuggler’s Island

If you’re looking for an interesting, impactful and original movie poster, but are working to a budget, there are plenty of options.

One of the best ways is to consider B movies and other less well known titles.  Television was attacking cinema in the 1950s, but there were still very many new movies put into distribution, and all the studios did their best to attract viewers by the main means available in the days before the internet, social media (and television, for many) – that is, the power of the poster, mainly displayed in or outside the cinemas.

This is a nice example.  1951 release starring under-rated leading man Jeff Chandler, with Evelyn Keyes, set in Macao.

This is an original US Half Sheet poster.