Mann, Roy :: MOVIE POSTER ART

IL FALCO DI BAGDAD

Artist: BALLESTER ANSELMO (Painter)

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Title:	IL FALCO DI BAGDAD
Artist:	BALLESTER ANSELMO (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	4,368
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	5/18/2011
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Another "MASTERPIECE" in the movie-poster-art-section, this time the artist is one of the most famous, ANSELMO BALLESTER (1897-1974), well known by all the collectors of the world. The movie _____________________
Il Falco di Bagdad (The Magic Carpet) Un film di Lew Landers. Con Lucille Ball, John Agar, Patricia Medina. Genere Fantastico, colore, 84 minuti. Produzione USA 1951. L'erede di un trono conteso viene salvato da morte certa dalla madre e vola, grazie ad un tappeto magico, presso la casa di un medico che lo cresce come un figlio. Anni dopo conoscerà la verità e riprenderà il posto che gli spetta.-------------------------------------------------------------------------- «When a caliph is assassinated and a usurper takes his place at the throne, the original heir to the throne is spirited away on a flying carpet. Years later, the heir becomes a hero known as The Scarlet Falcon intent on removing the usurper from the throne. This Arabian Nights epic never really gels; it either takes itself too seriously or not seriously enough; it depends on whether you consider the darker scenes (the torture sequence, the murder of the caliph and his family) or the lighter scenes (the hiccups sequence in particular) to be the ones that don't belong. At any rate, there wouldn't be much of interest to this one if it weren't for the cast, but even the cast is a problem. John Agar does all right with the action scenes (and he seems to be having fun with them) but in the scenes where he's supposed to be charming and sexy (such as the scene where the women of the harem flirt with him), he's humorously wooden. And whatever her reputation as one of the greatest of television's comedic actresses, Lucille Ball is so unconvincing as an Arabian Princess that she's a major distraction; at least if she had been given the Patricia Medina role, she might have had a little comic schtick to do. I just read a piece of trivia that said that this movie was designed as a punishment to Lucille Ball for complaining about the quality of the roles she was getting, and I find this quite believable. Still, any movie in which Lucille Ball flirts with both John Agar and Raymond Burr is one that's hard to ignore» (Dave Sindelar).
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Thomas Nixdorf
Member Since 2009

Posted on 5/18/2011

A really beautiful piece from the master of italian movie poster art !! Congratulations !!!! Tom

Roy Mann
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/18/2011

Thomas Nixdorf wrote:

A really beautiful piece from the master of italian movie poster art !! Congratulations !!!! Tom

Tks Tom, tks also to the friend who helped me for this piece !

marco graziosi
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/19/2011

Che bello questo Manifesto! Anche se dire il vero, se era un pochino più spinto sembrava una copertina di fumetti per adulti. Via, sul tipo di quelli del Barbieri. Marco Pugacioff

Roy Mann
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/19/2011

marco graziosi wrote:

Che bello questo Manifesto! Anche se dire il vero, se era un pochino più spinto sembrava una copertina di fumetti per adulti. Via, sul tipo di quelli del Barbieri. Marco Pugacioff

... ed è un peccato che Ballester non lo abbia fatto, con un anticipo di di circa 20 anni sarebbe stato un vero precursore.

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