Duke's Poster Place

There are actual posters from Mike and others that depict Reynold Brown's terrific painting for "The Alamo", but I thought these may be clearer.

This is the entire painting

Here's a portion that was used for the one sheet

It's always been such a fantastic piece of artwork. Great to see it in all it's glory

Peter, if you look closely, you can see that Wayne's head has been repainted in the wider version. I'm not quite sure why, but if anyone, like maybe JuniorMike, could shed some light on it.

We deal in lead, friend

Right, Ethan, but why? Did Russell Birdwell think that it didn't look like Wayne?

We deal in lead, friend.

Well, in the wider version, his face LOOKS like Duke. But in the smaller one it doesn't at all to me...strange. KEITH

Damn on the full painting Duke's head is huge, lol!
Someone, somewhere said to change it.
Be interesting to find out what happened.

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Damn on the full painting Duke's head is huge, lol!
Someone, somewhere said to change it.
Be interesting to find out what happened.

Yep, head is too large but looks just like him. On the smaller one, Duke's mouth and eyes never looked like that.......but they got his nose right, LOL.
LH

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Yep, head is too large but looks just like him. On the smaller one, Duke's mouth and eyes never looked like that.......but they got his nose right, LOL.
LH

Hey Ladyhawk, as usual I can't sleep!
Had any emails?

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Hey Ladyhawk, as usual I can't sleep!
Had any emails?

Finishing yours as we speak. LH

I don't know how anyone could approve the full painting with a bobble head look alike for Wayne. It is obviously a cut and paste job that is poorly substituted and I can't believe that it was used for national publicity.
There is also a third ad, which I'll have to dig up, that has yet another head - one of Duke wearing the coonskin cap.

We deal in lead, friend.

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I don't know how anyone could approve the full painting with a bobble head look alike for Wayne. It is obviously a cut and paste job that is poorly substituted and I can't believe that it was used for national publicity.
There is also a third ad, which I'll have to dig up, that has yet another head - one of Duke wearing the coonskin cap.

We deal in lead, friend.

I had totally forgotten the coonskin cap version! I'm going to have a look to see what I have too!

Just for EthanKeith as I know he loves this film, lol!

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I don't know how anyone could approve the full painting with a bobble head look alike for Wayne. It is obviously a cut and paste job that is poorly substituted and I can't believe that it was used for national publicity.
There is also a third ad, which I'll have to dig up, that has yet another head - one of Duke wearing the coonskin cap.
We deal in lead, friend.

i'm pretty sure the original release half sheet, insert, and 3-sheet had the coonskin cap version (which I prefer). I guess on the reissue poster
they wanted to make SURE everyone knew Duke was in it!

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Yep, head is too large but looks just like him. On the smaller one, Duke's mouth and eyes never looked like that.......but they got his nose right, LOL.
LH

The big head Duke artwork is from the 1967 reissue poster. The normal size head artwork is the original release one sheet poster.

Nice to Know Ala MO. Dooley's going to make rhymes, so will I. Nice pic. Keith

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The big head Duke artwork is from the 1967 reissue poster. The normal size head artwork is the original release one sheet poster.

Rhyming you say.
We need to talk Ladyhawk!

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Rhyming you say.
We need to talk Ladyhawk!

Always here for you, "DOO"! OK, I give up, you win, LOL! LH Glad you had some fun today.....you WORK too hard. Pictures..........? Promised last weekend? Loved your posters, etc., though. You surely have some nice ones! I will have some stills soon, as a JWMB person is sending me some, YES!

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Always here for you, "DOO"! OK, I give up, you win, LOL! LH Glad you had some fun today.....you WORK too hard. Pictures..........? Promised last weekend? Loved your posters, etc., though. You surely have some nice ones! I will have some stills soon, as a JWMB person is sending me some, YES!

You'll be building your own collection in no time!

Got tons more to do its just posters take an age to unroll, hold down and photograph then roll back up.
Sure wish u had decided to collect stills, lol!