Archival Note Card | Movie Mojo #11

Blue-faced menace, a red-splashed axe, and a coffin, all before breakfast.

This archival note card from the movie mojo series, no. 11, titled "axe of vengeance". It is canvas. Film posters were generally printed in large runs, often by lithography, to advertise a release in theaters, pairing bold lettering with painted or photographic artwork. A cyan-skinned figure in a white coat raises a bloody axe over a dramatic spray of red. A coffin lies open at the bottom, with a small face peeking out. Bold hand-lettered title runs across the top over yellow and green. It is 5 inches long and 7 high.

Subtlety was not in the painter's supply cabinet.