Month: June 2026

As you may have guessed by now, the Postercowboy is a man of high standards. I strongly believe that everything worth investing a serious amount of time and/or money is worth to be done RIGHT.

When it comes framing vintage movie posters, 90% of the time a simple, straightforward approach will work best. I have shown a couple of examples earlier in this thread.

That said, every now and then, something comes up that cries for a ‘special treatment‘. For me, a perfect example is the original release Thai poster for A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIOR shown below. The movie was the third entry in the Freddie Krueger franchise, and (of course) it does not even come close to original. That said, for me this is definitely the best movie poster for the entire series. According to his website, this is also one of very few NIGHTMARE memorabilia Robert Englund has on display in his home, so I guess he feels the same way.

I had three of these, I sold one, I kept one for my permanent shop exhibition and I as of this writing I still have one for sale. If it is still in stock you will find it HERE.

As stated above, when I decided to have this poster framed I knew I had to do something special and ‘off the beaten path.‘ FRAME WORKS may not be Berlin‘s cheapest custom framer, but when it comes to ‘special projects‘ Claire is always my first choice.

I had a vague idea where I wanted to go with this one, and when I showed her the poster, Claire immediately came up the frame you see below. This is an oak frame that has been painted blue, sanded down and then received a second coat in red before it was sealed with a final waxing. The two-tone color works amazing with the natural oak grain. To take a little credit here, the butternut backing was my idea. I couldn’t really catch the details on the digital image, but in person the final result is absolutely stunning.

I had hundreds of movie posters framed over the last 30 years, and this one is definitely the wildest frame I ever commissioned. It‘s also one of the most beautiful frames I had ever built.

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Sometimes all it takes is a couple of lines:

I wish I had dime
For all the bad times
But the bad times always seem to keep the change

Guy Clark (from Anyhow I love you)

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Over the last 30+ years, Galerie filmposter.net has handled a large number of the nicest and most visually appealing vintage movie posters out there. Which includes numerous seriously expensive pieces, but also tons of posters that are visually striking, regardless of their market value. I‘m showing a number of them in the ARCHIVE section of this website, but I am well aware that I only have a fairly limited reach.

So I figured it about time to set up with Pinterest and create my own pinboard, and here it is:

Unfortunately, my start on Pinterest was not exactly what I had hoped for and actually quite a letdown: Wictor Górka (1922-2004) was a co-founder of the so-called Polish School of Posters. Over the years he created more than 300 posters. His most memorable work is the 1973 Polish movie poster for CABARET. I have laid a ‚reference link‘ on the image, but due to a Pinterest block, it will NOT show this listing, although it is still there. Also, you will need to click on GALERIE FILMPOSTER.NET in the header twice to actually access MY gallery. The first click will once again take you to a random selection of images.

Not only to me, this is one of the most important movie poster designs of all time, and for decades it has held a safe place in my personal 100 BEST MOVIE POSTERS EVER list. (Which is not an actual list at all, but you get the idea.)

You don‘t have to be a movie poster fan to recognise this for what it is, an absolutely iconic graphic design and an outstanding work of ART. Furthermore, it perfectly captures the essence of the movie.

This image was up on Pinterest for roughly 48 hours when they flagged it as ‚Aktivitäten aus Hass‘ which roughly translates to ‚hate-fueled activities‘.

For those of you who have not seen it, CABARET has been labeled ‚the last great American musical’ It is set in the days of the Weimar Republic and while the rise of the Nazis to power plays an important role, this is basically a love story.

Pinterest did not go as far as delete it entirely, but due to the ban the image will not show in their search results. Which is also the reason that the image cannot be accessed through the direct link above. For what it‘s worth, I tried to appeal their decision. Stupid is stupid does, my appeal was turned down and Pinterest stuck with their block.

Honestly, I don‘t even know what to make of this. Is it even stupidity? Ignorance? A general disregard for art? These days, it is hard to surprise me anymore, but in my book, Pinterest has marked a new low here.

By the way, if YOU want to add this original work of Polish Hate Art to your collection, as of this writing the poster is still AVAILABLE.

Be that as may, having an online pinboard to showcase some of the nicest movie posters I have sold in the past as well as a selection of my current inventory remains a nice idea, so (as time allows) I will keep adding images to the Pinterest board.

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THE DARK CARNIVAL is the permanent exhibition at Galerie filmposter.net. In a way, it is summary of more than forty years of collecting and probably also an expression of some of my personal trials and tribulations.

In a previous post, I told the story of my WARRIORS subway window card. which is part of the ‚Coney Island Line‘ section of the show.

The ‘Anchor Piece’ of this section is a vintage wooden sign that originally showed the way to the Fun House on Coney Island. The original Fun House closed down in the 1960s, so this sign must be from the 1930s or 40s:

As we can see, the young run is running from the rain. A ‘Shadow of Death’ in form of a US premiere poster for Jean-Luc Godards SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL is looming over him, so we already have a feeling that his story might not end too well.

The metal ‚bad weather warning‘ sign was a gift from my ex-wife, and we both have no real clue what this is exactly. She had had it for a long time and eventually gave it to me as a birthday present. Allegedly, this is an actual traffic sign from somewhere in the world, but further details are unknown. It‘s looks great, though and I love it:

Being American, the young man of course came by car. As the license plate illustrates, he apparently came in a 1970 Dodge Challenger originally used in VANISHING POINT:

For those of you who care what happened to Dodge Challengers used in the film later on, click HERE for a sad but rather interesting background story.

Given the parking situation on Coney Island, I guess our hero might’ve had quite a long way to run. On his way, he has to pass the SHE FREAK and other sideshow booths on the Alley of Nightmares:

Good for him, the local gang is of the more friendly persuasion:

Not so good for him, his final destination is not the kind of place he had imagined:

We have no way to tell what exactly happened to him, but legend has it that the young man has not been seen again ever since.

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Following up on last week’s post, I was surprised to learn that Charles Laughton’s HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME actually had a limited regional release on Norderney Island in the 1950s:

Other than the regional title, the Norderney style poster is perfectly identical with the general release German movie poster from the first re-release, c. 1956 from RKO Pictures.

Both styles show the same artwork by Will Williams:

The Norderney version is most likely one of a kind and not for sale. The other one is actually extremely rare as well and will go up on the website with my next update, probably in July. I am open for inquiries, though.

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