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Bless This House

£130.00

Film

Bless This House

Additional information

Year

1971

Size/Type

UK Quad / Single Sided / (30" x 40"), Printed in England by W.E.Berry Ltd. Bradford

Country of Origin

British / UK

Condition

Very Fine plus; originally folded (as issued)

Director

Gerald Thomas

Actor/Actress

Carol Hawkins, Diana Coupland, June Whitfield, Peter Butterworth, Robin Askwith, Sally Geeson, Sidney James, Terry Scott

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“You know that generation gap they keep going on about – it’s between his ears !”

The first of many TV sitcoms that tried it’s luck on the big screen and as it was pretty much made up of such British comedy greats as Sid James, Terry Scott, June Whitfield, Robin Askwith etc plus behind the scenes, Peter Rogers, Gerald & Ralph Thomas (basically the team behind the hugely successful ‘Carry On’ franchise then success was assured, paving the way for a slew of TV comedy made for cinema; some were not so well received by critics or the public. Knowing their formula the producers handed poster artwork and design duties to one of the best; Arnaldo Putzu; who to be fair has produced a fantastic looking poster perfectly capturing the stars’ likenesses with his caricatures. This rare original 1971 UK quad film poster for “Bless This House” presents extremely well. Folded (as issued) this excellent unrestored example is sharp and colours un faded with a nice deep white background. Classic British comedy from the 1970’s has a huge and loving fanbase…British TV comedy nostalgia at it’s finest and very cool and colourful and now very sought after and collectable.

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Film Description

Bless This House Movie Poster

“1970s English suburbia: middle-aged homeowner Sid Abbot just wants to get on with building his illegal whisky still, but is frustrated by his workshy son, and otherworldly daughter. Then the rude and arrogant Ronald Baines and his family move in next door. Garden-fence hostilities soon commence”

The received wisdom is that movie spin-offs from British TV sitcoms are cheap,trashy,low-budget no-brainers and of course it’s absolutely true and that’s exactly why we love them. Bless this House wasn’t high art on TV and certainly hasn’t “improved” for the big screen,but by golly it’s very funny,surely the raison d’etre for all comedy ? That much-missed great artist Mr Sidney James is as comfy as an old slipper in the role of good-natured paterfamilias,there is no one even approaching his brilliance on TV or the movies today.One look of exasperation from that wonderfully expressive face would set whole audiences happily snuggling deep into their seats,waiting for the wry grin and the much-loved laugh that was sure to follow. Miss Diana Coupland,who used to be what was referred to as a “chick” or a “chirper” i.e. a singer with touring Dance Bands in the 1950s plays his tolerant and loving wife,who,as in every sitcom,really wears the trousers. The jokes, new and old, mostly, I must confess, old, come thick and fast, delivered with some style by a cast as to the manner born. Nothing “fringe” or “edgy” about this stuff,no one sat for hours trying to write stuff that would entrance Guardian readers but alienate the 99.999% of the rest of us,but lovingly crafted sketches of suburban life by writers aiming at an audience of people who owned Cortinas and Allegros and smoked over a newspaper at breakfast. Sneer at their naivety at your peril.

Vintage Movie Posters Grading Criteria

Mint
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Fair
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LOBBY CARD
11 x 14″ printed on heavy stock paper. Used as display in theatre lobbies. Originally made in sets of eight. Some sets have a title card, which contains credits and artwork, essentially a mini-poster. The remaining seven cards are coloured photographic credits and poster artwork showing different scenes from the movie.

WINDOW CARD
14 x 22″ printed on heavy stock paper with the top 4-6 inches usually left blank for the local cinema owner to fill in the cinema and the date it was due to play. Largely discontinued during the 1970’s.

HALF SHEET
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INSERT
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ONE-SHEET
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BRITISH QUAD
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4-FOGLIO
(QUATTRO) 55 x 79″ Very large Italian poster printed in two pieces, often contains very beautiful artwork.

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FRENCH
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