Reckless moment – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Reckless moment comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This Copenhagen poster, printed in 1949 by Dyva & Jeppesens Bogtrykkeri, advertises *The Reckless Moment*, the Max Ophüls melodrama of that year. Its two featured performers, James Mason and Joan Bennett, play a blackmailer and a suburban mother whose lives collide after a crisis at home. The film was adapted from Elisabeth Sanxay Holding's novel *The Blank Wall*, and its restrained, tense style made it a notable example of American domestic drama of the period. The poster shows how a Hollywood release was marketed to European audiences in the years after the war.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 85 x 62 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Copenhagen : Dyva & Jeppesens Bogtrykkeri Aktieselskab, [1949] |
| Subjects | Mason, James,--1909-1984--Performances. Bennett, Joan,--1910-1990--Performances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,925 × 6,089 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225764 |
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