''Ex -Bad Boy'', 1931 - art by Eric Rohman
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''Ex -Bad Boy'', 1931 - art by Eric Rohman
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Movie World Posters
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Mixed Media - Vintage Movie Poster
Description
A vintage Swedish movie poster of ''Ex -Bad Boy'', a 1931 American comedy film directed by Vin Moore and written by Fred Niblo, Jr. and Dale Van Every. The film stars Robert Armstrong, Jean Arthur, Jason Robards Sr., Spencer Charters, Grayce Hampton, and Lola Lane. It was released by Universal Pictures on July 15, 1931.
The plot centers around Henry Simmons, the senior partner of a paint firm, who is determined to keep his daughter Ethel away from Roger Shields, a disreputable "lounge lizard" with whom she traveled home from Chicago. To distract Ethel, Henry enlists his shy, junior partner, Chester Binney, to attract her attention. However, Ethel is only interested in more worldly men. In a bid to make Chester more appealing, Henry obtains a photograph of the famous screen star Letty Lythe and forges an autograph from her to Chester, suggesting a romantic affair between them.
This rumor is spread by Mrs. Simmons, and it gains traction when they attend a screening of Letty's film, which draws a large audience. During a personal appearance at the film with her fiancé, Donald Swift, Letty learns about her supposed affair with Chester and decides to seek revenge on him at Mrs. Simmons's garden party. This creates a series of misunderstandings and conflicts, involving Ethel's jealousy and Roger's rage.
The climax of the film occurs when Chester and the Simmons attend the theater, and Roger instigates a fight between Donald and Chester. Chester insists on fighting in the dark, emulating a scene from one of Letty's films. The fight results in Roger accidentally confronting Donald and getting knocked out. Chester, having avoided the fight by hanging from a chandelier, proclaims himself the victor, and Ethel, now in love with him, rushes to his side.
"Ex-Bad Boy" is a classic example of early 1930s comedy, reflecting the era's cinematic style and storytelling.
About the artist:
Eric Wilhelm Rohman (May 18, 1891, Nyköping, Sweden— Jan. 6, 1949, Stockholm) was a Swedish illustrator and advertising artist.
The crisp and essential style of Rohman is striking in his movie posters. His traits are well outlined and sharp and give life to the characters; he uses few colors and is never too loud, he has a great originality in managing the composition and the construction of space.
The Swedish artist creates movie posters that are caricatured and powerful in the representation, with high graphic settings. He depicts essential backgrounds of cities, apartment interiors, airplanes, bars, or simple backgrounds with geometric patterns. Rohman's posters attract the audience's attention creating curious scenes, geometric and coherent in the narrative but never static. That never gets boring.
He was raised in Helsingborg, where he discovered a passion for drawing and acting after his undergraduate education. To satisfy his newfound craving, he spent years studying under Swedish painter and illustrator Carl Wilhelmson at the Gothenburg Academy of the Arts. He took side work creating advertising illustrations for newspapers to pay his tuition. He also designed and drew several book covers and books.
Rohman had a brother who managed a large chain of theaters, which needed a constant supply of original art for film posters. Rohman then began working for his brother, which launched his career as a poster designer. In 1921 he was the only person in Sweden who worked full-time creating poster illustrations.
However, to fulfill the theater's demand, he had to work quickly. As a result, he designed four or five posters every week. But he was nonetheless generally still able to bring out the essential details of the film and its actors to express the essence of a film's theme.
Search "Rohman" to see more of his art.
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January 21st, 2022
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