Following up on our previous post about credit mixups on an Italian House of
Dracula (1945) poster, looking up alternate
posters for the film reveals a pattern of slapdash art and random credits.
Here, Carradine’s face is a competent likeness by artist Cesselon, but his
costume is barely sketched out in hurried, bold strokes, and that Wolf Man is a
mess. Martha O’Driscoll appears in monochrome, and there’s a rough castle wall
and window. Note the credits: Chaney, Carradine, Atwill, O’Driscoll… and
Frankenstein, the name-checked Monster probably a better box-office draw than
actor Glenn Strange.
Another poster, vertical insert style, artist
unknown, features a purely generic fanged vampire and a terrified blonde against
a seaside fortress/castle. O’Driscoll’s name is misspelled and the film’s title
is now Dracula nella casa degli orrori —
Dracula in the House of Horrors.
The rough art and haphazard credits across this series of
posters suggests precipitous deadlines and what was most likely a very low
budget promotional campaign.
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