What's The Movie?

 

Guess where this capture comes from? Yep. It's a movie. What'd you think from the 50s, even later? 

NOPE! This is from The Trail of The Lonesome Pine from 1936! 

This is truly stunning. It's almost color accurate in spots, especially the outdoor scenes. This is also another Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney movie. You Only Live Once is one of my favorite movies and I honestly want to give this film in particular a go. 

Besides On Golden Pond, I never actually seen Fonda in color, especially when he was young. Usually I'm not one of those people even for someone who is healthy-obsessed with Old Hollywood, who's saying that "they're easily handsome, I adore how they look", but I'm not afraid to say it. He's kinda cute, especially in scenes where there's a wholesome and calm vibe to it.

I was also astounded by Sidney's bedroom. Does anyone want to imagine living in this room? It's so calm and the colors are simple but pleasurable. 

Hopefully you thought that this movie's screencaps were interesting. I recently discovered this film yesterday online so I was happy to see parts of it and experience a little early color beauty from the 30s. 

Jacques Kapralik

 

I think my favorite celebrity caricature artist is Jacques Kapralik. I looked into his work a few months ago and admiring it. Some of the movie posters (I guess when it comes to it's theatrical releases), you can notice his artwork, like Silk Stockings and Designing Woman.

These are so cute. Just imagining an animated version of these people. Sorta stop-motion-ish.

These type of pictures in particular are all movies from the MGM studio. 

I like how here below, with Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn, there's neat details of the beds. I like how Hepburn is reading one of her movies.

It has appealing backgrounds. It's simple but very adorable. I can easily recognize most of the actors. I wouldn't say I suck at drawing caricatures but just like with cartoon characters that have alot of construction so as the facial features, and overall distinctive looks of Old Hollywood actors.

Kapralik was just masterful.

I think at best his posters are frankily better advertising than the original movie posters. 

I would assume Kapralik was easily appreciated back then. I would've liked his work if I was living during the Golden Age of Hollywood as well.

Do jobs like creating an illustration and promoting it for holidays still exist?

Here's a couple more of his illustrations but it's probably hand-drawn. I still like it. 

Chuck Jones Cartoon Expressions

 

I love how Chuck Jones's cartoons looked back in the 50s. This below is an expression I've been thinking about lately. I just love these reactions by Wile E Coyote.

From the same cartoon, The Coyote sure looks exhausted and overwhelmed. I'm not a fan of gag-to-gag cartoons so him trying to catch the Roadrunner, I have a bare minimum for how I enjoy these type of cartoons.

But I still enjoy how well-drawn it is. There's easily likeable action and the gags are very funny.

The Scaredy Cat trilogy is great, Jumpin' Jupiter is a very underrated Jones cartoon in particular and this is by far my favorite part of the film.

Marc Anthony delivers some of the cutest and saddest expressions in 1952's Feed The Kitty.

Bugs and Daffy in their infamous cartoon pairing, Rabbit Fire.

Lastly, I have a few scenes from The Wearing Of The Grin, not my favorite cartoon, but it's probably my favorite in terms of it's atmosphere. I love how Porky wears a fedora and coat, and some of these stills of the leprechauns are very cool.

I would like to share some Clampett and McKimson but I'm more or so inspired by Jones nowadays. I still like both of them, so I'll think about it.