A Tom Chantrell prototype painting used as the basis for the quad movie poster of the 1961 sword-and-sandal historical yarn starring Jeff Chandler in one of his last roles. The movie was retitled, 'A Story of David' and this prototype design served as the basis for the finished poster art which tightened up the detail and carried the revised title lettering. Very close to the finished artwork.

The black border running along the bottom of the art was intended as an area to carry movie credits type.

This one was the first purchase I made of a movie poster original painting.  Not the type of movie (a weepie) that I would willingly go and see, but I liked the way Tom Chantrell composed and painted this one.  It is the finished artwork, measuring a large 21" x 28" and dates from 1969.  Really nice likenesses of its main stars.

Another factor that made me pull the trigger on buying this art . . . it was offered at a giveaway price.

In addition to the movie poster stuff, I've been having Bruce McCorkindale recreate a number of my favourite silver age Marvel covers.  Bruce is a professional inker and whenever he's working on these commissions (working from printed covers as a guide), he tries to replicate how the artist's inking would likely have appeared if the originals still existed (the delicate line-work having been thickened during the printing process).

Here's a commission I had Bruce do for me, transposing the story splash with the original cover design (I always preferred the splash page image over that of the published cover).

Nice re-do (by Bruce) of my all-time-favourite X-Men cover . . .