FOUR FEATHERS 1939 John Clements Ralph Richardson TOM CHANTRELL UK QUAD POSTER

Original 1990s Re-Release British 30 inch x 40 inch Quad Poster for the 1939 Zoltan Korda Adventure THE FOUR FEATHERS, based on the novel by A.E.W. Mason and starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes, Jack Allen, Donald Gray, Frederick Culley, Clive Baxter, Robert Rendel, Archibald Batty, Derek Elphinstone, Hal Walters, Norman Pierce, Henry Oscar, John Laurie, Alexander Knox, Jack Lambert, Hay Petrie and Leslie Phillips.
The film was produced by Alexander Korda; Music by Miklós Rózsa; Cinematography by Georges Périnal; Editing by Henry Cornelius and Production Design by Vincent Korda.

A timid British Army officer has quit and burns his last day summons to a war in Egypt. Calling him a coward, his girl friend and 3 officer friends give him a white feather. In redemption, he shadows his friends in war to save their lives.

Poster art by Tom William Chantrell (1916 - 2001). One of two giants of British film poster art from the 1950s to mid-1980s the other being the prolific Eric Pulford. Chantrell was born in Ardwick, Manchester, the last of nine children born to James and Emily. After a brief stint at Manchester Art College he secured a job at a local advertising agency, Rydales. In 1933 he moved to London and eventually began work with Bateman Artists who at some time in the 1930s acquired accounts with Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox. After his wartime spell with the Royal Engineers he returned to Batemans who in 1950 were bought out by one of their major clients Allardyce Palmer Ltd., eventually moving to Screen House in Wardour Street. Most of Chantrell’s work at this time was for Warners and Fox. In 1972 he went freelance working with many other smaller and independent film companies until his retirement in 1985 having produced a vast array of film posters and campaigns.

The poster is in very good unfolded (rolled) condition.