TROTTIE TRUE 1949 Jean Kent, James Donald, Bill Owen ERIC PULFORD TRADE ADVERT

Original British 17 inch x 11 inch Trade Advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1949 Brian Desmond Hurst Comedy TROTTIE TRUE starring Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair, Bill Owen, Andrew Crawford, Lana Morris, Michael Medwin, Daphne Anderson, Carole Lesley, Dilys Laye, Campbell Cotts, Anthony Steel, Christopher Lee, Harcourt Williams, Hattie Jacques, Lyndon Brook, Irene Browne, Patrick Cargill, Ian Carmichael, Darcy Conyers, Francis De Wolff, May Hallatt, Arthur Hambling, Sam Kydd, Andreas Malandrinos, Roger Moore and Philip Stainton .

Sentimental, entertaining and camp Edwardian comedy about sexy showgirl Kent who is courted by lord Donald. Kent oozes charisma and Donald is a fine foil in this handsome British production in Technicolor.

Advert art by Eric Pulford (1915 - 2005). Having taken life classes at Leeds College of Art for 5 years Pulford was apprenticed as a commercial artist in 1931 to Gilchrist Bros a process house of 24 staff. Leslie Whitchurch, a partner in a Leicester based agency and also a part-time publicity manager for Rank, became aware of Pulford’s work and asked him to do some freelance work for him. Then in 1943 Rank invited Pulford to start a publicity department for them in London resulting in posters for “Henry V”, “Odd Man Out” and “Oliver Twist”. When the head of Downtons advertising agency, Charles Collins, died, Pulford was asked to take over. He became chairman and managing director but still spent most of his time designing posters. He retired in 1986. Pulford is responsible, either through his own artwork or design, for several hundred posters, some for classic films such as the ones already mentioned plus “Edge of the World”, “The Importance of Being Earnest”, “Genevieve”, “Reach for the Sky” and “A Night to Remember”. He is, without doubt, the most important force in British film poster design from the mid-1940s to the early 1980s.

The Advertisement is in very good condition with one vertical centre fold with one inch separation at the top.