Countess Dracula Hammer Flyer 1970

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An original colour photo (7 1/4"x 9 1/2") for Chantrell's pre-production artwork for this Hammer film. There are some old adhesive stains & writing to the reverse of the photo. Actually Chantrell produced 2 artwork prototypes for the film but the distributors, Rank, used the Vic Fair artwork shown below (courtesy of www.moviepostermem.com).

NB. Up until the end of 1969 Hammer relied heavily on US finance & the distribution conglomerate Warner-Pathe but when Warner-Pathe split at the end of 1969, Hammer increasingly had to rely on UK distributors such as Rank & EMI & as both had existing arrangements with ad agencies (to some extent) Hammer lost control over the commissioning of final poster designs. Hence Chantrell continued to produce roughs & prototypes for Hammer after 1970 but his work did not always translate to the finished printed poster.