Poster for the movie, DEVIL IN THE FLESH (1948), directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Micheline Prelle and Gerard Philipe. Poster art by Hap Hadley.
Very clever of artist Hap Hadley to have reversed the positions of the two leads from the photo reference. I mean, I don’t have any inside knowledge of Hadley’s process, but I’m guessing that he worked from the same photo that appeared on the Japanese poster a few years later.
On the other hand, maybe the clever one was actually the designer of the poster, if there was someone who held that position apart from the illustrator. Or maybe it was a group decision. Whatever! It was the right thing to do.
Feb 2, 2026 23:25
