Sweet Charity movie posters
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US Style B poster (39″×59″), with credits in News Gothic Extra Condensed or similar.
From Wikipedia:
Sweet Charity is a 1969 American musical comedy-drama film, directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. It was adapted by Peter Stone from the 1966 stage musical—also directed and choreographed by Fosse— in turn based on the 1957 film Nights of Cabiria.
It stars Shirley MacLaine in the title role, a taxi dancer at a Times Square dance hall. The cast also features John McMartin, Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Stubby Kaye, Ricardo Montalbán, and Sammy Davis Jr.
In terms of typography, the movie posters follow the lead of the musical, see for example the album cover from 1966, and prominently feature a slanted Caruso Roxy.
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The primary text on this Belgian poster (14″×21.5″) doesn’t make direct use of Roxy. It’s rather lettering based on Victor Caruso’s typeface. The small print in blue uses Univers Condensed.
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