Louisiana Movie Poster Museum
Welcome to the the Louisiana Movie Poster Virtual Museum. Since 1895 more than 3,000 movies have been made in or about Louisiana. These posters advertised a few of them. We have hundreds to add, so check back with us as we grow.
Ed and Susan Poole, renowned movie poster experts and authorities on Louisiana film history, curated this initial exhibit. It is based on the Backdrop Louisiana! exhibit that premiered in Slidell, Louisiana in January, 2020 and we’re looking forward to a post-pandemic tour. A smidgen of their knowledge can be found at Learn About Movie Posters, known worldwide as LAMP. Visit Hollywood on the Bayou for a deeper dive into Louisiana film history.
This museum is funded in part by grants from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation and the New Orleans Entertainment Coalition.
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Let's Do It Again
The 1970’s saw an increase in Blaxploitation and Black cast films, with many of them crossing racial lines and becoming critical and financial successes across all audiences. New Orleans served as the backdrop for one of those Black cast favorites.
The same two dudes from Uptown Saturday Night ... but this time they're back with Kid Dyn-o-mite!
That was the advertising tagline coined for the 1975 action crime comedy Let’s Do It Again. The film was the second successful pairing of Academy Award winning actor Sidney Poitier and comedy legend Bill Cosby and an excellent supporting Black cast. Although many considered it a sequel to Uptown Saturday Night, the characters in the two films are different.
Jimmy Walker, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Ossie Davis and Denise Nicholas also starred in the film. At the time, Walker was one of the hottest actors on television, starring as J. J., Kid Dyn-o-mite, on the popular series Good Times. John Amos also starred on that show. Billy Eckstine, who plays “Zack,” was a well-known swing music singer and band leader from the 1930s until his death in 1993. In 1999, he was posthumously honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame award for his contributions to the recording industry. Let’s Do It Again was directed by Sidney Poitier.
The film follows the efforts of milkman Clyde Williams (Poitier) and forklift operator Billy Foster (Cosby) who are turned down by the city of Atlanta, Georgia for their request to delay a demolition of the lodge building of the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. To raise building funds to help save their lodge, they go to New Orleans, where they turn a puny prize fighter (Walker) into a superman, and place large bets with rival hoodlums. When the fighter, under hypnosis, wins the middleweight championship, the hoods realize they've been ripped off and the chase is on.
Let’s do it Again began principal photography in New Orleans, LA, on May 3,1975. New Orleans filming locations included the French Quarter and the river steamboat, Cotton Blossom.
Poster: Spanish One Sheet