Kansas City Bomber (i)

Kansas City Bomber (I)
Inventory
Collection Number: 
17243
Building: 
Current Location: 
Missouri Valley Room
Floor: 
5th
Object Description
Artist: 
Object Type: 
Details: 
This is a poster advertising the 1972 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film "Kansas City Bomber" starring Raquel Welch.
Framed: 
Yes
 - Glass
Length: 
11 1/4 inches
Width: 
3/4 inch
Height: 
17 inches
Description: 

This poster features a larger-than-life Raquel Welch in her role as K.C. Carr in the 1972 film "Kansas City Bomber". This film was a drama about the merciless social dynamics behind the scenes in the sport of Roller Derby. Raquel Welch, or K.C. Carr, plays a single mother and derby star who leaves her team in Kansas City to play for the Portland Loggers in Oregon. Work, romance, and deceit plague her experience with her new team until K.C. Carr realizes her fierce independence is the key to her success on and off the track. Along with real-life Roller Derby players, Welch performed many of the action scenes in the movie, practicing long hours during filming and suffering real injuries throughout. The poster features her seated and suited up with a fierce expression on her face. Next to her is a series of film stills that capture her speeding past another player and elbowing her in the face in the process. The ferociousness of the last shot explicates the headline at the top insinuating K.C. as "The Hottest Thing on Wheels". Credits to other actors and production members of the movie are printed in the bottom left-hand corner beneath Welch.

Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape: 
Yes
Make slides or videotapes for educational use: 
Yes
Permit the general public to photograph the work : 
Yes