Maybe the errors are there in the first place because they let just anyone "get yourself a login and edit away"! Sometimes you get what you pay for. If you have people who know next to nothing about movie posters listing them for auction well of course they will list minty white inserts as real.
Bruce On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:57 PM, <evanzwei...@comcast.net> wrote: > > What do you mean "they"? > > Feel free to get yourself a login and edit away. Don't complain unless you > are willing the help. > > Its the best there is on the internet and like all user supported databases > (including wikipedia), you get what you pay for. > > Feel free to start your own. > > Evan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Hershenson" <brucehershen...@gmail.com> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 2:03:42 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain > Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA: Did you ever see this cool Rope 1958 re-release > one-sheet with Hitchcock pictured? > > imdb is RIDDLED with errors, and they don't care about fixing them. > > Thanks for the info. > > Bruce > > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 1:12 PM, ed < e...@learnaboutmovieposters.com > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Bruce, > > I checked with imdb and they have WB with US rights and MGM with > International rights in 1948, but that has to be wrong. I loaded the > material that we have on hand on this title and we have several countries > that Rope was shown in 1948 and they all have WB as the distributor… I found > NO original release material by MGM, so MGM had to acquire the rights AFTER > the original release. > > > > I also checked the 1962 NSS log that we have and as of 1962, WB had the > rights in the US and there was no sign of a rerelease, so MGM had to have > had the International rights only. We have several countries showing MGM as > the distributor in the 50s up to the Japanese reissue in 1962 and French > rereleases in 1963. > > > > Then I have no other releases on file for this title until the 1983 > rerelease with Universal as the distributor. Universal distributed both US > and International. > > > > I hope this helps, > > ed > > e...@learnaboutmovieposters.com > > > > > > > > > From: MoPo List [mailto: mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU ] On Behalf Of Bruce > Hershenson > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 6:53 AM > > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: [MOPO] FA: Did you ever see this cool Rope 1958 re-release > one-sheet with Hitchcock pictured? > > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: [MOPO] FA: Did you ever see this cool Rope 1958 re-release > one-sheet with Hitchcock pictured? > > > > > > > > One of the coolest Hitchcock one-sheets is NOT first release! Take a look > at > http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1352022 > > > > > > In 1958, MGM acquired the distribution rights for this Alfred Hitchcock > classic from Warner Bros. (I am not certain if it included distribution > rights within the U.S., or only outside the U.S.). They printed a really > cool all new posters and a title card that have a giant image of Alfred > Hitchcock looming above Jimmy Stewart (and they also used the image for the > Argentinean release). The posters were "Litho in U.S.A.", but are undated, > and some dealers have mistakenly sold these posters as original release > international posters, but they are definitely from the 1958 MGM re-release. > In the 1960s, Universal acquired the rights to this movie, and they > re-released it in 1964 and 1965. > > > > > > Bruce > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com___________________________________________________________________ > How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
