And Phil, having seen that Robin Hood British 1 sheet, I imagine you'd
be willing to risk swallowing one with the feather in it.
On the domestic UK 1 sheet question:
The Third Man British 1 sht that David posted a pic of has the London
Films logo along with along with a "British Board of Film Censors A
certificate" logo.
There is also a 1 sht, pretty much identical, but missing London Films
logo, and certification and marked Lion International, (not to be
confused with the blue basic printed Lion version, most likely re-
release or worse).
The blue RR version appears on LAMP as original, here's the genuine
International off Bruce's archive, (going back a bit though, not the
best of pics).
http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/poster/3619.html
You won't be able to see Lion International bit, but it corresponds
with the blue RR (?) seen here in a better quality pic courtesy of
Heritage.
http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=693&Lot_No=64326#Photo
It was my understanding that the London Films is indeed a domestic 1
sht, seemingly backed up by the existence of the Lion International
version.
(Though, rather confusingly, I've just noticed the quad David posted
appears to have the Lion logo on it.)
From this collector's pedantic perspective, regardless of this, and
if relative designs weren't an issue, I'd always put a bit of a
premium on a quad over a Brit 1 sht.
View it as THE British format.
Cheers,
Rich
On 23 Apr 2009, at 19:31, Phil Edwards wrote:
If this really is a 1938 British poster, I think I would eat my
hat....
http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/posters/db/poster.asp?pid=6497
Nothing about the art, design or fonts says "British". I am more
than happy to be corrected by someone who really knows for sure, and
I would love to see a large image of the whole bottom of the poster
edge to edge showing the WB logo at LH side and all the fine credits
print on the right.
Ed, a question. Who provided this info on British posters and their
history?
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: ed
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] British posters: An added wrinkle; English one-
sheets
Hi Bruce,
While our research basically very similar with your version of the
quad (here’s our article on the British Quad), the research that I
have done on British one sheets does NOT quite coincide with yours.
The post-WWII distribution seems to be similar which is the area
that you are concerned with, (so this has no affect on your sale
material) but I wanted to utilize this opportunity to bring up the
difference in the origination. Here is our article on the British
one sheet and the 2 scenarios that we feel would match what we have
found – British one sheets . I realize that this is not the accepted
poster history that I had always heard, but I welcome any
verification or verifiable variances that this is not the case.
I would also enjoy discussing any constructive variations of this.
Thanks,
ed
e...@learnaboutmovieposters.com
From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of
Bruce Hershenson
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:27 AM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: [MOPO] British posters: An added wrinkle; English one-sheets
There is something important I want to add to the ongoing discussion
of British posters.
This is the "English one-sheets" that measure 27 x 40 and are often
seen on English movies of the 1960s and 1970s, and less often seen
on earlier movies.
My knowledge of these leads me to conclude that these are actually
"export" posters, created for use in non-England English speaking
countries, mostlyCanada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Why do I say this?
1) Many English pressbooks I have seen show a Quad, 6-sheet, door
panel, etc, but no one-sheet
2) I have purchased collections from England from closed cinemas,
and they seem to almost always have Quads, but no one-sheets
3) I have been consigned many hundreds of English one-sheets over
the years, and almost all of them come to me from Canada, Australia,
and New Zealand, and NOT from the U.K.
I know that until sometime right before World War II, England made a
poster called a "Quad Crown" which looked just like a U.S. one-
sheet, but measured 30" x 40". I think it is quite likely that when
the Quad Crowns were dropped and the horizontal quad was first made,
that theaters in Canada,Australia, and New Zealand did not like the
new horizontal posters (since they used vertical one-sheets) and
that England then started making English one-sheets for those markets.
Can anyone here confirm whether the above is correct, or if any of
it is wrong? Does anyone have any information to add?
Bruce
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