Thanks, Richard.
As I recall, not all distributors had their ad/pub material done through NSS UK.
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Evans
To: Phil Edwards
Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Question on Bruce's auction
According to BFI:
National Screen Service Ltd.
List of alternative names
a.. N.S.S.
b.. NSS
c.. National Screen
d.. National Screen Services
Started trading
1930 (Great Britain)
Ended trading
24/12/2008
Nationalities
a.. British
Activities
a.. Production (184)
b.. Titles (70)
c.. Special Effects (8)
d.. Photography (1)
Notes Also opticals, titles, etc The American parent company was founded
1919; the British off-shoot started early 1930s.
On 6 Dec 2010, at 03:07, Phil Edwards wrote:
For a period during this time, NSS had a set up in UK, hence the NSS info.
Perhaps Richard Evans can avail us of his research skills and let us know when
the NSS UK operation was in existence.
These 8x10 colour and black and white sets, which are different to press
stills in that they have proper contractual credits on them and in ten majority
of cases were lithos and not photographic reproduction due to the mass
production nature of their required use, and in some more rare instances had an
"artistic" title treatment were always called Front of House Stills, or Front
of House Colour Sets, abbreviated to FoH stills/sets.
While technically the majority of them were not stills in the photographic
sense, they were called stills, presumably because before they were printed as
lithos, they existed as a photographic still.
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:07 PM
Subject: [MOPO] Question on Bruce's auction
Hi to you all
Bruce has some interesting items listed in his current auction that he
refers to as "stills" and he notes:
Note that although these stills were "printed in Great Britain", they
have full NSS information. Perhaps they were intended to be used in both
countries (we have heard from collectors who saw these color stills in U.S.
theaters at the time the movies were released, but we have not heard from any
English collectors as to whether they were used in England at that time). If
any English collector knows if these were or were not used in English theaters
when the movies were released, please e-mail us and we will post it here.
I have seen similar "stills" for A Clockwork Orange and various other
titles. I wouldnt really call them stills as they are basically like smaller
lobby cards on lobby card stock but that is just my opinion. Does anyone have
any more information on these stills and answers to Bruce's questions.
Regards
John
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