Reminded of the deleted gas chamber in Double Indemnity. Again, it's a lobby that's the best paper on that title for me, the "honey of anklet" card.
Think the only thing that could compete with the swimming pool card for Sunset Boulevard is if there'd been a monkey funeral card. On 15 Mar 2012, at 20:55, Neil Jaworski wrote: > .....and it could have been a disaster. Sunset Boulevard originally opened > with William Holden's corpse being wheeled through a hospital as he narrates > how he got there: with a mortuary tag on his big toe. Preview audiences saw > this and HOWLED with laughter. The tone was all wrong. The footage was > removed and the rest is the movie history. > > From: Richard C Evans <evan...@mac.com> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012, 20:46 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! > > Genius beginning to a movie, probably my all time favourite lobby card, and > for me best piece for that title. > > On 15 Mar 2012, at 19:17, Neil Jaworski wrote: > >> Great film, great card, great scene. And not only one of the iconic scenes >> in movie history, but one of the most ingenious (via filming a mirror that >> exactly fit the dimensions of the pool floor). I'd love more of that kind >> of American know-how in films these days, rather than yawny-boring CGI. N >> >> From: peter contarino <pcontar...@triad.rr.com> >> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012, 18:59 >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! >> >> Great Film. Great card. Great price! >> >> From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of >> Posteropolis >> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:52 PM >> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> Subject: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! >> >> From one of the greatest films ever made, this lobby shows one of the best >> (and strangest) opening scenes in a movie EVER: >> >> A few of the LAPD's Finest fish Joe Gillis' (Bill Holden's) body out of >> Norma Desmond's (Gloria Swanson's) swimming pool. >> >> The only thing that could have beat it, in my mind, would be if they had >> printed a card showing the creepy monkey's funeral. But they didn't. >> >> Have a look: >> http://posteropolis.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=46_51&products_id=2811 >> >> $8 shipping to the US and Canada, insurance included. >> >> Thanks! >> Dave >> Posteropolis Vintage Movie Posters >> http://www.posteropolis.com/ >> >> Visit my Facebook page: >> http://www.facebook.com/posteropolis >> 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. >> > > > 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.
