Personally I'd leave it there. Much like the screening details at the top of a window card it's part of the history.
Sent from my iPhone On 24 Apr 2012, at 17:49, Jeff Potokar <jpotok...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > Interesting idea. > > But if this rumor/legend was true, why would the EAST OF EDEN title have been > left uncovered on the posters, with only the part which speaks of Dean in the > present tense, be printed over? > > The title is still right there to remind anyone who saw it, about EDEN. > > It seems that they covered over the part of the sentence that presents Dean > in the present, which, of course, was no longer the case, by this point in > time. > > > > > On Apr 24, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Kirby McDaniel wrote: > > However, I have heard from several sources this legend. It goes like this: > EAST OF EDEN was a really racy picture > in it's day, and was rejected by a lot of southern theaters. > The overprinting or obscuring was an attempt to take EAST OF EDEN out of the > minds of the public. > > 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.