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On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Alan Adler <m...@charter.net> wrote: > Anyone have a link to pix of this Alien Glory Book? - Like to see for > myself what the heck it looks like. > > Alan A > > > On Jun 22, 2012, at 6:17 AM, Geraldine Kudaka wrote: > > These are not off-set printed booklets. > > These are made of individual photographs printed by Stanley Bielecki's > photo lab using Bob Penn's negatives. Stanley Bielecki printed them in his > darkroom using Kodak photographic stock paper... they were then bound > using one of the folio spiral bindings you could get at office supplies. If > you look at the Alien text page -- the one with white lettering on a black > box -- you'll see the copyright was added as an after thought with a typed > file folder label. > > It's easy to think the images are on paper, but they're not. > > Stanley Bielecki was also the same photographer who hand printed the > photos that were folio bound into the Star Wars cast and crew wrap gifts -- > the Glory Book. > > Please look up the history of Star Wars Glory books. This item is a > known collectors item and can be found online at other places than > mrsminiver's ebay listing, 390426055170 Lucasfilm and Gus Lopez on > swca.com used to have it up, as well as some movie prop collectors sites, > but I can't find it right now in a 2 minute search. I'm sure you can find > proof of its existence by searching the web. > > As the Star Wars Glory Book is known among collectors -- one MOPO dealer > even contacted us to buy ours after we started posting about our Heritage > problem -- and its provable, limited production is not simply a statement I > am making to increase it's rarity, it is Star Wars history. > > You are talking about the manufactured booklets that were offset printed > for distribution. Not the same beast. The way to tell is to look at the > paper stock and Alien copyright -- was it a file folder label pasted on as > an afterthought? > > Believe me, by the time they get around to sending stuff to theater > distributors, the copyright is not an afterthought. > > If you want the promo theater booklet for Star Wars, we have SEALED, > unopened boxes of the theater folio, which still have intact the embossed > Star Wars logo ribbon. These are SEALED, unopened boxes... > > To get an idea of the off-set Star Wars booklet, you can go here: > > http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=11327001 > > They were originally sent in a white mailer-type of box with a ribbon > closure. The folios, without their boxes, are very common. The folios with > open boxes sometimes come up on ebay. > > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86409487/cam1.JPG > > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86409487/Cam9.JPG > > The sealed, unopened boxes are rarer... How many people receive a box and > don't open it? > > You can also ask Rudy Franchi about Charley's marketing of Star Wars. > > Charley's marketing of Star Wars, especially the advance merchandising and > licensing, changed the way movies are marketed. There were a few films > released before Star Wars with advance merchandising and licensing, such as > Paramount's "The Great Gatsby" and 20th Century's "Doctor Doolittle" but > for box office results -- but it was Star Wars' Kenner line which changed > movie marketing. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com> > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2012 2:10 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Rare ALIEN Glory book -- less than 30 produced > > I have similar ring binder books for Willow and for Chariots of Fire. I > may even have more than one each and I may even have others > > it's obvious that some are just photographic prints, while others look > like they were printed editions > > > At 10:59 AM 6/21/2012, Freeman Fisher wrote: > > Geraldine, > > Your description of this ALIEN booklet is not accurate. These booklets > were sent out to exhibitor owners and execs. Back in the 1970's there > still existed numerous blind bid states. I worked in Texas > > and it was the most extreme example given the sizes of Houston, Dallas, > Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin and the money those markets represented > > Blind bidding was when a theatre chain had to commit to a film, > sometimes a year in advance, with terms outlined (1st two weeks at 70% 2nd > two weeks at 60% etc.) and frequently putting up at times tens of thousands > > if not all together 100's of thousands of dollars on the blockbusters > WITHOUT EVER SEEING A SCRAP OF FILM. So these booklets were sent out prior > to bidding and came in all kinds of formats.....some just a couple of fold > out pages to nice booklets with on set photography. If my memory isn't > completely failing, I recall booklets on STAR WARS, ALIEN, BLADE RUNNER, > APOCALYPSE NOW, WILLOW, OUTLAND, EXCALIBUR and a few others that > > were really impressive. Others like ET (at the time called A BOY'S > LIFE) were just gate folded brochures (no picture of ET for sure that was > such a huge secret). Same with RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, CLASH OF THE > TITANS, etc. etc. > > And then some were just a single printed sheet saying who starred, > produced and directed. (Can you imagine buying a car with a tarp over it > and being given just a description and some art, commit to it, and not > expect delivery > > for 9 to 12 months.......that was blind bidding!) > > > > Anyway to say only 30 were made is preposterous. Just in Texas alone > there had to be at least 25 to 35 theatre chains, each film buyer and > marketing guy receiving a copy. In the theatre chain I worked at, we > usually would receive four to five and we were only in San Antonio. Now > multiply those number by triple (or more) to accommodate the personnel at > circuits like Plitt, AMC, General Cinema, United Artists, Mann, and you > can see the numbers required approach a 1000 in no time. Plus certain > critics at the major National News agencies received copies on occasion. > > > > Also a little common sense is in order. Once a brochure is on the > printing press, or photos being printed and spiral bound, do you honestly > think under 30 would be printed? Because once on the presses it almost as > cheap to print several thousand as it is 20. The $$ are in the set-up. > > > > > > These pieces were not dissimilar to the Studio Release books from the > 1930's that pop up frequently. > > > > > > So while it makes for great Ebay copy to limit their numbers to generate > a false sense of scarcity. This is not the case with these marketing > tools. Whether they have ever been in an auction or not is irrelevant. > > While you can ask whatever price you like, ($5000) as a MOPO buddy I > just hate to see someone look so foolish.. > > > > > > freeman fisher > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 21, 2012, at 7:33 AM, Geraldine Kudaka wrote: > > > > > We've decided to put up our own auctions. Will be announcing posters > later, but thought the avid Alien collector might be interested in this > ebay item. > > > > > > Based on the successful marketing of Star Wars, Charley Lippincott was > hired by Johnny Friedkin / Fox to market Alien. > > > > > > This ebay auction is for a rare photo booklet made for Fox's studio > heads. > > > > > > ebay listing 290731119615 > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > MUSEUM GIFT SHOP: > > http://stores.ebay.com/Museum-Store-Gifts > > > ALAN J. 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