It's really good of them to reply so quickly. However, I should point out that the 1st image you attached is not a quad, but (most of) a first release US Half Sheet style B. The 2nd image is a really nice one of the original quad though. Paul _www.movieposterstudio.com_ (http://www.movieposterstudio.com) In a message dated 23/06/2015 10:58:51 GMT Daylight Time, da...@bidll.com writes:
Just wanted to offer this follow-up. As you know I had written to Mr Peter Snell owner of CEO of British Lion Film in the hope he might be able to help with the puzzle of the poster. Although he did not respond directly to me he did kindly pass on my email to Studio Canal to respond. For those who do not know, Studio Canal actually have just restored The Third Man and it has (just) been released as well as available to purchase from all the usual online re-sellers; watch the (restored) trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yyDEDGlr0. Mr. Massimo Moretti who is the UK Library Commercial Development Manager for StudioCanal answered as follows [some edits]: "... Our company controls the rights to most of the historical British Lion catalogue. It is a library with a fascinating history, but this is history is also quite complicated. Please accept my apologies for the generalizations, but, in essence: Studiocanal acquired the catalogue as part of the purchase of the Lumiere Films catalogue in 1994-6. Originally the British Lion assets were acquired by EMI Films around 1973. What makes it complicated is that British Lion acted both as a financier and as a straightforward distributor and the rights situations are sometimes complex. However, around 1949, British Lion was owned by Sir Alexander Korda who used the studio facilities at Shepperton and the distribution arm for his films produced under ‘London Films’. This is where The Third Man comes into place. At the time The Selznick Organization acquired North American distribution rights (the title was spelled The 3rd Man and the poster is very different), while British Lion distributed internationally." I also asked if it might be possible if he would know the international re-release history for the film, to which he replied: "I am afraid our records on the International distribution arm are pretty much non-existent, we end up relying on the BFI library and imdb.com (which is far from reliable sometimes). It does not help that when producing artwork British Lion often relied on National Screen Services and they have also long gone." He also kindly (as I did ask), a couple of lo-res images of the quads...thought you might like to see them...I'm assuming the US (Selznick) one would have been part of the USA 1956/57 re-releases (BTW - the US poster sucks ass). ;) Here are the confirmations of those USA reissues http://www.archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai78unse#page/n383/mode/2up _http://www.archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai80unse#page/n347/mode/2up/sea rch/%22third+man%22+AND+%22reissue%22_ (http://www.archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai80unse#page/n347/mode/2up/search/"third+man"+AND+"reissue";) That is all I have thus far, as you know I had written to someone I know at BFI but as yet I have not heard back. Either way, I think the poster on _BIDLL is a special and rare one_ (http://bidll.com/Listing/Details/420722) - good luck if you are bidding. regards, David Rew [mob] 0402 925 158 bidll.com for serious collectors (https://www.facebook.com/bidll) (https://twitter.com/bidll) (http://www.pinterest.com/bidll/bidll-for-the-collector/) (http://www.bidll.com/) ____________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 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.
