and I'm looking for the Big Sleep MWC, if anybody has one.....
At 11:34 AM 9/10/2016, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote:
Perhaps I should have said, Warner's produced them through 1946. :)
They appear to be the last of them.
https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/thriller/cloak-and-dagger-warner-brothers-1946-midget-window-card-8-x-14-/a/694-28728.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/film-noir/the-verdict-warner-brothers-1946-midget-window-card-8-x-14-/a/667-28863.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515
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To: Smith, Grey - 1367 <gre...@ha.com>; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] A Question on Midget Window Cards
the Big Sleep pressbook shows a MWC - 1946
At 07:56 AM 9/10/2016, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote:
>Helmut
>I'm sorry I can't provide specifics but it appears by our archives that
>production of the midget or mini window card began in full in full
>swing in 1932 and ended in 1944.
>
>In the day there were a couple of very active collectors of this format
>and the cards still remain very scarce for most titles. So scarce a
>number of which we've only sold a single copy. I suggest that they were
>not ordered by the exhibitors frequently, thus haven't survived. This
>could have attributed to their being discontinued by the studios.
>The beauty in my opinion is that they are a gorgeous reproduction of
>the one sheet in a very small format.
>
>I am told they were intended to go in the candy/cigar/cigarette glass
>counter cases.
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 10, 2016, at 6:03 AM, Helmut Hamm <texasmu...@web.de> wrote:
> >
> > For all I know, Midget (or Mini) Window Cards were introduced
> sometime in the 1930s, and have been produced all through the 30s.
> >
> > I have been wondering when this format was abandoned again. Does
> anyone know?
> >
> > Are the titles of 'first' and 'last' Midget WCs known?
> >
> > Just curious,
> >
> > Helmut
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