Thanks for info but I wonder why they weren’t purging old posters? Yep, I know they re-released movies once or twice 5-10 years later but they usually printed new posters. So they presumably had stacks of ancient posters that were never going to be used...
> On Feb 18, 2018, at 4:31 PM, Todd <toddfeier...@msn.com> wrote: > > Not a nerdy question at all. > > I can't speak for all of the NSS Exchanges but when I had my connection with > NSS in the mid to late 1970 and early 1980's, my connection was still able to > get posters going back to the 1930's. > > No Casablanca's or Frankenstein's or other possibe Classic titles, but > definitely posters going all the way back to the 1930's. > > Todd > > > From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of MoviePoster > Collectors <moviepostercollect...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 4:17 PM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Nerdiest question ever.... > > Just to clarify, I know they were all printed at the exchanges and then > distributed.... > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 4:12 PM, MoviePoster > Collectors<moviepostercollect...@gmail.com > <mailto:moviepostercollect...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Not sure why this percolated into my brain, but did the NSS Exchanges > systematically purge old posters (i.e.10+ years old) so that by the time they > shut down in the mid-80s they just didn't have older posters that were not - > or could not - have been rescued? > > I heard an interview explaining that a Canadian exchange one day just tossed > out its older posters. I also read that somebody visited the Atlanta (or > Miami) exchange and it didn't have any older posters when it shut down. > > If the surviving 1945-75 posters didn't originate one way or another from the > exchanges, where the he[ck] did they come from? > > -- > Mel S. Hutson > Charlotte, NC USA > www.moviepostercollectors.guide <http://www.moviepostercollectors.guide/>: > Movie Poster Collecting Reference and Showcase > > > > -- > Mel S. Hutson > Charlotte, NC USA > www.moviepostercollectors.guide <http://www.moviepostercollectors.guide/>: > Movie Poster Collecting Reference and Showcase > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > <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.
