Hey Tom, We've been around this hobby for a long time. All the names you brought up have such great long time memories for me. Long before MoPo and the internet, all who you mention and the likes of Todd Feiertag, Ron Borst, Eric Caiden, Eben Rogers, Crowell and Lorraine Beech, Doug Hart with Backlot posters, Rudy and Barbara, Jose Carpio with Cinemonde, and so many others that have woven the fabric of this hobby. I dearly miss the ones that have left us. I miss going to the shows and catching up with everyone. The internet has changed all that. I still have the fondest memories of waiting outside Larry Edmunds Bookstore in Hollywood early on a Saturday morning in 1973 waiting for them to open the doors and to get in with my list. I would sit for hours on the floor going through boxes. Did the same thing at Morrie's shop on Hollywood Blvd. Boy, those days were fun..........anyway, it's always so sad to hear of someone passing but, for me, it cuts a bit deeper when it's someone that I've shared this hobby with.
Best to all, Sue Heim ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Tom Martin <dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 6:50 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] The world's foremost movie poster collector, Richard Carson Allen, passed away on September 19th So many cool people in the Movie memorabilia biz..I still have a 1st edition of the book and its hefty..and when i think of all the great movie books there were so many..James Parrish was a reg customer and wrote some great ones..Herb Bridges, Lou Valentino, all these folks were who showed me the movies...and i still remember the day when Morris stopped by my shop and bought some stills itwas a summer day i was in back cleaning 16mm films with film cleaner so i was outside..as the fumes were strng..andi rember one still was Mae West original 11x14...It was such a honor when peole i met on MOPO would stop by andbuy stuff Like Adrian Cowdry from UK ,,and guys on way to Cinevent from Canada..like Zeev Drach.....I still remember how it was just fun meeting and talking poster art,,,,,I spoke to many of you by email and phone..... a guy just sent me a old school letter who did 3d sterovision...I told Alan Adler to call him as he has a warehouse of 3d films and gear..... it tuns out that man is paralized from waist down so he cannot move his stuff,,and i thought i had issues....somany of us live and at ages 60-70 -8o--90 learn we are not invincible....so we must learn to see our stuff get in the hands of the new breed of youth archivists.. Love to see your posts friends,,Sue Heim and all my dealer Buddy's..Bruce and others,,Ill be 63 this next year..and wow time flies by so fast.. I feel we will be moving into a positive cycle with the new elections over,glad to see the new woman inpoliticsand changes oftheold gaurd...the Kids se whats going on andunderstand we needto consider everyone... we are made up of everyone..all genders,races andculturse..thats reflected in Motion pictures,,,andFilm can help change ideas and social event thru art and history...I see postive things..but sure we willhave somerough spts likeall life has ..but we will Learn from adversity....as long as we do our best to help everyone... Thank you all for the encourgement andhelp I have been given over the years even my adversaries hve taught me all kinds of things that perhaps i can help others with...Nice to see posts from Rudy Franchi and Toochis, and Kirby Mcdaniel.....I just made a pot of Mcdaniel Coffee.. Jim Episale...and everyone Rich Haluga and all others keep mopo going as its been a great venue to learn from and meet Friends.. be sure to see learn about movie posters from Ed and Sue Poole have a great post election week.. Oh,,,and i have been selling off many things s ifyou need posters, hats, books,projectrs andall kinds of goofypop culture,,I am thego to guy and have oodles of stuuff from beforei was evenborn,,,and been doingthis since1977....soi even amaze myself what i saved over 40 years and discover treasures everyda whileonheyeallw brick road of memorabilia....its still Fun....and i feel so lucky i can even do anything,,,,LOL:) and take care people... ps...a few years-25??? back i bought a film collection in Michigan,,,at the house of a lady wh had the former stable of General George Custer..well wheni had to pee i went in the bathroom that still had his copper bathtub from the 1800's and i said wow i just took a pee in the same place Gen Custer did in the 1800s!! talk abouta kodak moment!!!! guess you had to be there... LOL :) kindest regards, TOM .On 2018-11-07 09:01, Morris Everett Jr. wrote: > For those who knew Richard Allen you had to like this gentleman. He > was "Old School" . Famous for his book, his love of collecting, that > great "Flying Down to Rio" three sheet , his wit, and his slide shows > and speeches at Cinevent in Columbus. I would see him at conventions > and auctions in Toronto, Canada, a city he and Barbara loved to visit. > Every year we lose a few old timers and Richard was at the top of my > list. > Morrie Everett > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:22 AM Susan Heim <filmfantast...@msn.com> > wrote: > >> Mr. Allen was such a kind and generous person. The conversations >> we had were always so enlightening and just so nice. I still have >> my Reel Art book close at hand. Sorry to hear of this.. >> Sue Heim >> ------------------------- >> >> FROM: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Alan >> Heimann <alanheim...@gmail.com> >> SENT: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 3:50:16 AM >> TO: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> SUBJECT: Re: [MOPO] The world's foremost movie poster collector, >> Richard Carson Allen, passed away on September 19th >> >> Coming across his book in the mid 90’s sparked my interest in >> poster collecting ..from what’s been written here he had an >> amazing life >> >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:39 PM Diane Jeffrey >> <dianejeff...@roadrunner.com> wrote: >> >> I echo everything that has been said here about Richard C. Allen, >> 100 times over. >> >> While we had the business of posters in common, my relationship with >> “Mr. Allen” (I always called him that) was so much more. We >> would spend hours on the phone talking about anything and >> everything, life, family, politics, Montclair, NJ ( I am a Jersey >> girl), stories of when he was in the service, healthy living ( I am >> still sleeping on the magnetic mattress, he knew would be good for >> me). He had such an impact on my life that I will always be >> grateful for. Through the years, we always talked through the >> changes in our lives, and I will miss that. >> >> Rest easy my friend, Mr. Allen, you made this world a special place >> for me. >> >> Diane >> >> Studio C >> >> FROM: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> ON BEHALF OF >> Posteritati >> SENT: Monday, October 1, 2018 2:05 PM >> TO: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> SUBJECT: Re: [MOPO] The world's foremost movie poster collector, >> Richard Carson Allen, passed away on September 19th >> >> Ditto that sentiment Kirby. Richard was as lovely a person as you >> are ever likely to encounter. His passion & enthusiasm for movie >> posters & their history was inspiring & a pleasure to be around. I >> always felt very privileged to have the opportunity to talk to him >> or listed to him discuss our shared passion. >> >> I am deeply sorry to hear of his passing. He will most certainly be >> missed by everyone in the movie poster word. >> >> Bruce, please send Barbara & his family my condolences. >> >> Regards, >> >> Sam sarowitz >> >> POSTERITATI.COM [1] >> 239 Centre St FL 4 | New York, NY 10013 [2] | 212.226.2207 >> Instagram [3] | Twitter [4] | Facebook [5] | Pinterest [6] >> >> On Oct 1, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hello, All: >> >> First of all, thank you, Bruce, for reporting this. >> >> I am greatly saddened to hear of Richard Allen’s death. He was a >> wonderful man, and he was so kind to me in the beginning days of my >> career selling film posters. He was encouraging. He genuinely >> loved film posters, and your assessment of his influence on the >> hobby is spot-on. The book he created with Stephen Rebello is a >> wonderful book, and I’m sure that it helped to spawn the many >> books that now exist on the subject, some of which are quite fine, >> but none better than REEL ART. >> >> You are quite right about his personality, which was warm, friendly, >> inviting, curious, genial, patient. >> >> I was lucky to have known him. My dad died when he was 97 also, and >> I can tell you that that in itself is an accomplishment. >> >> Rest In Peace, Richard. >> >> Kind Regards to all on this list, and to you, Bruce, >> >> Kirby McDaniel >> >> MovieArt Austin >> >> On Oct 1, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Bruce Hershenson >> <brucehershen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It is with much sadness that I report that the world's foremost >> movie poster collector, Richard Carson Allen, passed away on >> September 19th. He was 97 years old, and he lived a remarkably full >> life, both personally and professionally. You can read much about >> him here: >> > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=HTTPS%3A%2F%2FOBITUARIES.PRESSHERALD.COM%2FOBITUARIES%2FMAINETODAY-PRESSHERALD%2FOBITUARY.ASPX%3FN%3DRICHARD-CARSON-ALLEN%26PID%3D190354169&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=DEM7Vr3Ng8rOGICl9gOVKNwheaa%2BhNhOI9OIaOZKCYU%3D&reserved=0 >> [7] >> >> I first learned of Richard Allen in 1988 when I saw the massive >> coffee table book he had just co-authored with Stephen Rebello, REEL >> ART. GREAT POSTERS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE SILVER SCREEN. In the >> mid-1980s I resumed collecting movie posters (after having stopped >> for a decade), and it was this amazing book that propelled my >> collecting into a much higher gear (and I have heard the same from >> many, many, other collectors over the years since). >> >> After buying the book, I very much wanted to meet Mr. Allen in >> person, and I did so the following year (legendary movie poster >> dealer Jose Ma Carpio set it up). Upon meeting Richard (as he >> insisted I call him!), I was at once struck by how humble he was, in >> spite of his many business accomplishments. And I also met his >> wonderful (and very supportive) wife, Barbara, whom he had married >> in 1943, and who was by his side when he passed away, after a 75 >> year marriage and three children. >> >> Over the next few years we had many business dealings, with my >> first auctioning much of his remarkable collection, and later we >> co-authored a large number of movie poster books, and later still we >> formed a partnership in leasing images of classic movie posters (the >> Hershenson/Allen Archive), and through it all, we never had a single >> disagreement. >> >> I have accomplished much during my career in the movie poster >> hobby, and whenever people ask me how I did it, I remember the words >> of Isaac Newton, who said, "If I have seen further it is by standing >> on the shoulders of giants", and I say that in my case, "If I have >> done more in this hobby than others, it is by standing on the >> shoulders of Richard Allen"! >> >> Incidentally, Richard did not come first come into the movie poster >> hobby around the time of Reel Art. Growing up in Montclair New >> Jersey, he would attend great 1930s movies, and sometimes he asked >> the theater for a poster from a particular favorite, and he still >> had those when I visited him for the first time in 1989! When >> dealers first appeared on the collecting scene in the 1960s and >> 1970s, Richard was one of their best customers, searching out the >> finest posters from the finest movies. This is why Reel Art >> contained the most amazing assemblage of movie posters ever seen, >> because the collection had been formed over many decades. >> >> It is impossible to overstate how influential Richard's book, Reel >> Art, has been on the movie collecting hobby. It was the first to >> treat them as an art form rather than a collectible, and it is no >> coincidence that less than two years after the publication of this >> book the world's foremost auction houses were regularly holding >> major movie poster auctions, and that this little hobby grew from a >> few hundred people to many thousands. And for decades after its >> publication, Richard remained a "good will ambassador" for the >> hobby, traveling all over the country, telling everyone he could >> about this wonderful hobby. >> >> So thank you very, very much Richard, for all you did for the movie >> poster collecting hobby. You absolutely were the world's number one >> movie poster collector, and every collector the world over owes you >> a great debt of gratitude for all you did for our hobby! >> >> ------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=zRy%2FgZXTVRUEfYYc38VtUaElm%2FJUJxCv0pVxrIflH5E%3D&reserved=0 >> [8] >> >> ------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=zRy%2FgZXTVRUEfYYc38VtUaElm%2FJUJxCv0pVxrIflH5E%3D&reserved=0 >> [8] > > ------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=zRy%2FgZXTVRUEfYYc38VtUaElm%2FJUJxCv0pVxrIflH5E%3D&reserved=0 > [8] > > ------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=zRy%2FgZXTVRUEfYYc38VtUaElm%2FJUJxCv0pVxrIflH5E%3D&reserved=0 > [8] > > ------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=zRy%2FgZXTVRUEfYYc38VtUaElm%2FJUJxCv0pVxrIflH5E%3D&reserved=0 > [8] > > ------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=zRy%2FgZXTVRUEfYYc38VtUaElm%2FJUJxCv0pVxrIflH5E%3D&reserved=0 > [9] > > ------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=zRy%2FgZXTVRUEfYYc38VtUaElm%2FJUJxCv0pVxrIflH5E%3D&reserved=0 > [10] > > Links: > ------ > [1] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fposteritati.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=gf%2FBruxbbOC0fe04f8A9ToaVcPGAiGgpr4pw4w4N9tk%3D&reserved=0 > [2] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2F%3Fq%3D239%2BCentre%2BSt%2BFL%2B4%2B%257C%2BNew%2BYork%2C%2BNY%2B10013%26entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=pTbrChv4lID0Xu3aHrfclkBxSkg28vSNFXJNNpj2tAQ%3D&reserved=0 > [3] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fposteritati&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=Z3ozEEuvzfBg0FN31FTHcib1JEwWuGer3qN8xYyF0rA%3D&reserved=0 > [4] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fposteritati&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=PDSl8CkaDQl36LSaESS%2BFxXqhXeCVLCIvTcuDtjnSL0%3D&reserved=0 > [5] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.com%2Fposteritati&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=YiNHrzbWozRKPy07p%2Bn3X73WKtrsMxZQdiIZ9lPwF%2Bo%3D&reserved=0 > [6] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpinterest.com%2Fposteritati&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=a6fHLZ8UVbmrUWiWD7gV%2FzkybL8McKQMkEHjmbyx%2B60%3D&reserved=0 > [7] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fobituaries.pressherald.com%2Fobituaries%2Fmainetoday-pressherald%2Fobituary.aspx%3Fn%3Drichard-carson-allen%26pid%3D190354169&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=SiQRPJOJYHyV2HBYRakBtklJyNQPKpoNq5v%2F7JDV5Fg%3D&reserved=0 > [8] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=zRy%2FgZXTVRUEfYYc38VtUaElm%2FJUJxCv0pVxrIflH5E%3D&reserved=0 > [9] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26amp%3BA%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=qBixLPnCGBHoTtX7B2thqigzPlp5UOrAPgnvP1kYcTQ%3D&reserved=0 > [10] > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=zRy%2FgZXTVRUEfYYc38VtUaElm%2FJUJxCv0pVxrIflH5E%3D&reserved=0 ---- Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.filmfan.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C2769377812fe4deeee3608d644e1e548%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636772134334470808&sdata=prCNy7aH6LyvS6%2FWXGJsKYD45%2Fw9EBOoUAJFoDYVkWs%3D&reserved=0 ___________________________________________________________________ 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.
