Is the fake King Kong with Fay Wray in the tree a 1956 Re Release lobby card ? I bought one last year and I'm not sure if these fakes were being peddled then or is this more recent ?? ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> on behalf of Smith, Grey - 1367 <gre...@ha.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 3:10 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: [MOPO] Collector's Beware
To all movie poster collectors, It has come to my attention that there is a group of apparent horror poster fakes being peddled on the market now. They are usually all “autographed” by the stars. These are all rather obvious fraudulent autographs. The list of titles include the following: Frankenstein Insert Dracula Insert Dracula Half Sheet Wolf Man insert Wolf Man half sheet Phantom of the Opera 1925 Insert Wizard of Oz half sheet Wizard of Oz Title Card, Balloon Card and Palace Guards scene. King Kong Lobby with Wray in tree, Kong and Log and Dead Card with Brontosaurus, Empire State card Bride of Frankenstein half sheet style B Bride of Frankenstein Title lobby and Lobby with Clive, Lancaster, Karloff and Thesiger. Frankenstein Title Card and scene card (cliff) House of Dracula Title Card and four scene cards Raven Lobby Card with erroneous image from 1940s release card inserted. London After Midnight Lobbies (3) one with Chaney as Vampire Mummy’s Tomb lobby card The cards seem to all be rubber stamped with some sort of period bogus stamp and are on the wrong paper though skillfully done. So far this is all I am aware of but believe all of these are poor reproductions with colors significantly misrepresented. I believe this may be just a partial list. Grey Smith ________________________________ 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.
