Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[Dave Rosen]

Great story!

Dave
  - Original Message - 
  From: Ron Moore 
  To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
  Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 10:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?


The One That Got Away…


August 1990-


   Ken Schacter and I were speeding East across Arizona as fast as we 
could. Our 1986 Ford Aerostar van was staying cooler than we were. I was born 
and raised in the heat of Texas and was used to the 100 + degree heat, but Ken 
was a Canadian and not used to the scorching air of the desert. The only songs 
on the radio (when we could get a station) were “golden oldies”. It appeared 
that Arizona hadn’t moved past 1959. 
   “If you can tell me who recorded this song, I’ll give you my Bride 
of Frankenstein insert,” Ken laughed.
   My knowledge of music was vastly inferior to my knowledge of film- 
but our impromptu trivia sessions helped pass the time.


We had already spent a month in New Mexico scouring the state for 
posters. We checked every theatre from Truth or Consequences to Santa Fe. All 
we had to show for our work was a whole lot a nuthin’- zilch, and “Nada”. We 
had started the trip with a bankroll of $6,000 and now our pockets were about 
$3000 lighter. We had a couple of hundred bucks in quarters for the pay-phones 
and even those rolls were running low. We knew if we didn’t find something 
soon, our two month odyssey through the southwest was going to break us. New 
Mexico was a bust so we decided to move on to Arizona.


The theory sounded good- “Let’s go look for posters where there aren’t 
many collectors, no sign of poster exchanges, not many antique shops and remote 
as it gets.” Where else but New Mexico and Arizona? The two states seemed to 
fit the bill. Only problem; it wasn’t exactly a target rich environment. During 
the 1930’s and 1940’s the two states combined only had around 193 theatres.  
Most of those were in a few large cities and the rest had about a hundred miles 
between them.


Our little excursion in the summer of 1990 occurred in the days before 
cell phones, GPS’s and laptop computers. We kept notes on the theatres we 
checked out on a legal notepad. We started Arizona in the southern part of the 
state, heading westbound on I-10 and I-8 and gradually worked our way north to 
I-40. Along the way we had stopped in numerous towns and kept hearing the same 
response-
   “Yeah, some feller come through here a few years ago and picked up 
all the posters.”
   “Did he say where he was going?”
   “Nope.”
   “How about what he was planning on doing with them.”
   “Nope.”
   “Does anyone else around here know where we could find him?”
   “Nope.”
The Gary Cooper impressions in every city were getting old until Ken 
and I hit “paydirt” in Flagstaff. The manager of the Orpheum Theatre slipped us 
a business card and stated that the guy that had picked up all of their posters 
was a theatre owner himself. Apparently, the fellow and his brother had gone 
all over Arizona picking up the posters and had taken them back to their 
theatre in Snowflake.


118 Miles to Success, Victory and unknown Poster Treasures. Ken and I 
both had visions of grandeur. At my driving speed that was two hours at the 
most. It was already 8:00 pm but I figured we could easily make the city by 
10:00. Desperation pushed the peddle of the van past 80. We careened off the 
Insterstate at Holbrook and screamed south towards Snowflake. By the time we 
pulled into the city and made our way to the town square, it was already dark. 
Sure enough, there was the theatre on the business card- The Snowflake Theatre.


And as luck would have it, there was a payphone in front of the 
theatre. I quickly looked at the owners phone number on his business card and 
dropped a quarter into the phone. He picked up after a couple of rings.
   “Hello?”
   “I’m sorry to disturb you at this hour, but I just drove into 
Snowflake and wanted to call you as soon as I could. I’m a collector of old 
movie posters and understand that you might have picked up some posters around 
the state.” I could feel my heart hammering waiting for the man’s response.
   “Yes. My brother and I have picked up several thousand of them over 
the years.”
My mind reeled at that as I asked him more about the posters. I could 
see Ken waiting anxiously for the result of my question and I gave him a thumbs 
up. Then I returned to the conversation, “Really? Several thousand?”
   “Oh yes. We took them all back to our theatre in Snowflake. Put them 
in the basement. But the theatre’s gone now.”
   I looked behind me at the theatre in the darkness. “The Snowflake 
Theatre?” I asked?
   “Yes.”
   “I’m standing right in front of it.”
   “No you’re not,” the man said sadly. “The theatres gone.”
I 

Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[Tom Martin]

ok Ill ask... is it the one with the Flocked FUR on Kink Kong

Ive been looking for that one for years...

If its not is there anyone on MOPO that  is a Flocking expert that would 
flock it for me??/


Flocked posters are COOL  .. hipya!

Thank you Kind Sir Aussie.

I exspect a full reply post haste.

- Tom of Toledo

Phil Edwards wrote:


Original rolled KING KONG insert 1977. Don't ask.
Phil

- Original Message -
From: Tom Martin 
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

great story Ron
-Tom

Ron Moore wrote:


The One That Got Away…

August 1990-

   Ken Schacter and I were speeding East across Arizona as fast
as we could. Our 1986 Ford Aerostar van was staying cooler than
we were. I was born and raised in the heat of Texas and was used
to the 100 + degree heat, but Ken was a Canadian and not used to
the scorching air of the desert. The only songs on the radio
(when we could get a station) were “golden oldies”. It appeared
that Arizona hadn’t moved past 1959. 
   “If you can tell me who recorded this song, I’ll give you my

Bride of Frankenstein insert,” Ken laughed.
   My knowledge of music was vastly inferior to my knowledge of
film- but our impromptu trivia sessions helped pass the time.

We had already spent a month in New Mexico scouring the state for
posters. We checked every theatre from Truth or Consequences to
Santa Fe. All we had to show for our work was a whole lot a
nuthin’- zilch, and “Nada”. We had started the trip with a
bankroll of $6,000 and now our pockets were about $3000 lighter.
We had a couple of hundred bucks in quarters for the pay-phones
and even those rolls were running low. We knew if we didn’t find
something soon, our two month odyssey through the southwest was
going to break us. New Mexico was a bust so we decided to move on
to Arizona.

The theory sounded good- “Let’s go look for posters where there
aren’t many collectors, no sign of poster exchanges, not many
antique shops and remote as it gets.” Where else but New Mexico
and Arizona? The two states seemed to fit the bill. Only problem;
it wasn’t exactly a target rich environment. During the 1930’s
and 1940’s the two states combined only had around 193 theatres.
 Most of those were in a few large cities and the rest had about
a hundred miles between them.

Our little excursion in the summer of 1990 occurred in the days
before cell phones, GPS’s and laptop computers. We kept notes on
the theatres we checked out on a legal notepad. We started
Arizona in the southern part of the state, heading westbound on
I-10 and I-8 and gradually worked our way north to I-40. Along
the way we had stopped in numerous towns and kept hearing the
same response-
   “Yeah, some feller come through here a few years ago and
picked up all the posters.”
   “Did he say where he was going?”
   “Nope.”
   “How about what he was planning on doing with them.”
   “Nope.”
   “Does anyone else around here know where we could find him?”
   “Nope.”
The Gary Cooper impressions in every city were getting old until
Ken and I hit “paydirt” in Flagstaff. The manager of the Orpheum
Theatre slipped us a business card and stated that the guy that
had picked up all of their posters was a theatre owner himself.
Apparently, the fellow and his brother had gone all over Arizona
picking up the posters and had taken them back to their theatre
in Snowflake.

118 Miles to Success, Victory and unknown Poster Treasures. Ken
and I both had visions of grandeur. At my driving speed that was
two hours at the most. It was already 8:00 pm but I figured we
could easily make the city by 10:00. Desperation pushed the
peddle of the van past 80. We careened off the Insterstate at
Holbrook and screamed south towards Snowflake. By the time we
pulled into the city and made our way to the town square, it was
already dark. Sure enough, there was the theatre on the business
card- The Snowflake Theatre.

And as luck would have it, there was a payphone in front of the
theatre. I quickly looked at the owners phone number on his
business card and dropped a quarter into the phone. He picked up
after a couple of rings.
   “Hello?”
   “I’m sorry to disturb you at this hour, but I just drove into
Snowflake and wanted to call you as soon as I could. I’m a
collector of old movie posters and understand that you might have
picked up some posters around the state.” I could feel my heart
hammering waiting for the man’s response.
   “Yes. My brother and I have picked up several thousand of them
ove

Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[Michael Spampinato]

Sorry but have to ask.

--- On Sun, 7/25/10, Phil Edwards  wrote:

From: Phil Edwards 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 7:24 PM



 
 

Original rolled KING KONG insert 1977. Don't 
ask.
Phil

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Tom Martin 
  To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
  
  Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 1:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost 
  Treasure - You Got One?
  
great story Ron
-Tom

Ron Moore wrote:

  

  
  

  The One That Got Away…
  

  August 1990-
  

     Ken Schacter and I were speeding East across Arizona 
  as fast as we could. Our 1986 Ford Aerostar van was staying cooler 
  than we were. I was born and raised in the heat of Texas and was used 
  to the 100 + degree heat, but Ken was a Canadian and not used to the 
  scorching air of the desert. The only songs on the radio (when we 
  could get a station) were “golden oldies”. It appeared that Arizona 
  hadn’t moved past 1959. 
     “If you can tell me who recorded this song, I’ll 
  give you my Bride of Frankenstein insert,” Ken laughed.
     My knowledge of music was vastly inferior to my 
  knowledge of film- but our impromptu trivia sessions helped pass the 
  time.
  

  We had already spent a month in New Mexico scouring the state for 
  posters. We checked every theatre from Truth or Consequences to Santa 
  Fe. All we had to show for our work was a whole lot a nuthin’- zilch, 
  and “Nada”. We had started the trip with a bankroll of $6,000 and now 
  our pockets were about $3000 lighter. We had a couple of hundred 
bucks 
  in quarters for the pay-phones and even those rolls were running low. 
  We knew if we didn’t find something soon, our two month odyssey 
  through the southwest was going to break us. New Mexico was a bust so 
  we decided to move on to Arizona.
  

  The theory sounded good- “Let’s go look for posters where there 
  aren’t many collectors, no sign of poster exchanges, not many antique 
  shops and remote as it gets.” Where else but New Mexico and Arizona? 
  The two states seemed to fit the bill. Only problem; it wasn’t 
exactly 
  a target rich environment. During the 1930’s and 1940’s the two 
states 
  combined only had around 193 theatres.  Most of those were in a 
  few large cities and the rest had about a hundred miles between 
  them.
  

  Our little excursion in the summer of 1990 occurred in the days 
  before cell phones, GPS’s and laptop computers. We kept notes on the 
  theatres we checked out on a legal notepad. We started Arizona in the 
  southern part of the state, heading westbound on I-10 and I-8 and 
  gradually worked our way north to I-40. Along the way we had stopped 
  in numerous towns and kept hearing the same response-
     “Yeah, some feller come through here a few years ago 
  and picked up all the posters.”
     “Did he say where he was going?”
     “Nope.”
     “How about what he was planning on doing with 
  them.”
     “Nope.”
     “Does anyone else around here know where we could 
  find him?”
     “Nope.”
  The Gary Cooper impressions in every city were getting old until 
  Ken and I hit “paydirt” in Flagstaff. The manager of the Orpheum 
  Theatre slipped us a business card and stated that the guy that had 
  picked up all of their posters was a theatre owner himself. 
  Apparently, the fellow and his brother had gone all over Arizona 
  picking up the posters and had taken them back to their theatre in 
  Snowflake.
  

  118 Miles to Success, Victory and unknown Poster Treasures. Ken 
  and I both had visions of grandeur. At my driving speed that was two 
  hours at the most. It was already 8:00 pm but I figured we could 
  easily make the city by 10:00. Desperation pushed the peddle of the 
  van past 80. We careened off the Insterstate at Holbrook and screamed 
  south towards Snowflake. By the time we pulled into the city and made 
  our way to the town square, it was already dark. Sure enough, there 
  was the theatre on the business card- The Snowflake Theatre.
  

  And as luck would have it, there was a payphone in front of the 
  theatre. I quickly looked at the owners phone number on his business 
  card and dropped a quarter into the phone. He picked up after a 
couple 
  of rings.
     “Hello?”
     “I’m sorry to disturb you at this hour, 

Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[Phil Edwards]

Original rolled KING KONG insert 1977. Don't ask.
Phil
  - Original Message - 
  From: Tom Martin 
  To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
  Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 1:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?


  great story Ron
  -Tom

  Ron Moore wrote:

  The One That Got Away…


  August 1990-


 Ken Schacter and I were speeding East across Arizona as fast as we 
could. Our 1986 Ford Aerostar van was staying cooler than we were. I was born 
and raised in the heat of Texas and was used to the 100 + degree heat, but Ken 
was a Canadian and not used to the scorching air of the desert. The only songs 
on the radio (when we could get a station) were “golden oldies”. It appeared 
that Arizona hadn’t moved past 1959. 
 “If you can tell me who recorded this song, I’ll give you my Bride 
of Frankenstein insert,” Ken laughed.
 My knowledge of music was vastly inferior to my knowledge of film- 
but our impromptu trivia sessions helped pass the time.


  We had already spent a month in New Mexico scouring the state for 
posters. We checked every theatre from Truth or Consequences to Santa Fe. All 
we had to show for our work was a whole lot a nuthin’- zilch, and “Nada”. We 
had started the trip with a bankroll of $6,000 and now our pockets were about 
$3000 lighter. We had a couple of hundred bucks in quarters for the pay-phones 
and even those rolls were running low. We knew if we didn’t find something 
soon, our two month odyssey through the southwest was going to break us. New 
Mexico was a bust so we decided to move on to Arizona.


  The theory sounded good- “Let’s go look for posters where there 
aren’t many collectors, no sign of poster exchanges, not many antique shops and 
remote as it gets.” Where else but New Mexico and Arizona? The two states 
seemed to fit the bill. Only problem; it wasn’t exactly a target rich 
environment. During the 1930’s and 1940’s the two states combined only had 
around 193 theatres.  Most of those were in a few large cities and the rest had 
about a hundred miles between them.


  Our little excursion in the summer of 1990 occurred in the days 
before cell phones, GPS’s and laptop computers. We kept notes on the theatres 
we checked out on a legal notepad. We started Arizona in the southern part of 
the state, heading westbound on I-10 and I-8 and gradually worked our way north 
to I-40. Along the way we had stopped in numerous towns and kept hearing the 
same response-
 “Yeah, some feller come through here a few years ago and picked up 
all the posters.”
 “Did he say where he was going?”
 “Nope.”
 “How about what he was planning on doing with them.”
 “Nope.”
 “Does anyone else around here know where we could find him?”
 “Nope.”
  The Gary Cooper impressions in every city were getting old until Ken 
and I hit “paydirt” in Flagstaff. The manager of the Orpheum Theatre slipped us 
a business card and stated that the guy that had picked up all of their posters 
was a theatre owner himself. Apparently, the fellow and his brother had gone 
all over Arizona picking up the posters and had taken them back to their 
theatre in Snowflake.


  118 Miles to Success, Victory and unknown Poster Treasures. Ken and I 
both had visions of grandeur. At my driving speed that was two hours at the 
most. It was already 8:00 pm but I figured we could easily make the city by 
10:00. Desperation pushed the peddle of the van past 80. We careened off the 
Insterstate at Holbrook and screamed south towards Snowflake. By the time we 
pulled into the city and made our way to the town square, it was already dark. 
Sure enough, there was the theatre on the business card- The Snowflake Theatre.


  And as luck would have it, there was a payphone in front of the 
theatre. I quickly looked at the owners phone number on his business card and 
dropped a quarter into the phone. He picked up after a couple of rings.
 “Hello?”
 “I’m sorry to disturb you at this hour, but I just drove into 
Snowflake and wanted to call you as soon as I could. I’m a collector of old 
movie posters and understand that you might have picked up some posters around 
the state.” I could feel my heart hammering waiting for the man’s response.
 “Yes. My brother and I have picked up several thousand of them 
over the years.”
  My mind reeled at that as I asked him more about the posters. I could 
see Ken waiting anxiously for the result of my question and I gave him a thumbs 
up. Then I returned to the conversation, “Really? Several thousand?”
 “Oh yes. We took them all back to our theatre in Snowflake. Put 
them in the basement. But the theatre’s gone now.”
 I looked behind me at the theatre in the darkness. “The Snowflake 
Theatre?” I asked?
 “Y

Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[Tom Martin]

great story Ron
-Tom

Ron Moore wrote:


The One That Got Away…

August 1990-

   Ken Schacter and I were speeding East across Arizona as fast as we 
could. Our 1986 Ford Aerostar van was staying cooler than we were. I 
was born and raised in the heat of Texas and was used to the 100 + 
degree heat, but Ken was a Canadian and not used to the scorching air 
of the desert. The only songs on the radio (when we could get a 
station) were “golden oldies”. It appeared that Arizona hadn’t moved 
past 1959. 
   “If you can tell me who recorded this song, I’ll give you my Bride 
of Frankenstein insert,” Ken laughed.
   My knowledge of music was vastly inferior to my knowledge of film- 
but our impromptu trivia sessions helped pass the time.


We had already spent a month in New Mexico scouring the state for 
posters. We checked every theatre from Truth or Consequences to Santa 
Fe. All we had to show for our work was a whole lot a nuthin’- zilch, 
and “Nada”. We had started the trip with a bankroll of $6,000 and now 
our pockets were about $3000 lighter. We had a couple of hundred bucks 
in quarters for the pay-phones and even those rolls were running low. 
We knew if we didn’t find something soon, our two month odyssey 
through the southwest was going to break us. New Mexico was a bust so 
we decided to move on to Arizona.


The theory sounded good- “Let’s go look for posters where there aren’t 
many collectors, no sign of poster exchanges, not many antique shops 
and remote as it gets.” Where else but New Mexico and Arizona? The two 
states seemed to fit the bill. Only problem; it wasn’t exactly a 
target rich environment. During the 1930’s and 1940’s the two states 
combined only had around 193 theatres.  Most of those were in a few 
large cities and the rest had about a hundred miles between them.


Our little excursion in the summer of 1990 occurred in the days before 
cell phones, GPS’s and laptop computers. We kept notes on the theatres 
we checked out on a legal notepad. We started Arizona in the southern 
part of the state, heading westbound on I-10 and I-8 and gradually 
worked our way north to I-40. Along the way we had stopped in numerous 
towns and kept hearing the same response-
   “Yeah, some feller come through here a few years ago and picked up 
all the posters.”

   “Did he say where he was going?”
   “Nope.”
   “How about what he was planning on doing with them.”
   “Nope.”
   “Does anyone else around here know where we could find him?”
   “Nope.”
The Gary Cooper impressions in every city were getting old until Ken 
and I hit “paydirt” in Flagstaff. The manager of the Orpheum Theatre 
slipped us a business card and stated that the guy that had picked up 
all of their posters was a theatre owner himself. Apparently, the 
fellow and his brother had gone all over Arizona picking up the 
posters and had taken them back to their theatre in Snowflake.


118 Miles to Success, Victory and unknown Poster Treasures. Ken and I 
both had visions of grandeur. At my driving speed that was two hours 
at the most. It was already 8:00 pm but I figured we could easily make 
the city by 10:00. Desperation pushed the peddle of the van past 80. 
We careened off the Insterstate at Holbrook and screamed south towards 
Snowflake. By the time we pulled into the city and made our way to the 
town square, it was already dark. Sure enough, there was the theatre 
on the business card- The Snowflake Theatre.


And as luck would have it, there was a payphone in front of the 
theatre. I quickly looked at the owners phone number on his business 
card and dropped a quarter into the phone. He picked up after a couple 
of rings.

   “Hello?”
   “I’m sorry to disturb you at this hour, but I just drove into 
Snowflake and wanted to call you as soon as I could. I’m a collector 
of old movie posters and understand that you might have picked up some 
posters around the state.” I could feel my heart hammering waiting for 
the man’s response.
   “Yes. My brother and I have picked up several thousand of them over 
the years.”
My mind reeled at that as I asked him more about the posters. I could 
see Ken waiting anxiously for the result of my question and I gave him 
a thumbs up. Then I returned to the conversation, “Really? Several 
thousand?”
   “Oh yes. We took them all back to our theatre in Snowflake. Put 
them in the basement. But the theatre’s gone now.”
   I looked behind me at the theatre in the darkness. “The Snowflake 
Theatre?” I asked?

   “Yes.”
   “I’m standing right in front of it.”
   “No you’re not,” the man said sadly. “The theatres gone.”
I was quite confused as I stared at the marquee, the brick 
exterior and the poster in the theatres display case. For a moment I 
thought the man had gone senile.
   The owner continued, “It burned to the ground two nights ago. Go 
look through the front window.”
   I was stunned! Ken and I went to the theatres door and looked 
through. All we could see, where the roof of the lobby

Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[Ron Moore]

The One That Got Away…
August 1990-
   Ken Schacter and I were speeding East across Arizona as fast as we could. 
Our 1986 Ford Aerostar van was staying cooler than we were. I was born and 
raised in the heat of Texas and was used to the 100 + degree heat, but Ken was 
a Canadian and not used to the scorching air of the desert. The only songs on 
the radio (when we could get a station) were “golden oldies”. It appeared that 
Arizona hadn’t moved past 1959.    “If you can tell me who recorded this song, 
I’ll give you my Bride of Frankenstein insert,” Ken laughed.   My knowledge of 
music was vastly inferior to my knowledge of film- but our impromptu trivia 
sessions helped pass the time.
We had already spent a month in New Mexico scouring the state for posters. We 
checked every theatre from Truth or Consequences to Santa Fe. All we had to 
show for our work was a whole lot a nuthin’- zilch, and “Nada”. We had started 
the trip with a bankroll of $6,000 and now our pockets were about $3000 
lighter. We had a couple of hundred bucks in quarters for the pay-phones and 
even those rolls were running low. We knew if we didn’t find something soon, 
our two month odyssey through the southwest was going to break us. New Mexico 
was a bust so we decided to move on to Arizona.
The theory sounded good- “Let’s go look for posters where there aren’t many 
collectors, no sign of poster exchanges, not many antique shops and remote as 
it gets.” Where else but New Mexico and Arizona? The two states seemed to fit 
the bill. Only problem; it wasn’t exactly a target rich environment. During the 
1930’s and 1940’s the two states combined only had around 193 theatres.  Most 
of those were in a few large cities and the rest had about a hundred miles 
between them.
Our little excursion in the summer of 1990 occurred in the days before cell 
phones, GPS’s and laptop computers. We kept notes on the theatres we checked 
out on a legal notepad. We started Arizona in the southern part of the state, 
heading westbound on I-10 and I-8 and gradually worked our way north to I-40. 
Along the way we had stopped in numerous towns and kept hearing the same 
response-   “Yeah, some feller come through here a few years ago and picked up 
all the posters.”   “Did he say where he was going?”   “Nope.”   “How about 
what he was planning on doing with them.”   “Nope.”   “Does anyone else around 
here know where we could find him?”   “Nope.”The Gary Cooper impressions in 
every city were getting old until Ken and I hit “paydirt” in Flagstaff. The 
manager of the Orpheum Theatre slipped us a business card and stated that the 
guy that had picked up all of their posters was a theatre owner himself.
 Apparently, the fellow and his brother had gone all over Arizona picking up 
the posters and had taken them back to their theatre in Snowflake.
118 Miles to Success, Victory and unknown Poster Treasures. Ken and I both had 
visions of grandeur. At my driving speed that was two hours at the most. It was 
already 8:00 pm but I figured we could easily make the city by 10:00. 
Desperation pushed the peddle of the van past 80. We careened off the 
Insterstate at Holbrook and screamed south towards Snowflake. By the time we 
pulled into the city and made our way to the town square, it was already dark. 
Sure enough, there was the theatre on the business card- The Snowflake Theatre.
And as luck would have it, there was a payphone in front of the theatre. I 
quickly looked at the owners phone number on his business card and dropped a 
quarter into the phone. He picked up after a couple of rings.   “Hello?”   “I’m 
sorry to disturb you at this hour, but I just drove into Snowflake and wanted 
to call you as soon as I could. I’m a collector of old movie posters and 
understand that you might have picked up some posters around the state.” I 
could feel my heart hammering waiting for the man’s response.   “Yes. My 
brother and I have picked up several thousand of them over the years.”My mind 
reeled at that as I asked him more about the posters. I could see Ken waiting 
anxiously for the result of my question and I gave him a thumbs up. Then I 
returned to the conversation, “Really? Several thousand?”   “Oh yes. We took 
them all back to our theatre in Snowflake. Put them in the basement. But the 
theatre’s gone
 now.”   I looked behind me at the theatre in the darkness. “The Snowflake 
Theatre?” I asked?   “Yes.”   “I’m standing right in front of it.”   “No you’re 
not,” the man said sadly. “The theatres gone.”    I was quite confused as I 
stared at the marquee, the brick exterior and the poster in the theatres 
display case. For a moment I thought the man had gone senile.   The owner 
continued, “It burned to the ground two nights ago. Go look through the front 
window.”   I was stunned! Ken and I went to the theatres door and looked 
through. All we could see, where the roof of the lobby should have been, were 
the Arizona stars in the evening sky.
The next morn

Re: [MOPO] MOST TEARFUL ENDINGS

[Michael Spampinato]

Some first class choices there, Nathalie. The old horror films so often relied 
on pathos and heartbreak.

Look at THE MUMMY! Poor guy pining after thousands of years for his love. Now 
granted, he did take a less than romantic approach, but still. Had to relate to 
his heartache, if not his method!

Pov

May the holes in your collection be filled..



--- On Sun, 7/25/10, Steven Yafet  wrote:

From: Steven Yafet 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] MOST TEARFUL ENDINGS
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 3:48 PM

Both mentioned already, but they're some of the first ones that came to my mind.

Frankenstein
The Bride of Frankenstein

The Wolfman
The Walking Dead  - Lots of choked up moments in this beautiful film:   "He'll 
believe me," moments before John Ellman is executed for something he did not 
do.  The end makes you gasp.  You know that he won't be able to tell us what 
the afterlife was like, but you hope, anyway.

The Black Cat - Poor Vitus Werdegast - a heartbreaking Bela - telling Peter and 
Joan Alison to, "Go," before the red switch blows up the "masterpiece of 
construction."
Cat People - Poor Irena.  

A Tale of Two Cities
The Strange Door - Boris' dying Voltan saving Blanche and Denis.
The Raven - Boris again as the tragic Bateman saving Jean and Jerry.

Nathalie





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Titanic, dicaprio
Tomorrow Is Forever
Back Street
Imitation of Life
Madame X
 
 
 
 .they all end with a death
 
 
 
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[MOPO] Todd Spoor Inv Man set

[James Gresham]

Hey Todd, I do still need to figure out the complete set.  so, if you do
have the images I would love to see them!  Jim

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[MOPO] As Far As I Know..THE ULTIMATE "ONE THAT GOT AWAY"....

[Rixposterz]

Out here in L.A, we have a Pennysaver-type publication called The  
Recycler.,About 20, maybe 23 years ago, I'd buy it every Thursday as soon  as 
it 
arrived at my local 7-11...(back then, prior to the internet and  announcements 
in movie theaters before the film starts stating things like  "original 
1932 movie poster on The Mummy sells for a staggering, record-breaking  
$459,000!!"yeah, back then the majority of the American public wasn't aware 
 of 
the value of movie posters---so, I'd occasionally stumble into a great  
deal...quite a few times, in fact..).
   My most memorable example of "the one that got away" began on  a 
Thursday afternoon when I bought a copy of The Recycler...just like every  
other 
Thursday afternoon.  The only thing different about this particular  Thursday 
is that there was an add in the "Collectibles & Old Things" section  saying 
something like:  "7 Foot Tall Frankenstein...$75"...that's all it  said.  My 
first mistake was assuming it was some semi-worthless inflatable  Halloween 
statue and subsequently not calling the phone number  IMMEDIATELY.  
Something distracted me and I became involved in a project  around the 
house...I 
can't remember what.  The one thing I DO remember is  lying in bed at about 11 
pm thinking about that ad and kicking myself for NOT  EVEN CALLING to 
confirm that it was the piece of garbage I assumed it to  be.  I told myself 
I'd 
call the number first thing the next morning and  barely slept a wink all 
night.
  The next morning around 8 am, I called the number.  An older  gentleman 
answered and said the prospective buyer was walking up his driveway at  that 
very moment!  He didn't know much about the Frankenstein "statue" that  he 
had...only that it was very heavy, made of wood...and he insisted it was  
original.  Of course, I told him to PLEASE call me if the prospective buyer  
didn't purchase it.  He never called me back.  I called him an hour  later and 
he told me he was sorry but the "statue" was gone.
  Flash forward a year or soI was selling a poster or  lobby card 
through The Recycler and received a call from a collector---a  conversation 
ensued as it often did (does) when one movie poster collector talks  to 
another.  
As it turned out, I was talking to THE GUY WHO BOUGHT THE  FRANKENSTEIN 
STATUE abut a year previous.   He told me it was used as  a stand-in for Boris 
Karloff during the production of The Bride Of  Frankenstein--- a huge wooden 
statue including Karloff's original wardrobe and a  life-mask of the 
monster.
He told me the life mask required a few hundred dollars of restoration  
(which he'd had done) and he was planning on putting it up for sale in one  
Auction house or another
   Flash forward another year somehow I learned that  Guernsey's 
Auction was offering the Frankenstein stand-in statue with an opening  bid of 
$50,000 (which seems like a truly measly  amount by today's  standards).   Over 
the past 30 years, I've had many, many "ones that  got away"but no other 
poster, lobby card, collection of posters,  collection of lobby 
cards...NOTHING COMES CLOSE to the Frankenstein stand-in  "statue" that I could 
have 
had FOR SEVENTY FIVE BUCKS!
   Somebody out there probably has it standing in their living  room out 
there...the most prized piece in their collection...probably worth  $500.000 
or more by now.  I'm sure there are some old-timers  who  remember this thing 
being auctioned ay Guernsey's back in 1987 (I think that was  the year). As 
far as I know, it's never appeared on the market since.   Maybe it will 
someday. 
   Anyway, it's all truea really interesting story from Movie  Poster 
Land. Even after all these years, the whole thing makes me feel kind of  
queasy.  Hey, I bet it would make you feel queasy,too...
  Rick
 


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Re: [MOPO] MOST TEARFUL ENDINGS

[Steven Yafet]

Both mentioned already, but they're some of the first ones that came to my
mind.

Frankenstein
The Bride of Frankenstein

The Wolfman
The Walking Dead  - Lots of choked up moments in this beautiful film:
"He'll believe me," moments before John Ellman is executed for something he
did not do.  The end makes you gasp.  You know that he won't be able to tell
us what the afterlife was like, but you hope, anyway.
The Black Cat - Poor Vitus Werdegast - a heartbreaking Bela - telling Peter
and Joan Alison to, "Go," before the red switch blows up the "masterpiece of
construction."
Cat People - Poor Irena.
A Tale of Two Cities
The Strange Door - Boris' dying Voltan saving Blanche and Denis.
The Raven - Boris again as the tragic Bateman saving Jean and Jerry.

Nathalie




On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Michael B  wrote:

>  Titanic, dicaprio
> Tomorrow Is Forever
> Back Street
> Imitation of Life
> Madame X
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Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[chris quarles]

I had a friend of my mother's who found a slightly trimmed Mad Love window card 
(in the 1970s) she found as backing for a photo in a frame. She knew I 
collected 
and gave it to me. Still have it, but I'd sell for the right price! Also in the 
1970s, I passed on Bulldogger poster at an antique show at the local mall. He 
wanted $50, but I was scared off by the sise. At the time, I didn't know about 
30X40s.Still kicking myself. The one sheet just went for at least 4gs 


Chris Quarles 





From: Michael Spampinato 
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Sat, July 24, 2010 11:08:05 PM
Subject: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

When I was around 12 years old our house was almost 100 years old and the attic 
was never really touched. When the time came to gut it and insulate it, add a 
floor (you had to walk between the beams) etc they cleared out a ton of old 
stuff. 


But what I found up there was a rolled up piece of paper. Upon opening it I was 
looking at a one-sheet from Lon Chaney Sr's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. It was a 
beautiful poster in beautiful condition. I still remember the colors. I stored 
it away rolled in "my cabinet" which, a few years later, my mother apparently 
decided to clean. Bye bye PHANTOM.

In later years when I started collecting old film posters I scoured the place 
for that poster just in case. No luck.

I was already a huge film buff (as mentioned in the Expanding Hobby thread) 
with 
a tremendous affinity for the old horror and sci-fi films, and I actually 
recognized this as something special. I think this find sank deep in my 
subconscious and help steer me to collecting old horror and sci-fi posters. 


Anyone else have one that got away?

Pov

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Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[Michael Spampinato]

I gotta wonder if someone scored from the dump. In the case of my PHANTOM OF 
THE OPERA one-sheet (it was the underwater scene, btw) I know my mother just 
folded it up and put it in the trash to be collected.

But if the trunk and its contents was indeed sent to the dump? Well, there is 
at least a chance it was discovered by a dump picker. Who knows? Those pieces 
may be residing in some collections even now!

Pov

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--- On Sun, 7/25/10, James Richard  wrote:

From: James Richard 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?
To: "Michael Spampinato" 
Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 2:04 PM




  
It's been so long it's hard to recall exactly, but it
was basically quite similar to the famous artwork from the style A one
sheet, except rendered horizontally to fit the billboard-like format of
the 6-sheet. Oh yeah, after I sent the first message I remembered there
was also a fine 3-sheet of FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS in the trunk.
Probably a couple other nice items I've forgotten about as well. 



-- JR



Michael Spampinato wrote:

  

  
Jim,



What is the image on the 6-sheet. THIS ISLAND EARTH had some great art
for its posters. Fun movie too. Any film with an Interocitor can't be
bad!



Pov



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--- On Sun, 7/25/10, James Richard 
wrote:



From: James Richard 

Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

To: "Michael Spampinato" 

Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 12:12 PM

  

   Michael,

  

A sad tale, but all too familiar. I'm sure something similar happened
to many of us, particularly when we were younger and out stuff was
subject to the whims of parents. I moved around a lot in my late teens
and twenties and once stupidly left a trunk of my stuff at a friends
house until I could get settled. His mother decided to clean out his
closet and of course my trunk went into the dumpster. Inside, among
other things, was a one sheet for EARTH Vs. THE FLYING SAUCERS and...
wait for it... a six-sheet for THIS ISLAND EARTH (ouch). Has anyone
ever seen a 6-sheet for THIS ISLAND EARTH? I never have... not since
the day I put mine in that damn trunk.

  

-- JR

  

Michael Spampinato wrote:
  
When I was around 12 years old our house was almost 100 years old 
and the attic was never really touched. When the time came to gut it and 
insulate it, add a floor (you had to walk between the beams) etc they cleared 
out a ton of old stuff. 

But what I found up there was a rolled up piece of paper. Upon opening it I was 
looking at a one-sheet from Lon Chaney Sr's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. It was a 
beautiful poster in beautiful condition. I still remember the colors. I stored 
it away rolled in "my cabinet" which, a few years later, my mother apparently 
decided to clean. Bye bye PHANTOM.

In later years when I started collecting old film posters I scoured the place 
for that poster just in case. No luck.

I was already a huge film buff (as mentioned in the Expanding Hobby thread) 
with a tremendous affinity for the old horror and sci-fi films, and I actually 
recognized this as something special. I think this find sank deep in my
 subconscious and help steer me to collecting old horror and sci-fi posters. 

Anyone else have one that got away?

Pov

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Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[James Richard]

It's been so long it's hard to recall exactly, but it was basically 
quite similar to the famous artwork from the style A one sheet, except 
rendered horizontally to fit the billboard-like format of the 6-sheet. 
Oh yeah, after I sent the first message I remembered there was also a 
fine 3-sheet of FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS in the trunk. Probably a couple 
other nice items I've forgotten about as well.


-- JR

Michael Spampinato wrote:

Jim,

What is the image on the 6-sheet. THIS ISLAND EARTH had some great art 
for its posters. Fun movie too. Any film with an Interocitor can't be bad!


Pov

May the holes in your collection be filled.

--- On *Sun, 7/25/10, James Richard //* wrote:


From: James Richard 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?
To: "Michael Spampinato" 
Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 12:12 PM

Michael,

A sad tale, but all too familiar. I'm sure something similar
happened to many of us, particularly when we were younger and out
stuff was subject to the whims of parents. I moved around a lot in
my late teens and twenties and once stupidly left a trunk of my
stuff at a friends house until I could get settled. His mother
decided to clean out his closet and of course my trunk went into
the dumpster. Inside, among other things, was a one sheet for
EARTH Vs. THE FLYING SAUCERS and... wait for it... a six-sheet for
THIS ISLAND EARTH (ouch). Has anyone ever seen a 6-sheet for THIS
ISLAND EARTH? I never have... not since the day I put mine in that
damn trunk.

-- JR

Michael Spampinato wrote:
When I was around 12 years old our house was almost 100 years old and the attic was never really touched. When the time came to gut it and insulate it, add a floor (you had to walk between the beams) etc they cleared out a ton of old stuff. 


But what I found up there was a rolled up piece of paper. Upon opening it I was 
looking at a one-sheet from Lon Chaney Sr's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. It was a beautiful 
poster in beautiful condition. I still remember the colors. I stored it away rolled in 
"my cabinet" which, a few years later, my mother apparently decided to clean. 
Bye bye PHANTOM.

In later years when I started collecting old film posters I scoured the 
place for that poster just in case. No luck.

I was already a huge film buff (as mentioned in the Expanding Hobby thread) 
with a tremendous affinity for the old horror and sci-fi films, and I actually 
recognized this as something special. I think this find sank deep in my
 subconscious and help steer me to collecting old horror and sci-fi posters. 


Anyone else have one that got away?

Pov

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Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[Michael Spampinato]

Jim,

What is the image on the 6-sheet. THIS ISLAND EARTH had some great art for its 
posters. Fun movie too. Any film with an Interocitor can't be bad!

Pov

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--- On Sun, 7/25/10, James Richard  wrote:

From: James Richard 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?
To: "Michael Spampinato" 
Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 12:12 PM




  
Michael,



A sad tale, but all too familiar. I'm sure something similar happened
to many of us, particularly when we were younger and out stuff was
subject to the whims of parents. I moved around a lot in my late teens
and twenties and once stupidly left a trunk of my stuff at a friends
house until I could get settled. His mother decided to clean out his
closet and of course my trunk went into the dumpster. Inside, among
other things, was a one sheet for EARTH Vs. THE FLYING SAUCERS and...
wait for it... a six-sheet for THIS ISLAND EARTH (ouch). Has anyone
ever seen a 6-sheet for THIS ISLAND EARTH? I never have... not since
the day I put mine in that damn trunk.



-- JR



Michael Spampinato wrote:

  When I was around 12 years old our house was almost 100 years old and the 
attic was never really touched. When the time came to gut it and insulate it, 
add a floor (you had to walk between the beams) etc they cleared out a ton of 
old stuff. 

But what I found up there was a rolled up piece of paper. Upon opening it I was 
looking at a one-sheet from Lon Chaney Sr's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. It was a 
beautiful poster in beautiful condition. I still remember the colors. I stored 
it away rolled in "my cabinet" which, a few years later, my mother apparently 
decided to clean. Bye bye PHANTOM.

In later years when I started collecting old film posters I scoured the place 
for that poster just in case. No luck.

I was already a huge film buff (as mentioned in the Expanding Hobby thread) 
with a tremendous affinity for the old horror and sci-fi films, and I actually 
recognized this as something special. I think this find sank deep in my 
subconscious and help steer me to collecting old horror and sci-fi posters. 

Anyone else have one that got away?

Pov

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Re: [MOPO] Tales Of Lost Treasure - You Got One?

[James Richard]

Michael,

A sad tale, but all too familiar. I'm sure something similar happened to 
many of us, particularly when we were younger and out stuff was subject 
to the whims of parents. I moved around a lot in my late teens and 
twenties and once stupidly left a trunk of my stuff at a friends house 
until I could get settled. His mother decided to clean out his closet 
and of course my trunk went into the dumpster. Inside, among other 
things, was a one sheet for EARTH Vs. THE FLYING SAUCERS and... wait for 
it... a six-sheet for THIS ISLAND EARTH (ouch). Has anyone ever seen a 
6-sheet for THIS ISLAND EARTH? I never have... not since the day I put 
mine in that damn trunk.


-- JR

Michael Spampinato wrote:
When I was around 12 years old our house was almost 100 years old and the attic was never really touched. When the time came to gut it and insulate it, add a floor (you had to walk between the beams) etc they cleared out a ton of old stuff. 


But what I found up there was a rolled up piece of paper. Upon opening it I was looking 
at a one-sheet from Lon Chaney Sr's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. It was a beautiful poster in 
beautiful condition. I still remember the colors. I stored it away rolled in "my 
cabinet" which, a few years later, my mother apparently decided to clean. Bye bye 
PHANTOM.

In later years when I started collecting old film posters I scoured the place 
for that poster just in case. No luck.

I was already a huge film buff (as mentioned in the Expanding Hobby thread) with a tremendous affinity for the old horror and sci-fi films, and I actually recognized this as something special. I think this find sank deep in my subconscious and help steer me to collecting old horror and sci-fi posters. 


Anyone else have one that got away?

Pov

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Re: [MOPO] MOST TEARFUL ENDINGS

[Toochis Morin]

Forgot to mention Ghost and Mrs Muir. The score is one of the most haunting. 

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On Jul 24, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Michael Spampinato  wrote:

> I forgot about that one Rick. I, too, was but a lad I first saw SON OF KONG 
> and yes, it also brought on the family snickers as I held back tears. Also 
> the same thing, as Rich said, about FRANKENSTEIN. Karloff brought real pathos 
> to the monster, and the scene in the windmill always wrenches at me.
> 
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> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 2:34 PM
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>   When I was a little kid, the end of SON OF KONG tore me apart.
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[MOPO] FA CLOSING Jaws,FilmNoir/Crime/Prison,Ann-Margret,DeanMartin,Apes,HaywardLotLOOK

[Rixposterz]

Hi, Everyone,
 
  I have about 45 Auctions CLOSING WITHIN 9 TO 10 HOURS, (partial list  is 
below--please take a look..)
_http://shop.ebay.com/rixposterz/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50_ 
(http://shop.ebay.com/rixposterz/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50) 
JAWS Orig 1975 US LOBBY CARD MINT ONLY $24.99  Orig US PRESSBOOK ONLY  
$14.99!!
COUNT THE HOURS (DON SIEGEL FILM NOIR,1953) 7 Orig US LOBBY CARDS!   ONLY 
$14.99!!
3 Orig 50's FILM NOIR/BAD GIRL/ CRIME US 1-SHEETS! BEDEVILLED + MORE! ONLY  
$19.99!!
DILLINGER, LEGS DIAMOND, DUTCH SCHULTZ + MORE! 4 Orig 30's GANGSTER MOVIE  
POSTERS

   ALL 4 FOR ONLY $19.99!!!
3 Orig 30's-50's PRISON/CRIME/BREAKOUT US 1-SHEETS! GREAT TITLES! ONLY  
$19.99!!
BEHIND THE HIGH WALL Orig 1956 PRISON BREAK US 3-SHEET! GREAT ART! ONLY  
$14.99!!
3 Orig FILM NOIR/CITY CRIME US 1-SHEETS! GREAT TITLES! EARLY CONNERY! ALL 3 
 FOR $19.99!!
BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, KINGS OF THE SUN + MORE! 3 Orig YUL BRYNNER  1-SHEETS

  MAGNIFICENT ART!   ALL 3 FOR ONLY $19.99!!
3 Orig 60's DEAN MARTIN US 1-SHEETS!  GREAT TITLES! ALL 3 FOR ONLY  
$19.99!!!
3 Orig 60's ANN-MARGRET US MOVIE POSTERS! GREAT TITLES! SEXY! ALL 3 FOR  
ONLY $19.99!!
PLANET OF THE APES--7 Orig POSTERS, LOBBY CARDS + MORE!  ALL FOR ONLY  
$14.99!!
HAMMER HORROR!!!  Orig FEAR IN THE NIGHT (1972) BRITISH  Country-Of-Origin 
1-SHT! ONLY $14.99!
BRING ON THE GIRLS (EDDIE BRACKEN, VERONICA LAKE, MARJORIE  REYNOLDS,1944)
 4 Orig 1944 US 
LOBBY CARDS FOR ONLY $19.99!!!
HOMBRE + MORE! 3 Orig 60's CLASSIC PAUL NEWMAN 1-SHEETS!  ALL 3 FOR  ONLY 
$14.99!!!
I'LL CRY TOMORROW + MORE! 3 Orig SUSAN HAYWARD MOVIE POSTERS! ALL 3 FOR  
ONLY $19.99!
WALT DISNEY TRUE LIFE ADVENTURES--Orig US LOBBY SET (MINT) + MOVIE  POSTER
   INCREDIBLE 
SCENES OF WILDLIFE!  LOOK! ONLY $14.99!
THE SEA SHALL NOT HAVE THEM + MORE! 3 Orig 50's HIGH SEAS US MOVIE POSTERS! 
 $19.99!!
ELVIRA MADIGAN (Bo Weidenburg, 1967) Orig 1-SHEET!  GORGEOUS!  LOOK!  ONLY 
$14.99!
BEAU GESTE Orig 1966 US 1-SHEET + LOBBY SET!  GREAT ART!  ONLY  $14.99!!!
HURRY SUNDOWN + MORE!  3 Orig 1960's JANE FONDA US 1-SHEETS!  ALL  3 FOR 
ONLY $19.99!!
_http://shop.ebay.com/rixposterz/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50_ 
(http://shop.ebay.com/rixposterz/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50) 
   And these are LESS THAN HALF of the Auctions I have CLOSING  VERY SOON!  
Thanks very much to all for your  support.  
Rick

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[MOPO] FA: 50 COOL VINTAGE & NEWER ONE SHEETS ENDING ON EBAY TONIGHT

[Brude]

Hello all, I have 50 vintage (and a few newer) one sheets ending on Ebay 
tonight.  All at low opening bids...

there's TIMETABLE with Mark Stevens
   RALLY ROUND THE FLAG BOYS Newman and Woodward
   THE GIRL IN LOVER'S LANE
   TREASURE OF MAKUBA
   JOANNA
and 46 more...Good Luck Bidding!

http://shop.ebay.com/movie_posters_lover/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340








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Re: [MOPO] I wonder if Rod is busily organizing his Zsa Zsa Mexican lobbies?

[Greg]

The Dim Reaper lurketh
Bruce Hershenson wrote:

Zsa Zsa Gabor has transfusion, remains critical

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[MOPO] I wonder if Rod is busily organizing his Zsa Zsa Mexican lobbies?

[Bruce Hershenson]

Zsa Zsa Gabor has transfusion, remains critical

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[MOPO] FA: Ask not for whom the bell tolls, ask WHY you aren't busy bidding on our 240 glass slides, scripts, magazines, exhibitor magazines, German programs,& bulk lots closing in 8 hours!

[Bruce Hershenson]

Three times *EVERY *week we auction hundreds of items that sell for low, low
prices (we actually sell lots and lots of items for $1 and $2, and around
half of all that we auction goes for $14 and under, and our leading
'competitor" *NEVER* auctions a single item for less than *FIFTEEN DOLLARS*,
due to their *outrageous* $14 minimum buyers premium).

But Sunday's 240 glass slides, scripts (including 5 great Hitchcocks!),
magazines, exhibitor magazines, German programs, and bulk lots , closing *THIS
AFTERNOON* (not at night, like our Tuesday and Thursday auctions), on the *25th
of July*, represent *REALLY* incredible values, and that includes a lot of
truly *WONDERFUL* items, and yet many of these are currently languishing at
low, low, prices!*
*

With just 8 hours to go, these 240 glass slides, scripts, magazines,
exhibitor magazines, German programs, and bulk lots include 53 that are
still languishing at just $1 or have no bid at all, a surprising 90 that are
still at $3 each or under and a mind-boggling 119 that are $5 each and under!
*THAT'S RIGHT HALF OF THE ITEMS ARE $5 EACH OR UNDER, AND THAT INCLUDES A
LOT OF GOOD ITEMS THAT MOST DEALERS WOULD ASK $20, $30 OR MORE FOR!! **
*

*HELLO! This is 2010, and I doubt you could have purchased many of these
COOL ITEMS for $5 or under 20 years ago, and remember that this price is JUST
ONE THIRD of the minimum buying price at those "other" auctions (thanks to
their ludicrous $14 buyers premiums)!  And you can get as many of these
items as you want sent in one package anywhere in the U.S. for just TEN
DOLLARS shipping for all (or actual cost anywhere else), EVEN IF you win 100
or more! And if you are in our e-mail club (over 6,300 members), you get
great added bonuses if you purchase 10, 15, OR 20 items (no matter how
inexpensive)!*

* *

Of course, once you get *OVER* just $5, you start hitting lots and lots of
"better" titles, but an awful lot of those are currently at
*VERY*reasonable prices, far under what some of them have sold for in
the past
(the ones we can find any record of selling in the past!) including:
4t120 NORTH BY NORTHWEST composite script July 21, 1958, Hitchcock
screenplay by Ernest Lehman!
4t138 EAST LYNNE screen continuity draft script February 26, 1931,
screenplay by King & Barry!
4t125 100 MEN & A GIRL script May 12, 1937, screenplay by Hans Kraly!
4t123 MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH revised final draft script '55 Hitchcock
screenplay by Hayes & Macphail
4t001 LOT OF 135 FOLDED ONE-SHEETS lot '50s - '80s Asylum, Big Sleep, Bright
Leaf + many more!
4t003 LOT OF 78 FOLDED ONE-SHEETS lot '65 - '00 Flesh Gordon, Humanoids from
the Deep, Young Dracula
4t002 LOT OF 118 FOLDED ONE-SHEETS lot '58 - '04 Spartacus, Mr. Sardonicus,
PT-109, Richard Petty
4t124 MARNIE shooting script October 29, 1963, Alfred Hitchcock screenplay
by Jay Presson Allen!
4t004 LOT OF 72 FOLDED ONE-SHEETS lot '61 - '96 Batman, Seven, Great
Outdoors, To Wong Foo + more!
4t007 LOT OF 23 MISCELLANEOUS FOLDED POSTERS lot '41 - '71 inserts,
half-sheets & three-sheets!
4t104 SCREENLAND magazine February 1927 incredible art portrait of Greta
Garbo by Jay Weaver!
4t006 LOT OF 196 ROCK & DRUG STILLS, PRESSKITS, MISC ITEMS lot '60s-00s all
kinds of cool stuff!
4t017 LOT OF 29 UNFOLDED ONE-SHEETS lot '86 - '97 Batman, Toy Story, Muppet
Treasure Island + more!
4t073 PICTURE PLAY magazine December 1937 great art of smiling Bette Davis
by Dan Osher!
4t065 PICTURE PLAY magazine April 1933 wonderful art of Bette Davis by Paul
Maison!
4t070 PICTURE PLAY magazine January 1937 art of beautiful Carole Lombard by
Corinne Malvern!
4t107 SCREENLAND magazine April 1935 wonderful art of Joan Crawford by
Charles Sheldon!
4t117 MOVIELAND magazine November 1954 wonderful portrait of sexy Marilyn
Monroe in red dress!
4t056 SILVER SCREEN magazine May 1932 wonderful art of sexy Carole Lombard
by A.D. Neville!
4t103 SCREENLAND magazine January 1924 cool art portrait of Rudolph
Valentino by Rolf Armstrong!
4t008 LOT OF APPROX. 1080 MOVIE PROMO BUTTONS lot '80s-00s fun buttons to
will impress your friends!
4t209 BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN Aust glass slide '32 full-length Barbara
Stanwyck, Frank Capra
4t086 HOLLYWOOD magazine June 1934 great artwork portrait of sexy Constance
Bennett!
4t105 SCREENLAND magazine February 1930 full-length art of sexy Gloria
Swanson by Rolf Armstrong!
4t078 MOVIE MIRROR magazine September 1932 art of smiling Jean Harlow by
John Rolston Clarke!
4t018 LOT OF 26 UNFOLDED ONE-SHEETS lot '87 - '07 Charlie & the Chocolate
Factory, Blade Runner R92
4t109 SCREENLAND magazine July 1942 patriotic portrait of sexy Veronica Lake
by Malcolm Bulloch!
4t023 LOT OF 10 MOVIE LIFE MAGAZINES lot '56 - '57 Liz, Natalie, Elvis, Kim,
Debbie, Doris Day!
4t064 SILVER SCREEN magazine January 1937 best art of Carole Lombard by
Marland Stone!
4t122 PARADINE CASE revised final shooting script 12/10/1946, Hitchcock
screenplay by James Bridie!
4t057 SILVER SCREEN magazine November 1932 art of Claudette Colbert by Joh

Re: [MOPO] "Lawrence," BEFORE & AFTER - Why restorers remain vital to our hobby.

[Richard Halegua Comic Art]

email Jim, he'll be very happy to hear it


At 09:37 PM 7/24/2010, Todd A. Spoor wrote:
I may have missed this, Jim G, did you find all 
the pictures of the Inivisible man Lobbies? If 
not I have pictures of them.Todd Spoor


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From: David Kusumoto 
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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:20:41 -0700
To: 
ReplyTo: David Kusumoto 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] "Lawrence," BEFORE & AFTER - 
Why restorers remain vital to our hobby.
** Thanks, Mike.  Yes, but it was all Carol.  If 
paper-backing was in the equation, I would've 
said NO.  The thing I couldn't get over was 
Carol Tincup was extremely confident about the 
outcome.  I had to be talked off the cliff 
several times.  It's obvious she had done this 
many times before and that after 30 years, you 
get better at it.  There's knowledge and there's 
skill.  I like to KNOW what's being done -- but 
I do NOT have the skill.  A restorer has to have 
both, but skill varies from person to 
person.  Even Carol admitted that after many 
years (she began her career working on restoring 
old photos), a lot of trial-and-error practice 
is involved in perfecting your craft - so that 
by the present day, you're not only better at 
studying problems, you excel at solving them, 
always finding better techniques to keep 
restoration minimally invasive.  Carol studied 
my posters and the potential steps required to 
rescue them, and then turned into a surgeon 
without cutting open the chest, so to 
speak.  That's amazing.  There are many fine 
restorers out there.  I appreciate what you 
do.  What was kismet in my case was Carol 
reached out to me with do-it-yourself 
solutions.  Forget that, I'm not a 
craftsman.  Had she not reached out, I was 
resigned to accepting things as they were.  I'd 
never worked with her before and her confidence 
and convictions were contagious.


** Now, do I consider both posters 
"restored?"  Yes and no.  Working on the backs 
of both posters felt more like a big repair job 
than a restoration.  The irony is while Carol's 
efforts were labor intensive -- I now own two 
posters that have the "look and feel" of 
unrestored posters.  If I ever sold them, I 
would disclose that both posters were previously 
folded but were professionally flattened.  I 
wouldn't have to say they were painted or paper-backed.  Amazing.



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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:25:30 -0700
From: poverty...@pacbell.net
Subject: Re: "Lawrence," BEFORE & AFTER - Why 
restorers remain vital to our hobby.

To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

Very impressive results. The "botox needle" is 
fascinating. Removing dry mount is a most 
unenviable task and it looks like Carol did a 
splendid job! I really like the choices that 
were made in bringing these pieces back.


Pov

May the holes in your collection be filled.

--- On Sat, 7/24/10, David Kusumoto  wrote:

From: David Kusumoto 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] "Lawrence," BEFORE & AFTER - 
Why restorers remain vital to our hobby.

To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 7:13 PM

Thanks to everyone for their private and public 
messages about my early morning post re: my two "Lawrence" window card posters.


** About "strengthening the fold lines" on my 
posters and making them near invisible:  The 
"heavy lifting" was done on the BACKS of both 
posters, NOT the front.  Carol stressed she 
didn't like to touch the FRONT because that 
risks damaging the color integrity of the 
displayed image.  The work was truly "keyhole 
surgery" as Phil describes, e.g., not only did 
she pry off the dry mounted form core in pieces, 
which took forever, she had to clean the back 
carefully and then use what I humorously call an 
extremely thin "botox" needle to inject a fine 
liquid into the BACK fold.  This could have been 
a glue or starch, I don't know.  This part also 
took a lot of skill and patience.  The main 
thing is that when it dries and is pressed, it 
strengthens the previously weakened paper fibers 
on the fold lines.  The poster comes out 
sturdy.  And yet the back fold line is as smooth 
to the touch as the front.  I love the fact that 
the most critical work was done to the back, not 
the front.  I think the work would've been less 
labor intensive if it had been immersed in 
liquid and paper-backed, but that's not what Carol nor I wanted.


** And - YES!  Both posters are already framed 
and hanging side-by-side!  The UV plexi frames 
were built by Sue Heim of course!  (See 
below.)  You all saw the "before" images.  I 
thought my situation was hopeless.  It's wonderful to be proven wrong.  -d.


http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad49/PRtoday/lawrence-WCs-ca



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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:19:31 +1000
From: p...@cinemarts.com
Subject: Re: "Lawrence," BEFORE & AFTER - Why 
restorers remain vital to our hobby.

To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

The poster restoration equivalent of keyhole 
surgery. Those posters are going to look great framed side be side