Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster?
Ron- Do you have a picture of that Mummy one-sheet?--or is it featured in any of the movie poster books? I'd love to see it! --Tom on 9/20/06 9:38 PM, Ron Moore at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But when I went to this guys house, there on his living room wall was the other style Mummy one sheet! The one no one in our hobby had seen before. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster?
Hi Andrea and Philip! Yes, I wish I still had The Mummy one sheet as well, but, you can't go back and on the bright side, I was able to put a downpayment on a house and add some more great items to my collection. As for other great finds, if you guys would really like to hear some, I have lots of them. Some of them are pretty entertaining- but long. I really condensed the one about the Mummy as there was a lot more to it. When I get a chance next week, maybe I'll type out a few. Some of them I actually acquired and a few got away, but they're all great stories! Ron Moore --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron! Amazing story...any other great story finds? Love these stories. Philipp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster? Okay, so in all honesty I have had way more than my share in great poster finds over the years- but I've really hit the roads over the last 30 years to find them. One of the first finds included both style Pinocchio one sheets from 1940 for 50 cents each! Along with 3 Superman serial one sheets- I had to cough up a bit more for those. But for the best find of all... Sue will like this one! Back in 1992 I tracked down a rumor regarding an original Mummy one sheet. Now, I didn't really believe it was real until the guy who knew about it told me that next to Karloff's image the poster said, It Comes to Life! Well, you coulda knocked me over when he said that. It took me another 6 months to finally locate it and when I did... well I was expecting to see the regular Mummy one sheet- you know, the one you always see pictures of. The one Borst owns that's in his book Graven Images! But when I went to this guys house, there on his living room wall was the other style Mummy one sheet! The one no one in our hobby had seen before. For once, my usually stoic poker face slipped! The owner would not even discuss selling it. So, I asked where did it come from. I really had to dig into this mystery and it went all the way back to 1959 when the poster was located in a small town outside of Chicago. Apparently there were lots and lots of posters stacked inside of a junk dealers barn. Out of that find- a gentleman had kept 2 She Done Him Wrong one sheets, a Ladies They Talk About one sheet, and (Hey Doug Taylor- here's where it came from ) an original All Quiet On the Western Front one sheet! I was able to acquire them all. What happened to the rest of the stacks of posters, I was never able to find out. oh well After another agonizing 6 months, the owner of the Mummy one sheet finally let me buy it off of him. It was one of the best days in my entire poster collecting life. The happiness was short term though. I was inundated by phone calls from auction houses, people offering me cash in briefcases, calls from people I didn't even know- and they knew where I lived! The calls were coming in 3 to 5 times a day. It got to where I would walk by the poster, hanging magnificently on my wall, and I just couldn't stand to look at it anymore. After 6 months of harrassment, I sold it. So much for what could be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, posters in our hobby! There have been lots of more finds since then. I love the hunt! Ron Moore Cinema Icons --- Susan Heim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Mummy lobby card was a great find. I had someone offer me the original one sheet for Dracula back in 1982 or 1983 for $3500. Well, at that time, he could have been asking for $35 million and it wouldn't have been different. The guy explained to me that it would probably be worth quite a bit more in the future, and I agreed, but $3500 was almost 3 years rent to me in those days. He offered to go down to $3000. I told him he could go down to $300 and I still couldn't afford it. If I had only known, I would have borrowed from everyone I knew to buy it. I always hoped that guy never sold it and still has it to this day. You could see how much he loved the poster and hated to have to sell it. New question...Graphically, The Mummy and The Invisible Man one sheet are my favorite of the Universal Horror Classic one sheets. How about everyone else? Sue www.hollywoodposterframes.comhttp://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUmailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:25 PM Subject: [MOPO] Are The Inmates In Charge Of The Nuthouse? Hi, I've been collecting and dealing in movie posters for close to 30 years. Sometimes it amazes not only how much angry diatribe has taken over MoPo, but it seems as if certain members ,who act
Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster?
Thanks Ron, Very interesting. I would love to hear all your stories, also those that got away... Do you still have a picture of your Mummy? By the way, do you still find items now? I can't hear more of your and other MOPOs fascinating stories. Please let me know. Have a great day. Philipp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster? Hi Andrea and Philip! Yes, I wish I still had The Mummy one sheet as well, but, you can't go back and on the bright side, I was able to put a downpayment on a house and add some more great items to my collection. As for other great finds, if you guys would really like to hear some, I have lots of them. Some of them are pretty entertaining- but long. I really condensed the one about the Mummy as there was a lot more to it. When I get a chance next week, maybe I'll type out a few. Some of them I actually acquired and a few got away, but they're all great stories! Ron Moore --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron! Amazing story...any other great story finds? Love these stories. Philipp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster? Okay, so in all honesty I have had way more than my share in great poster finds over the years- but I've really hit the roads over the last 30 years to find them. One of the first finds included both style Pinocchio one sheets from 1940 for 50 cents each! Along with 3 Superman serial one sheets- I had to cough up a bit more for those. But for the best find of all... Sue will like this one! Back in 1992 I tracked down a rumor regarding an original Mummy one sheet. Now, I didn't really believe it was real until the guy who knew about it told me that next to Karloff's image the poster said, "It Comes to Life!" Well, you coulda knocked me over when he said that. It took me another 6 months to finally locate it and when I did... well I was expecting to see the regular Mummy one sheet- you know, the one you always see pictures of. The one Borst owns that's in his book Graven Images! But when I went to this guys house, there on his living room wall was the other style Mummy one sheet! The one no one in our hobby had seen before. For once, my usually stoic poker face slipped! The owner would not even discuss selling it. So, I asked where did it come from. I really had to dig into this mystery and it went all the way back to 1959 when the poster was located in a small town outside of Chicago. Apparently there were lots and lots of posters stacked inside of a junk dealers barn. Out of that find- a gentleman had kept 2 She Done Him Wrong one sheets, a Ladies They Talk About one sheet, and (Hey Doug Taylor- here's where it came from ) an original All Quiet On the Western Front one sheet! I was able to acquire them all. What happened to the rest of the stacks of posters, I was never able to find out. oh well After another agonizing 6 months, the owner of the Mummy one sheet finally let me buy it off of him. It was one of the best days in my entire poster collecting life. The happiness was short term though. I was inundated by phone calls from auction houses, people offering me cash in briefcases, calls from people I didn't even know- and they knew where I lived! The calls were coming in 3 to 5 times a day. It got to where I would walk by the poster, hanging magnificently on my wall, and I just couldn't stand to look at it anymore. After 6 months of harrassment, I sold it. So much for what could be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, posters in our hobby! There have been lots of more finds since then. I love the hunt! Ron Moore Cinema Icons --- Susan Heim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Mummy lobby card was a great find. I had someone offer me the original one sheet for Dracula back in 1982 or 1983 for $3500. Well, at that time, he could have been asking for $35 million and it wouldn't have been different. The guy explained to me that it would probably be worth quite a bit more in the future, and I agreed, but $3500 was almost 3 years rent to me in those days. He offered to go down to $3000. I told him he could go down to $300 and I still couldn't afford it. If I had only known, I would have borrowed from everyone I knew to buy it. I always hoped that guy never sold it and still has it to this day. You could see how much he loved the poster and hated to have to sell it. New question...Graphically, The Mummy and The Invisible Man one sheet are my favorite of the Universal Horror Classic one sheets. How about everyone else? Sue www.hollywoodposterframes.comhttp://www.hollywoodposter
Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster?
Ron, I've enjoyed reading your stories too. This is exactly what I love to find on MoPo. Please consider sending other tales to the whole group. Whether they would be long or short, if you take the time to write it, I'll take the time to read it. Great fun! Gordon Ron Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andrea and Philip! Yes, I wish I still had The Mummy one sheet as well, but, you can't go back and on the bright side, I was able to put a downpayment on a house and add some more great items to my collection. As for other great finds, if you guys would really like to hear some, I have lots of them. Some of them are pretty entertaining- but long. I really condensed the one about the Mummy as there was a lot more to it. When I get a chance next week, maybe I'll type out a few. Some of them I actually acquired and a few got away, but they're all great stories! Ron Moore --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron! Amazing story...any other great story finds? Love these stories. Philipp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster? Okay, so in all honesty I have had way more than my share in great poster finds over the years- but I've really hit the roads over the last 30 years to find them. One of the first finds included both style Pinocchio one sheets from 1940 for 50 cents each! Along with 3 Superman serial one sheets- I had to cough up a bit more for those. But for the best find of all... Sue will like this one! Back in 1992 I tracked down a rumor regarding an original Mummy one sheet. Now, I didn't really believe it was real until the guy who knew about it told me that next to Karloff's image the poster said, It Comes to Life! Well, you coulda knocked me over when he said that. It took me another 6 months to finally locate it and when I did... well I was expecting to see the regular Mummy one sheet- you know, the one you always see pictures of. The one Borst owns that's in his book Graven Images! But when I went to this guys house, there on his living room wall was the other style Mummy one sheet! The one no one in our hobby had seen before. For once, my usually stoic poker face slipped! The owner would not even discuss selling it. So, I asked where did it come from. I really had to dig into this mystery and it went all the way back to 1959 when the poster was located in a small town outside of Chicago. Apparently there were lots and lots of posters stacked inside of a junk dealers barn. Out of that find- a gentleman had kept 2 She Done Him Wrong one sheets, a Ladies They Talk About one sheet, and (Hey Doug Taylor- here's where it came from ) an original All Quiet On the Western Front one sheet! I was able to acquire them all. What happened to the rest of the stacks of posters, I was never able to find out. oh well After another agonizing 6 months, the owner of the Mummy one sheet finally let me buy it off of him. It was one of the best days in my entire poster collecting life. The happiness was short term though. I was inundated by phone calls from auction houses, people offering me cash in briefcases, calls from people I didn't even know- and they knew where I lived! The calls were coming in 3 to 5 times a day. It got to where I would walk by the poster, hanging magnificently on my wall, and I just couldn't stand to look at it anymore. After 6 months of harrassment, I sold it. So much for what could be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, posters in our hobby! There have been lots of more finds since then. I love the hunt! Ron Moore Cinema Icons --- Susan Heim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Mummy lobby card was a great find. I had someone offer me the original one sheet for Dracula back in 1982 or 1983 for $3500. Well, at that time, he could have been asking for $35 million and it wouldn't have been different. The guy explained to me that it would probably be worth quite a bit more in the future, and I agreed, but $3500 was almost 3 years rent to me in those days. He offered to go down to $3000. I told him he could go down to $300 and I still couldn't afford it. If I had only known, I would have borrowed from everyone I knew to buy it. I always hoped that guy never sold it and still has it to this day. You could see how much he loved the poster and hated to have to sell it. New question...Graphically, The Mummy and The Invisible Man one sheet are my favorite of the Universal Horror Classic one sheets. How about everyone else? Sue www.hollywoodposterframes.comhttp://www.hollywoodposterframes.com/ - Original Message - From
Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster?
Wow, Ron. What an adventure. At least you touched it and gazed at it.ToochisRon Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andrea and Philip!Yes, I wish I still had The Mummy one sheet as well,but, you can't go back and on the bright side, I wasable to put a downpayment on a house and add some moregreat items to my collection.As for other great finds, if you guys would reallylike to hear some, I have lots of them. Some of themare pretty entertaining- but long. I really condensedthe one about the Mummy as there was a lot more to it.When I get a chance next week, maybe I'll type out afew. Some of them I actually acquired and a few gotaway, but they're all great stories!Ron Moore--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron! Amazing story...any other great story finds? Love these stories. Philipp -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster? Okay, so in all honesty I have had way more than my share in great poster finds over the years- but I've really hit the roads over the last 30 years to find them. One of the first finds included both style Pinocchio one sheets from 1940 for 50 cents each! Along with 3 Superman serial one sheets- I had to cough up a bit more for those. But for the best find of all... Sue will like this one! Back in 1992 I tracked down a rumor regarding an original Mummy one sheet. Now, I didn't really believe it was real until the guy who knew about it told me that next to Karloff's image the poster said, "It Comes to Life!" Well, you coulda knocked me over when he said that. It took me another 6 months to finally locate it and when I did... well I was expecting to see the regular Mummy one sheet- you know, the one you always see pictures of. The one Borst owns that's in his book Graven Images! But when I went to this guys house, there on his living room wall was the other style Mummy one sheet! The one no one in our hobby had seen before. For once, my usually stoic poker face slipped! The owner would not even discuss selling it. So, I asked where did it come from. I really had to dig into this mystery and it went all the way back to 1959 when the poster was located in a small town outside of Chicago. Apparently there were lots and lots of posters stacked inside of a junk dealers barn. Out of that find- a gentleman had kept 2 She Done Him Wrong one sheets, a Ladies They Talk About one sheet, and (Hey Doug Taylor- here's where it came from ) an original All Quiet On the Western Front one sheet! I was able to acquire them all. What happened to the rest of the stacks of posters, I was never able to find out. oh well After another agonizing 6 months, the owner of the Mummy one sheet finally let me buy it off of him. It was one of the best days in my entire poster collecting life. The happiness was short term though. I was inundated by phone calls from auction houses, people offering me cash in briefcases, calls from people I didn't even know- and they knew where I lived! The calls were coming in 3 to 5 times a day. It got to where I would walk by the poster, hanging magnificently on my wall, and I just couldn't stand to look at it anymore. After 6 months of harrassment, I sold it. So much for what could be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, posters in our hobby! There have been lots of more finds since then. I love the hunt! Ron Moore Cinema Icons --- Susan Heim wrote: The Mummy lobby card was a great find. I had someone offer me the original one sheet for Dracula back in 1982 or 1983 for $3500. Well, at that time, he could have been asking for $35 million and it wouldn't have been different. The guy explained to me that it would probably be worth quite a bit more in the future, and I agreed, but $3500 was almost 3 years rent to me in those days. He offered to go down to $3000. I told him he could go down to $300 and I still couldn't afford it. If I had only known, I would have borrowed from everyone I knew to buy it. I always hoped that guy never sold it and still has it to this day. You could see how much he loved the poster and hated to have to sell it. New question...Graphically, The Mummy and The Invisible Man one sheet are my favorite of the Universal Horror Classic one sheets. How about everyone else?Sue www.hollywoodposterframes.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:25 PMSubject: [MOPO] Are The Inmates In Charge Of The Nuthouse?Hi,I've been collecting and dealing in movie posters for close to 30 years. Sometimes it amazes not only how much angry diatribe has taken over MoPo, but it seems as if certain members ,who act as if they have all the right answers, are so often wrong. ie: a 40x60 has ALWAYS been a 40x60---never in my years of collecting h
Re: [MOPO] Best Universal Horror Classic poster?
As THE MUMMY was the only one of the Universal horror classics not banned from Australian TV in the 50s and 60s, it was the one that I saw first - ahead of DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN and assorted sons, daughters and brides... Having been long in the thrall of the musty history of ancient Egypt, THE MUMMY made a special impact on and along with SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (the first in the Frankenstein films I saw on the big screen in 1965... in a decaying picture palace (since restored) it has remained my favourite. Maybe it's that influence from the past (although I like the Universal sequels even if they lack the style and atmosphere of the Karloff original) and I'm a big fan of Hammer's 1959 remake, but the original MUMMY one sheet would certainly be the one to have for this dinosaur. Phil Susan Heim wrote: The Mummy lobby card was a great find. I had someone offer me the original one sheet for Dracula back in 1982 or 1983 for $3500. Well, at that time, he could have been asking for $35 million and it wouldn't have been different. The guy explained to me that it would probably be worth quite a bit more in the future, and I agreed, but $3500 was almost 3 years rent to me in those days. He offered to go down to $3000. I told him he could go down to $300 and I still couldn't afford it. If I had only known, I would have borrowed from everyone I knew to buy it. I always hoped that guy never sold it and still has it to this day. You could see how much he loved the poster and hated to have to sell it. New question...Graphically, The Mummy and The Invisible Man one sheet are my favorite of the Universal Horror Classic one sheets. How about everyone else? Sue www.hollywoodposterframes.com http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com - Original Message - *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU *Sent:* Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:25 PM *Subject:* [MOPO] Are The Inmates In Charge Of The Nuthouse? Hi, I've been collecting and dealing in movie posters for close to 30 years. Sometimes it amazes not only how much angry diatribe has taken over MoPo, but it seems as if certain members ,who act as if they have all the right answers, are so often wrong. ie: a 40x60 has ALWAYS been a 40x60---never in my years of collecting have I head it referred to as a 2 Sheet. There have been other examples as well. Hey, I know some of you definitely aren't so keen to any insight I might have, but, jeez, don't certain high level individuals on this list (however they might be viewed as such) have something better to do than spend hours bitching and complaining about this person and that person. Lines upon lines of print that virtually signifies nothinganger...resentment...petty crap. As a writer myself, if I expended as much energy as the supposed chosen few on this list, I'd have a novel written by now! Enough said. Below I thought I'd list a couple of my BEST POSTER FINDS. (By the way, can somebody please tell me who the hell is J.R.?) Years ago, I bought an original Jazz Singer US lobby card for $40---a few years later, an original Mummy (Karloff) US lobby card for $75. Also, an original Scarface (Muni,1932) US 1/2 Sheet for about $150. There are more to mention, but I'll stop here. Thanks for listening. Okay, you vicious hounds out there...attack me! Rick Ryan Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
