Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
Tom - Sorry, I digressed from career to collecting. I moved to Hollywood after college. I worked on a low bud film as a PA and assistant camera. I wanted to be the next Spielberg. Turns out they already had one, so I moved back to Phila and had a long career in corporate video. Michael Danese -Original Message- From: MoPo List On Behalf Of Tom Martin Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 1:23 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories wow..so you had a video company in Hollywood???what was thebiz name??? sounds likea life like most of mopo...as we all seemed to be from the 70s... vetostanaitus told me he advertised in Popular photography before movie collectors world and the BIG reel-Don Key and classic Imagessam Rubin..so wild thanks for the share Man!! stay safe...You had some great stuff,a guy just called me i sent toBruce and greayat heritage..whosaid he had signed posters,,likebig lobowski..and gwtw..and others butim verypickyonproenance...so i said i was notinterest atanyprice,,but that others couldauction it off,ilike contracts and letters and somesigned stills if vintahhe..whensharpies becamethenorm.i started toback awayso much forgerys bootlegs...a friendboughta untouchable cast signed poster i said i know thatposteris a reprintas i sell them they were made in Germany..thee man since died so my stock is 40 yearsold ofthe reprints..not 27x41 anyway no nsss. so he just wanted it anyways..well he paid 125.00 to geta posterwith supposed all cast...this guy that called said he paid 3500 forthegwtwhe said it was dry mounted and framed..another no no..but said ithad a gable check,,ther was a guyin alabaquerque New mexicao that boughtupstars cancelled checks years back andit was pretty cool ..at one timeyou could get mowee howard checks for10,00 from his daughter norman mauers wife...crazy business. but ther are many good guys inthe biz also who tellthe truth...so happy collecting,,FOLKs and nicetosee people talkinglikethe old days!! On 2020-03-22 12:51, Michael Danese wrote: > Fun post idea! Here's my story. As a high school student, I was in an > antique store in downtown Philly, around 1972. The store had two movie > posters - a Strawberry Blonde R56 one sheet, and an insert on Bridge > on the River Kwai. To quote The Grateful Dead - The bus came by, and I > got on! I bought them both for $5 each. > Soon after that, I met a guy who knew a guy with a bunch of posters, > especially James Cagney. From him I bought numerous Cagney one sheets > and lobby card sets, from the thirties to the 60s. All for $8 each, > which I thought was highway robbery. > Soon I discover Cinaphantique and their massive catalog. I bought a > bunch of items from them. Then a friend of mine, Jim Murray, opened > The Movie Poster Place. I helped him in the shop from time to time and > he always gave me great deals. When he would return from the big > Cleveland Con I many times got first crack at the items that I liked. > We went to the North Jersey cons a few times a year. I always came > back with a large haul. By then I targeted mainly Cagney, Bogart, > Hitchcock and Monroe, along with other major classics. Also, in the > early 80's I decided to go after autographs. I got a few stills from > Jim and sent them to movie stars with a return postage envelope. That > was very successful. I got Janet Leigh, Margret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, > Rod Taylor, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Kate Hepburn, Vincent Price, > Bob Hope, Charlton Heston, James Cagney, James Stewart, and many more. > I was a Film/TV major at Penn State and shortly after graduation Star > Wars opened. I saw it on opening day at a matinee in a largely empty > dollar theater. I went with another film grad, and neither of us knew > anything about it. We both thought it was pretty great, and soon it > exploded. A few weeks later a record store in State College had a > folded one sheet in their shop. I bought it for $7.50. Eventually I > was also able to get pretty much all of the one sheets, inserts, half > sheets, lobby sets and still sets from the first three films. I still > have them all. After graduation I moved to Hollywood and lived in an > apartment under that big sign for a while. I then discovered the shops > on Hollywood Blvd. Larry Edmonds, etc. Bought more there. > Then in the mid-90s the internet helped to connect us all. eBay was > the wild west. A group of us banned together, with the help of our > fearless leader, Scott Burns, and formed MOPO. I wrote a bunch of the > original FAQ info, which I assume is still posted. I continued to > amass items for the next 20 years. My video production offices were > all decorated with posters, lobby cards, signed stills, etc. Clients > loved to come and see them, but no
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
wow..so you had a video company in Hollywood???what was thebiz name??? sounds likea life like most of mopo...as we all seemed to be from the 70s... vetostanaitus told me he advertised in Popular photography before movie collectors world and the BIG reel-Don Key and classic Imagessam Rubin..so wild thanks for the share Man!! stay safe...You had some great stuff,a guy just called me i sent toBruce and greayat heritage..whosaid he had signed posters,,likebig lobowski..and gwtw..and others butim verypickyonproenance...so i said i was notinterest atanyprice,,but that others couldauction it off,ilike contracts and letters and somesigned stills if vintahhe..whensharpies becamethenorm.i started toback awayso much forgerys bootlegs...a friendboughta untouchable cast signed poster i said i know thatposteris a reprintas i sell them they were made in Germany..thee man since died so my stock is 40 yearsold ofthe reprints..not 27x41 anyway no nsss. so he just wanted it anyways..well he paid 125.00 to geta posterwith supposed all cast...this guy that called said he paid 3500 forthegwtwhe said it was dry mounted and framed..another no no..but said ithad a gable check,,ther was a guyin alabaquerque New mexicao that boughtupstars cancelled checks years back andit was pretty cool ..at one timeyou could get mowee howard checks for10,00 from his daughter norman mauers wife...crazy business. but ther are many good guys inthe biz also who tellthe truth...so happy collecting,,FOLKs and nicetosee people talkinglikethe old days!! On 2020-03-22 12:51, Michael Danese wrote: Fun post idea! Here's my story. As a high school student, I was in an antique store in downtown Philly, around 1972. The store had two movie posters - a Strawberry Blonde R56 one sheet, and an insert on Bridge on the River Kwai. To quote The Grateful Dead - The bus came by, and I got on! I bought them both for $5 each. Soon after that, I met a guy who knew a guy with a bunch of posters, especially James Cagney. From him I bought numerous Cagney one sheets and lobby card sets, from the thirties to the 60s. All for $8 each, which I thought was highway robbery. Soon I discover Cinaphantique and their massive catalog. I bought a bunch of items from them. Then a friend of mine, Jim Murray, opened The Movie Poster Place. I helped him in the shop from time to time and he always gave me great deals. When he would return from the big Cleveland Con I many times got first crack at the items that I liked. We went to the North Jersey cons a few times a year. I always came back with a large haul. By then I targeted mainly Cagney, Bogart, Hitchcock and Monroe, along with other major classics. Also, in the early 80's I decided to go after autographs. I got a few stills from Jim and sent them to movie stars with a return postage envelope. That was very successful. I got Janet Leigh, Margret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Rod Taylor, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Kate Hepburn, Vincent Price, Bob Hope, Charlton Heston, James Cagney, James Stewart, and many more. I was a Film/TV major at Penn State and shortly after graduation Star Wars opened. I saw it on opening day at a matinee in a largely empty dollar theater. I went with another film grad, and neither of us knew anything about it. We both thought it was pretty great, and soon it exploded. A few weeks later a record store in State College had a folded one sheet in their shop. I bought it for $7.50. Eventually I was also able to get pretty much all of the one sheets, inserts, half sheets, lobby sets and still sets from the first three films. I still have them all. After graduation I moved to Hollywood and lived in an apartment under that big sign for a while. I then discovered the shops on Hollywood Blvd. Larry Edmonds, etc. Bought more there. Then in the mid-90s the internet helped to connect us all. eBay was the wild west. A group of us banned together, with the help of our fearless leader, Scott Burns, and formed MOPO. I wrote a bunch of the original FAQ info, which I assume is still posted. I continued to amass items for the next 20 years. My video production offices were all decorated with posters, lobby cards, signed stills, etc. Clients loved to come and see them, but not as much as I did. I retired about three years ago and found myself with the usual piles of rolled tubes, folded posters and books of lobby cards, as well as a large stack. I decided to weed out and edit strongly. I auctioned off most of it, keeping only the very favorites, which is still a lot of items. So that is my collecting journey. And, as we are all living in an episode of The Twilight Zone, I want to invite you to be amongst the first to read my new short story! This story takes place in a different part of The Twilight Zone, a place where people can still shop for groceries, shake hands and socialize with others, but still, things are not quite right ... Perchance to Dream In this short story, Robert Clapp
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
Fun post idea! Here's my story. As a high school student, I was in an antique store in downtown Philly, around 1972. The store had two movie posters - a Strawberry Blonde R56 one sheet, and an insert on Bridge on the River Kwai. To quote The Grateful Dead - The bus came by, and I got on! I bought them both for $5 each. Soon after that, I met a guy who knew a guy with a bunch of posters, especially James Cagney. From him I bought numerous Cagney one sheets and lobby card sets, from the thirties to the 60s. All for $8 each, which I thought was highway robbery. Soon I discover Cinaphantique and their massive catalog. I bought a bunch of items from them. Then a friend of mine, Jim Murray, opened The Movie Poster Place. I helped him in the shop from time to time and he always gave me great deals. When he would return from the big Cleveland Con I many times got first crack at the items that I liked. We went to the North Jersey cons a few times a year. I always came back with a large haul. By then I targeted mainly Cagney, Bogart, Hitchcock and Monroe, along with other major classics. Also, in the early 80's I decided to go after autographs. I got a few stills from Jim and sent them to movie stars with a return postage envelope. That was very successful. I got Janet Leigh, Margret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Rod Taylor, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Kate Hepburn, Vincent Price, Bob Hope, Charlton Heston, James Cagney, James Stewart, and many more. I was a Film/TV major at Penn State and shortly after graduation Star Wars opened. I saw it on opening day at a matinee in a largely empty dollar theater. I went with another film grad, and neither of us knew anything about it. We both thought it was pretty great, and soon it exploded. A few weeks later a record store in State College had a folded one sheet in their shop. I bought it for $7.50. Eventually I was also able to get pretty much all of the one sheets, inserts, half sheets, lobby sets and still sets from the first three films. I still have them all. After graduation I moved to Hollywood and lived in an apartment under that big sign for a while. I then discovered the shops on Hollywood Blvd. Larry Edmonds, etc. Bought more there. Then in the mid-90s the internet helped to connect us all. eBay was the wild west. A group of us banned together, with the help of our fearless leader, Scott Burns, and formed MOPO. I wrote a bunch of the original FAQ info, which I assume is still posted. I continued to amass items for the next 20 years. My video production offices were all decorated with posters, lobby cards, signed stills, etc. Clients loved to come and see them, but not as much as I did. I retired about three years ago and found myself with the usual piles of rolled tubes, folded posters and books of lobby cards, as well as a large stack. I decided to weed out and edit strongly. I auctioned off most of it, keeping only the very favorites, which is still a lot of items. So that is my collecting journey. And, as we are all living in an episode of The Twilight Zone, I want to invite you to be amongst the first to read my new short story! This story takes place in a different part of The Twilight Zone, a place where people can still shop for groceries, shake hands and socialize with others, but still, things are not quite right ... Perchance to Dream In this short story, Robert Clapper, a salesman, abruptly wakes from a terrifying recurring nightmare and is comforted by his wife Mary. After breakfast, he travels to a business meeting and is surprised to find that he recognizes the people in his meeting from his dream. He tells them that, and they are quite skeptical, until a few of them share their own experiences with ghosts, spirits and visions! You can find all of my stories on these sites: Download a pdf for free at my site - http://michaeldanese.weebly.com/ Read any way you want – including versions for all e-readers - http://www.smashwords.com/ (search Michael Danese) For Kindle version visit www.amazon.com (search Michael Danese) Also available at iTunes and Barnes & Noble Comments welcome – please feel free to share! Stay safe! Michael Danese 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.
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
wow. evan ,, sound likea great timeto buy titles ifyou need them..as these times seem souncertain..but thecool part is anyone can hope onto the collecting train iftheywant even broke old guys...butatmyafge 63 I should bedownsizing...its just fun seeing theold images..anddoingwhat we did 45 years ago andnotbreaking thebank...wheni started it was like we paid 3.00 a postyer...a bout a year ago iopened someebayu sales at 99 cents...wellI had a unused john carpenter poster darkness..andit sold at 99 cents andthebuyer had won a romero dawn of dead also...so i shipped it priority...so whenhe also won theprince of Darkness folded 1sheet i relized i offer shipping for free..it costme 10.00 Priority toNYC plus i only got 99 cents..itwas atleasta 20.00 poster... so ilearned a lesssonthelow opener does notalways get good bidsbutI honored it so buyers could see my sales were honest ,,eventhough i took a loss.. itwas toa well known dealerin canada buti shipped toNYC,,, we live and learn...andi figure if ilose imaygeta better bid down theroad ifthey see i am serious and honor thedeals..will i do low openedr ..nope...ill ask what i want ormakea offer as thatworkd s for both sidewsso sorry ifthatposter was yours... the thinhg aboutconsignement is ifit seels smal the auction guys get fees tolistand ship and otherstuff andno promice what theposter will bringbut they ern thier moneyin laborandprocessing unlike me wherIam slow andnotas organized,,butwheni do do a order i ampretty good after 43 years.. but theshipping is crazy now days...o its hard foralltomaintain service of good quality On 2020-03-20 14:28, EVAN ZWEIFEL wrote: One of my first "big" poster purchases was "State of the Union" with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy (it was actually a trade). My wife and I are big fans of theirs, and I have a completist mentality when it comes series of things (they made 9 films together). For some reason I tend to follow this title on eMovieposter and Heritage when it comes up for auction (to get a general feel for the market). It sold yesterday for $0.85 (that was the consignor take, the buyer of course paid considerably more), which means, assuming the seller mailed the poster to Texas, the seller would have been better off just throwing it away! -- Evan On March 18, 2020 at 1:21 PM Tom Martin wrote: beautiful story Ira!!! and sue too !! woww.. ilove that stuff On 2020-03-18 14:53, Ira Rubenstein wrote: > OK - > > I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical > Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the > Branch office in Sherman Oaks.They gave the intern the fun job to > clean out the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi > posters and other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home. > YES! And that's what started it. > > From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course > my job was sending out posters.And of course I got to keep a copy > or two. > > Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my > wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. > That really kicked it into high gear. > > My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A > co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. > Again, my wife's favorite film.Got the poster. Took it to Sue > to frame. > > She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never > folded version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __ > And Sue and I have been friends ever since. > > And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection.And no more wall > space. > > Ira > > On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" > wrote: > > Okay - > > We’ve got all this time - > > We’ve got this great forum. > > Let’s crank it up a bit. > > > Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored > and changed our life. > > > Will start it off - > > I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - > the Carolina Theater - > > Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before > walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with > them. > > Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond > my ears into a frothing teenager. > > Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. > > He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - > (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - > > Begged the manager even more. > > He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. > > I was never the same. > > Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. > > Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater > before I went to the movies. > > Ah, the days of trash picking. > > Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - > > Started going through the studio trash. > > M
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
Wow, Evan. Now, that is one scary doomsday story. I never even threw away torn up pieces of posters. I collage them together to make other posters that never existed. Am looking at an insert for EIGHTEEN AXIOUS SINNERS FROM HELL and RANDOLPH SCOTT in BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE GOLDEN MISTRESS. Email if anybody wants to see them. Alan > On Mar 20, 2020, at 11:28 AM, EVAN ZWEIFEL wrote: > > One of my first "big" poster purchases was "State of the Union" with > Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy (it was actually a trade). My wife and I > are big fans of theirs, and I have a completist mentality when it comes > series of things (they made 9 films together). For some reason I tend to > follow this title on eMovieposter and Heritage when it comes up for auction > (to get a general feel for the market). > > It sold yesterday for $0.85 (that was the consignor take, the buyer of course > paid considerably more), which means, assuming the seller mailed the poster > to Texas, the seller would have been better off just throwing it away! > > -- Evan > >> On March 18, 2020 at 1:21 PM Tom Martin >> wrote: >> >> >> beautiful story Ira!!! and sue too !! woww.. ilove that stuff >> >> >> On 2020-03-18 14:53, Ira Rubenstein wrote: >>> OK - >>> >>> I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical >>> Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the >>> Branch office in Sherman Oaks.They gave the intern the fun job to >>> clean out the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi >>> posters and other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home. >>> YES! And that's what started it. >>> >>> From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course >>> my job was sending out posters.And of course I got to keep a copy >>> or two. >>> >>> Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my >>> wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. >>> That really kicked it into high gear. >>> >>> My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A >>> co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. >>> Again, my wife's favorite film.Got the poster. Took it to Sue >>> to frame. >>> >>> She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never >>> folded version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __ >>> And Sue and I have been friends ever since. >>> >>> And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection.And no more wall >>> space. >>> >>> Ira >>> >>> On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" >>> wrote: >>> >>>Okay - >>> >>>We’ve got all this time - >>> >>>We’ve got this great forum. >>> >>>Let’s crank it up a bit. >>> >>> >>>Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored >>> and changed our life. >>> >>> >>>Will start it off - >>> >>>I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - >>> the Carolina Theater - >>> >>>Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before >>> walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with >>> them. >>> >>>Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond >>> my ears into a frothing teenager. >>> >>>Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. >>> >>>He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - >>> (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - >>> >>>Begged the manager even more. >>> >>>He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. >>> >>>I was never the same. >>> >>>Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. >>> >>>Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater >>> before I went to the movies. >>> >>>Ah, the days of trash picking. >>> >>>Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - >>> >>>Started going through the studio trash. >>> >>>My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. >>> >>>Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in >>> Australia. >>> >>>It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged >>> and stopped from being tossed. >>> >>>Trash these days just isn’t what it was! >>> >>>Alan Adler >>>Museum of Mom and Pop Culture >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.filmfan.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ&r=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A&m=cPwoRzQt95eK554q-guCea8A21CTJ41hUYaP_kA6cb8&s=n97V7Jont2f-32h5RkNgPbjbRQhA31P44VcLzNH21Jk&e= >>> >>> ___ >>> 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 >>> cont
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
One of my first "big" poster purchases was "State of the Union" with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy (it was actually a trade). My wife and I are big fans of theirs, and I have a completist mentality when it comes series of things (they made 9 films together). For some reason I tend to follow this title on eMovieposter and Heritage when it comes up for auction (to get a general feel for the market). It sold yesterday for $0.85 (that was the consignor take, the buyer of course paid considerably more), which means, assuming the seller mailed the poster to Texas, the seller would have been better off just throwing it away! -- Evan > On March 18, 2020 at 1:21 PM Tom Martin > wrote: > > > beautiful story Ira!!! and sue too !! woww.. ilove that stuff > > > On 2020-03-18 14:53, Ira Rubenstein wrote: > > OK - > > > > I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical > > Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the > > Branch office in Sherman Oaks.They gave the intern the fun job to > > clean out the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi > > posters and other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home. > > YES! And that's what started it. > > > > From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course > > my job was sending out posters.And of course I got to keep a copy > > or two. > > > > Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my > > wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. > > That really kicked it into high gear. > > > > My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A > > co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. > > Again, my wife's favorite film.Got the poster. Took it to Sue > > to frame. > > > > She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never > > folded version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __ > > And Sue and I have been friends ever since. > > > > And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection.And no more wall > > space. > > > > Ira > > > > On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" > > wrote: > > > > Okay - > > > > We’ve got all this time - > > > > We’ve got this great forum. > > > > Let’s crank it up a bit. > > > > > > Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored > > and changed our life. > > > > > > Will start it off - > > > > I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - > > the Carolina Theater - > > > > Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before > > walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with > > them. > > > > Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond > > my ears into a frothing teenager. > > > > Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. > > > > He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - > > (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - > > > > Begged the manager even more. > > > > He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. > > > > I was never the same. > > > > Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. > > > > Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater > > before I went to the movies. > > > > Ah, the days of trash picking. > > > > Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - > > > > Started going through the studio trash. > > > > My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. > > > > Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in > > Australia. > > > > It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged > > and stopped from being tossed. > > > > Trash these days just isn’t what it was! > > > > Alan Adler > > Museum of Mom and Pop Culture > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.filmfan.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ&r=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A&m=cPwoRzQt95eK554q-guCea8A21CTJ41hUYaP_kA6cb8&s=n97V7Jont2f-32h5RkNgPbjbRQhA31P44VcLzNH21Jk&e= > > > > ___ > > 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
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
thanks for the share of your story Charles!!! enjoy the Collection Tom'-Hollywood dream Factory® On 2020-03-19 21:39, Charles Stevens wrote: I’ll play and date myself... My first real theater poster was Wes Anderson’s flick Rushmore... DS US OS. Put pin holes in it and everything. Hung it above my headboard. Still have it! I was in love with Miss Rosemary too... AND the director was from Texas! Got me into posters. That or Great Expectations - cause I was in love with Ms. Paltrow... Basically the start of a long love affair with leading ladies... Charlie Get Outlook for iOS [1] - FROM: MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler SENT: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:51:42 PM TO: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU SUBJECT: [MOPO] First Poster Stories Okay - We’ve got all this time - We’ve got this great forum. Let’s crank it up a bit. Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and changed our life. Will start it off - I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the Carolina Theater - Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with them. Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my ears into a frothing teenager. Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - Begged the manager even more. He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. I was never the same. Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I went to the movies. Ah, the days of trash picking. Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - Started going through the studio trash. My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in Australia. It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and stopped from being tossed. Trash these days just isn’t what it was! Alan Adler Museum of Mom and Pop Culture Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.filmfan.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc10ed1e64f3d4e43935b08d7cb65085d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637201507099115071&sdata=nsY6lrqiBii5GQYHntLdHuXLaBnHhiyZ7qsj8%2Fcb6jM%3D&reserved=0 [2] ___ 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. - To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 [3] Links: -- [1] https://aka.ms/o0ukef [2] https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.filmfan.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc10ed1e64f3d4e43935b08d7cb65085d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637201507099115071&sdata=nsY6lrqiBii5GQYHntLdHuXLaBnHhiyZ7qsj8%2Fcb6jM%3D&reserved=0 [3] 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.
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
I’ll play and date myself... My first real theater poster was Wes Anderson’s flick Rushmore... DS US OS. Put pin holes in it and everything. Hung it above my headboard. Still have it! I was in love with Miss Rosemary too... AND the director was from Texas! Got me into posters. That or Great Expectations - cause I was in love with Ms. Paltrow... Basically the start of a long love affair with leading ladies... Charlie Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> From: MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:51:42 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] First Poster Stories Okay - We’ve got all this time - We’ve got this great forum. Let’s crank it up a bit. Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and changed our life. Will start it off - I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the Carolina Theater - Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with them. Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my ears into a frothing teenager. Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - Begged the manager even more. He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. I was never the same. Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I went to the movies. Ah, the days of trash picking. Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - Started going through the studio trash. My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in Australia. It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and stopped from being tossed. Trash these days just isn’t what it was! Alan Adler Museum of Mom and Pop Culture Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.filmfan.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc10ed1e64f3d4e43935b08d7cb65085d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637201507099115071&sdata=nsY6lrqiBii5GQYHntLdHuXLaBnHhiyZ7qsj8%2Fcb6jM%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.
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
g and we got separated by the push. Somebody was > > pushing on my left > > shoulder and somebody else was pushing on my right shoulder. Now, I'm > > pretty short so when I looked up to see who it was, Gene Kelly was on > > one shoulder and Fred Astaire was on the other. I remember thinking to > > myself at the > > time, I could die now a happy girl!! So, everytime I would look at > > one of those 3 posters, that's the memory associated with them... > > > > Sue > > Hollywood Poster Frames > > > > - > > > > FROM: MoPo List on behalf of Ira > > Rubenstein > > SENT: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:53 PM > > TO: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > SUBJECT: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories > > > > OK - > > > > I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical > > Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch > > office in Sherman Oaks. They gave the intern the fun job to clean out > > the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and > > other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home. YES! And that's > > what started it. > > > > From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course > > my job was sending out posters. And of course I got to keep a copy or > > two. > > > > Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my > > wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. That > > really kicked it into high gear. > > > > My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A > > co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. > > Again, my wife's favorite film. Got the poster. Took it to Sue to > > frame. > > > > She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never folded > > version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __ And Sue and > > I have been friends ever since. > > > > And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection. And no more wall > > space. > > > > Ira > > > > On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" > > wrote: > > > > Okay - > > > > We’ve got all this time - > > > > We’ve got this great forum. > > > > Let’s crank it up a bit. > > > > Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and > > changed our life. > > > > Will start it off - > > > > I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the > > Carolina Theater - > > > > Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before > > walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with > > them. > > > > Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my > > ears into a frothing teenager. > > > > Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. > > > > He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe > > 35 cents pack then?) - > > > > Begged the manager even more. > > > > He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. > > > > I was never the same. > > > > Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. > > > > Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I > > went to the movies. > > > > Ah, the days of trash picking. > > > > Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - > > > > Started going through the studio trash. > > > > My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. > > > > Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in > > Australia. > > > > It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and > > stopped from being tossed. > > > > Trash these days just isn’t what it was! > > > > Alan Adler > > Museum of Mom and Pop Culture > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > > > https://eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttp-3A__www.filmfan.com%26d%3DDwIFaQ%26c%3DQX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ%26r%3D1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A%26m%3DcPwoRzQt95eK554q-guCea8A21CTJ41hUYaP_kA6cb8%26s%3Dn97V7Jont2f-32h5RkNgPbjbRQhA31P44VcLzNH21Jk%26e&data=02%7C01%7C%7C455be86c2eba4bd2d0fe08d7cb6d9d36%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637201543954367213&sdata=7Rsg%2FBgVdFd%2B2yLJM4ezt606H03fVvNvjIjcrM70FwU%3D&reserved=0= > > [1] > > ___
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
wow i had to read again..it shows how we are all so connected inthe Posters...so glad Ira got it..its one of my fave movies Too..i had a 16mm print andloved towatch it ona big screenveto stanaitis in Chicago sold methe moviehe told me whanhe gotinthebiz inthe 60s there were no film collectors magazines..so he ran ads in popular photography magazine so seems like the collecting started in the 50s 60s my one colector said he started in 50s while inthe militaryandso he got posters fromthe film setrvice..another guy i got 2001 stuff from was inthe college film circuits...they ran movies for college kids inthe70s/late night shows,i remeberstooges..and others... On 2020-03-18 21:50, Susan Heim wrote: So, the reason I knew it was my Singin' in the Rain one sheet is that it was rolled and I had never seen one. It was obtained from the MGM auction back in the 70's. It had come with some other posters out of the Art Directors office. It had some crinkles so I had it linenbacked. I had it for over 25 years framed until I started to think "how long can I keep all these posters" and I sold it to a collector in New York with some other titles that he bought from an ad I ran in Movie Collector World. He decided to get out of movie posters and increase his comic book collection and put the poster up for sale at auction, I think Heritage. All of a sudden one day, Ira walks in and says look what I just got and it was my copy. That's the scoop. Now, my first poster story is kind of funny. When I was growing up I would always stand in the lobby or by the ticket window and stare at the posters never thinking I could actually own one. Flash forward many years and I am in college in the early 1970's. My best friend went to USC and he was an Engineering major. I went to visit him in his dorm room and there on the wall was a Chinatown poster. His roommate was a film major and I was blown away. I asked him where he got it and he told me about Larry Edmunds bookstore on Hollywood Blvd. I was in school in San Diego but the following weekend I drove up to Hollywood and waited for Larry Edmunds to open up and went in to the back of the store and asked for a Chinatown one sheet. It was $6. The roommate was working on the first Filmex to be held in Century City and he was working with Rosalind Russell who was the chairwoman of the event. Funny Lady, the sequel to Funny Girl was to be premiered there on the opening night gala. He had invited me to come up and work on the event and come to the opening night. So, I figured I buy Funny Lady while I was in the store as well. I had $20 I had allotted myself to spend. Funny Lady was $6 as well. When the guy asked me any other titles, I said Spellbound and out came a box and there were 2 copies in the box, both $6 each. I only took one copy (regretted that for years). So, my first purchase was 3 one sheets and a few black and white stills. That whole period is tied in with the Filmex event in my mind nowI went to the opening night and the front of the theater was decorated with hundreds of yellow roses, a signature of the character's in the film. There were so many celebrities there and it was jam packed. When they opened the door to go in, there was a push to get in the doors. I had invited my best friend to come along and we got separated by the push. Somebody was pushing on my left shoulder and somebody else was pushing on my right shoulder. Now, I'm pretty short so when I looked up to see who it was, Gene Kelly was on one shoulder and Fred Astaire was on the other. I remember thinking to myself at the time, I could die now a happy girl!! So, everytime I would look at one of those 3 posters, that's the memory associated with them... Sue Hollywood Poster Frames - FROM: MoPo List on behalf of Ira Rubenstein SENT: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:53 PM TO: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU SUBJECT: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories OK - I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch office in Sherman Oaks. They gave the intern the fun job to clean out the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home. YES! And that's what started it. From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course my job was sending out posters. And of course I got to keep a copy or two. Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. That really kicked it into high gear. My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. Again, my wife's favorite film. Got the poster. Took it to Sue to frame. She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
wow i have terror magazine...somewhere and i bet its thesame one cool strories my 1st movie stuff was around 1965-66 with Bubble gum cards..of monsters andmonster magazines.. then was music -beatles and monkees..andthenitwas mel Blanc in 1976 who said well Tom besised music you can find a niche..likei did...as he was a musician...and so wheni cam back from La..i started a booking agency atage 19-20///anmdthen inmyoffice i started sellingposters i would buy from Movie geeeks..andmovie magaxzines as my buddy said you can sell this it was 20s photoplay movie mags...wellthe rest was justa loveofallthe cinema gear and anything to do with Hollywood and meeting allthe collectors,authors and dealers...so funny as most had a similar Journeywhata experience...Hollywood heritage helped me they are rtthe museum of cbdemille./...andiremeber talking to lenord maltin..i have his mag he made Film fan monthly...1st issueso its been a real; education and so lucky to met MOPOP members.. all over the world... thank YOU all...and nice tosee youtalk again liketheold days of mopo and hear your stories..and see how you gotinthe biziness... all the best to you all.. kindest regards, Tom Hollywood dreamfactory® On 2020-03-18 16:03, Greg Douglass wrote: I was 12 or 13 and obsessed with finding movie posters for my room. I actually wrote to American International Pictures asking if I could buy directly from them. They sent back a postcard with John Ashley's picture. Not what I was looking for. I was fooling around collaborating with John & Michael Brunas on a fanzine called "Terror Monsters". They directed me to Bruco Enterprises where I bought my first one sheet; MACABRE, the William Castle shocker. Stamped on the back was the address for Theater Poster Exchange. I bought a bunch of stuff: one sheets for 75 cents, lobby sets for $2.50, etc. I got a GODZILLA one sheet AND a three sheet plus a full CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON lobby set on that first order...all for somewhere in the ten dollar range. Vacationing in Hollywood, I found treasure troves of great stuff, including a gorgeous one sheet from THE DEVIL COMMANDS. Bought it from a guy named Malcolm Willits for 5 bucks. A lot of money! I've come in and out of the hobby for 57 years and still loving it. Greg Douglass PS-Still waiting to find a HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL any size that won't bankrupt me. SENT: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 11:53 AM FROM: "Ira Rubenstein" TO: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU SUBJECT: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories OK - I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch office in Sherman Oaks. They gave the intern the fun job to clean out the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home. YES! And that's what started it. From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course my job was sending out posters. And of course I got to keep a copy or two. Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. That really kicked it into high gear. My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. Again, my wife's favorite film. Got the poster. Took it to Sue to frame. She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never folded version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __ And Sue and I have been friends ever since. And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection. And no more wall space. Ira On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" wrote: Okay - We've got all this time - We've got this great forum. Let's crank it up a bit. Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and changed our life. Will start it off - I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the Carolina Theater - Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with them. Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my ears into a frothing teenager. Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - Begged the manager even more. He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. I was never the same. Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I went to the movies. Ah, the days of trash picking. Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - Started going through the studio trash. My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. Eventually I curate
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great stories..wow sue..that was so cool...and I have a larry edcmund's catalog from 1967 !! so they sold stuff to collectors back then...it was so cool to hear the passion of Movie collectors.. keep the stories coming..its why I got in the biz was from the geeks of collecting and most either worked inthe biz or were fans of the biz..before it became such a accepted thing memorabilia is history thank you all for sharing your memories Its the best part is when you tell how you have saved the memories Bless you all Tom Hollywood dream Factory® On 2020-03-19 08:52, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote: Alan Those Fox stone lithos were just amazing and in my young mind’s eye just what an early movie poster should be. I do recall those great Godzilla’s. I’d never offered those before and very few since! On Mar 18, 2020, at 10:14 PM, Alan Adler wrote: Grey - That is one gorgeous poster! The color saturation is mesmerizing. With a poster like that you don’t even need any other posters to have a great collection! Remember those Mint Godzilla A and B 3-sheets I sent your way! Alan On Mar 18, 2020, at 7:55 PM, Smith, Grey - 1367 mailto:gre...@ha.com>> wrote: Yes, Sue, I recall selling that copy of Singin’ in 2002. The first time vintage movie posters caught my eye was in the summer of 1967 when my father brought me and my sister out to LA by plane. I was crazy about film. I recall we stayed at a motel on Hollywood Blvd as in those days you didn’t need reservations. You just showed up and found a place. The town was full of long haired kids. Everywhere! Coming from conservative Texas, it was exciting to me, age 10. I was taken to Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, which I thought was fabulous and there at the end of the large exhibit was what seemed to be hundreds of vintage posters! In those days some of them must have been 25 or 30 years old! I was gob smacked and in awe! Where did these old posters come from and how could I get some! I’ve often wondered what happened to that collection. The next year I attended a Nostalgia Convention in Dallas. There I saw the first dealers of vintage posters and I started buying them from $1 to $5 apiece. $5 for the real prize that day, a stone litho one sheet to Return of the Cisco Kid! I still own the poster by the way. [https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5b2/1/4/9/3/21493032%5d,sizedata%5b850x600%5d&call=url%5bfile:product.chain%5d] From: MoPo List mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> On Behalf Of Susan Heim Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 8:50 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories External Email So, the reason I knew it was my Singin' in the Rain one sheet is that it was rolled and I had never seen one. It was obtained from the MGM auction back in the 70's. It had come with some other posters out of the Art Directors office. It had some crinkles so I had it linenbacked. I had it for over 25 years framed until I started to think "how long can I keep all these posters" and I sold it to a collector in New York with some other titles that he bought from an ad I ran in Movie Collector World. He decided to get out of movie posters and increase his comic book collection and put the poster up for sale at auction, I think Heritage. All of a sudden one day, Ira walks in and says look what I just got and it was my copy. That's the scoop. Now, my first poster story is kind of funny. When I was growing up I would always stand in the lobby or by the ticket window and stare at the posters never thinking I could actually own one. Flash forward many years and I am in college in the early 1970's. My best friend went to USC and he was an Engineering major. I went to visit him in his dorm room and there on the wall was a Chinatown poster. His roommate was a film major and I was blown away. I asked him where he got it and he told me about Larry Edmunds bookstore on Hollywood Blvd. I was in school in San Diego but the following weekend I drove up to Hollywood and waited for Larry Edmunds to open up and went in to the back of the store and asked for a Chinatown one sheet. It was $6. The roommate was working on the first Filmex to be held in Century City and he was working with Rosalind Russell who was the chairwoman of the event. Funny Lady, the sequel to Funny Girl was to be premiered there on the opening night gala. He had invited me to come up and work on the event and come to the opening night. So, I figured I buy Funny Lady while I was in the store as well. I had $20 I had allotted myself to spend. Funny Lady was $6 as well. When the guy asked me any other titles, I said Spellbound and out came a box and there were 2 copies in the box, both $6 each. I only took one copy (regretted that for years). So, my first purchase was 3 one sheets and a few black and white stills. That whole period is tied
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Alan Those Fox stone lithos were just amazing and in my young mind’s eye just what an early movie poster should be. I do recall those great Godzilla’s. I’d never offered those before and very few since! On Mar 18, 2020, at 10:14 PM, Alan Adler wrote: Grey - That is one gorgeous poster! The color saturation is mesmerizing. With a poster like that you don’t even need any other posters to have a great collection! Remember those Mint Godzilla A and B 3-sheets I sent your way! Alan On Mar 18, 2020, at 7:55 PM, Smith, Grey - 1367 mailto:gre...@ha.com>> wrote: Yes, Sue, I recall selling that copy of Singin’ in 2002. The first time vintage movie posters caught my eye was in the summer of 1967 when my father brought me and my sister out to LA by plane. I was crazy about film. I recall we stayed at a motel on Hollywood Blvd as in those days you didn’t need reservations. You just showed up and found a place. The town was full of long haired kids. Everywhere! Coming from conservative Texas, it was exciting to me, age 10. I was taken to Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, which I thought was fabulous and there at the end of the large exhibit was what seemed to be hundreds of vintage posters! In those days some of them must have been 25 or 30 years old! I was gob smacked and in awe! Where did these old posters come from and how could I get some! I’ve often wondered what happened to that collection. The next year I attended a Nostalgia Convention in Dallas. There I saw the first dealers of vintage posters and I started buying them from $1 to $5 apiece. $5 for the real prize that day, a stone litho one sheet to Return of the Cisco Kid! I still own the poster by the way. [https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5b2/1/4/9/3/21493032%5d,sizedata%5b850x600%5d&call=url%5bfile:product.chain%5d] From: MoPo List mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> On Behalf Of Susan Heim Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 8:50 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories External Email So, the reason I knew it was my Singin' in the Rain one sheet is that it was rolled and I had never seen one. It was obtained from the MGM auction back in the 70's. It had come with some other posters out of the Art Directors office. It had some crinkles so I had it linenbacked. I had it for over 25 years framed until I started to think "how long can I keep all these posters" and I sold it to a collector in New York with some other titles that he bought from an ad I ran in Movie Collector World. He decided to get out of movie posters and increase his comic book collection and put the poster up for sale at auction, I think Heritage. All of a sudden one day, Ira walks in and says look what I just got and it was my copy. That's the scoop. Now, my first poster story is kind of funny. When I was growing up I would always stand in the lobby or by the ticket window and stare at the posters never thinking I could actually own one. Flash forward many years and I am in college in the early 1970's. My best friend went to USC and he was an Engineering major. I went to visit him in his dorm room and there on the wall was a Chinatown poster. His roommate was a film major and I was blown away. I asked him where he got it and he told me about Larry Edmunds bookstore on Hollywood Blvd. I was in school in San Diego but the following weekend I drove up to Hollywood and waited for Larry Edmunds to open up and went in to the back of the store and asked for a Chinatown one sheet. It was $6. The roommate was working on the first Filmex to be held in Century City and he was working with Rosalind Russell who was the chairwoman of the event. Funny Lady, the sequel to Funny Girl was to be premiered there on the opening night gala. He had invited me to come up and work on the event and come to the opening night. So, I figured I buy Funny Lady while I was in the store as well. I had $20 I had allotted myself to spend. Funny Lady was $6 as well. When the guy asked me any other titles, I said Spellbound and out came a box and there were 2 copies in the box, both $6 each. I only took one copy (regretted that for years). So, my first purchase was 3 one sheets and a few black and white stills. That whole period is tied in with the Filmex event in my mind nowI went to the opening night and the front of the theater was decorated with hundreds of yellow roses, a signature of the character's in the film. There were so many celebrities there and it was jam packed. When they opened the door to go in, there was a push to get in the doors. I had invited my best friend to come along and we got separated by the push. Somebody was pushing on my left shoulder and somebody else was pushing on my right shoulder. Now, I'm pretty short so when I looked up to see who it was, Gene Ke
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Grey - That is one gorgeous poster! The color saturation is mesmerizing. With a poster like that you don’t even need any other posters to have a great collection! Remember those Mint Godzilla A and B 3-sheets I sent your way! Alan > On Mar 18, 2020, at 7:55 PM, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote: > > Yes, Sue, I recall selling that copy of Singin’ in 2002. > The first time vintage movie posters caught my eye was in the summer of 1967 > when my father brought me and my sister out to LA by plane. I was crazy > about film. I recall we stayed at a motel on Hollywood Blvd as in those days > you didn’t need reservations. You just showed up and found a place. The town > was full of long haired kids. Everywhere! Coming from conservative Texas, it > was exciting to me, age 10. I was taken to Movieland Wax Museum in Buena > Park, which I thought was fabulous and there at the end of the large exhibit > was what seemed to be hundreds of vintage posters! In those days some of them > must have been 25 or 30 years old! I was gob smacked and in awe! Where did > these old posters come from and how could I get some! I’ve often wondered > what happened to that collection. The next year I attended a Nostalgia > Convention in Dallas. There I saw the first dealers of vintage posters and I > started buying them from $1 to $5 apiece. $5 for the real prize that day, a > stone litho one sheet to Return of the Cisco Kid! > I still own the poster by the way. > > > > > From: MoPo List On Behalf Of Susan Heim > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 8:50 PM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories > > External Email > > So, the reason I knew it was my Singin' in the Rain one sheet is that it was > rolled and I had never seen one. It was obtained from the MGM auction back > in the 70's. It had come with some other posters out of the Art Directors > office. It had some crinkles so I had it linenbacked. I had it for over 25 > years framed until I started to think "how long can I keep all these posters" > and I sold it to a collector in New York with some other titles that he bought > from an ad I ran in Movie Collector World. He decided to get out of movie > posters and increase his comic book collection and put the poster up for sale > at auction, I think Heritage. All of a sudden one day, Ira walks in and says > look what I just got and it was my copy. That's the scoop. > > > Now, my first poster story is kind of funny. When I was growing up I would > always stand in the lobby or by the ticket window and stare at the posters > never thinking I could actually own one. Flash forward many years and I > am in college in the early 1970's. My best friend went to USC and he was an > Engineering major. I went to visit him in his dorm room and there on the > wall was a Chinatown poster. His roommate was a film major and I was > blown away. I asked him where he got it and he told me about Larry Edmunds > bookstore on Hollywood Blvd. I was in school in San Diego but the following > weekend I drove up to Hollywood and waited for Larry Edmunds to > open up and went in to the back of the store and asked for a Chinatown one > sheet. It was $6. The roommate was working on the first Filmex to be held > in Century City and he was working with Rosalind Russell who was the > chairwoman of the event. Funny Lady, the sequel to Funny Girl was to be > premiered there on the opening night gala. He had invited me to come up and > work on the event and come to the opening night. So, I figured I buy > Funny Lady while I was in the store as well. I had $20 I had allotted myself > to spend. Funny Lady was $6 as well. When the guy asked me any other > titles, I said Spellbound and out came a box and there were 2 copies in the > box, both > $6 each. I only took one copy (regretted that for years). So, my first > purchase was 3 one sheets and a few black and white stills. > > That whole period is tied in with the Filmex event in my mind nowI went > to the opening night and the front of the theater was decorated with hundreds > of yellow roses, a signature of the character's in the film. There were so > many > celebrities there and it was jam packed. When they opened the door to go in, > there was a push to get in the doors. I had invited my best friend to come > along and we got separated by the push. Somebody was pushing on my left > shoulder and somebody else was pushing on my right shoulder. Now, I'm pretty > short so when I looked up to see who it was, Gene Kelly was on one shoulder > and Fred Astaire was on the other. I remember thinking to myself at the > time, I could die n
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I'll date myself here too. My first poster was Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff. That acquisition wiped out my entire savings from cutting the neighbour's lawns. It was $3.50 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.
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Gorgeous poster Grey.I remember buying a Munsters Go Home from you way back when from your ad in Movie Poster Collector.Sue From: MoPo List on behalf of Smith, Grey - 1367 Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:55 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories Yes, Sue, I recall selling that copy of Singin’ in 2002. The first time vintage movie posters caught my eye was in the summer of 1967 when my father brought me and my sister out to LA by plane. I was crazy about film. I recall we stayed at a motel on Hollywood Blvd as in those days you didn’t need reservations. You just showed up and found a place. The town was full of long haired kids. Everywhere! Coming from conservative Texas, it was exciting to me, age 10. I was taken to Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, which I thought was fabulous and there at the end of the large exhibit was what seemed to be hundreds of vintage posters! In those days some of them must have been 25 or 30 years old! I was gob smacked and in awe! Where did these old posters come from and how could I get some! I’ve often wondered what happened to that collection. The next year I attended a Nostalgia Convention in Dallas. There I saw the first dealers of vintage posters and I started buying them from $1 to $5 apiece. $5 for the real prize that day, a stone litho one sheet to Return of the Cisco Kid! I still own the poster by the way. [https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5b2/1/4/9/3/21493032%5d,sizedata%5b850x600%5d&call=url%5bfile:product.chain%5d] From: MoPo List On Behalf Of Susan Heim Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 8:50 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories External Email So, the reason I knew it was my Singin' in the Rain one sheet is that it was rolled and I had never seen one. It was obtained from the MGM auction back in the 70's. It had come with some other posters out of the Art Directors office. It had some crinkles so I had it linenbacked. I had it for over 25 years framed until I started to think "how long can I keep all these posters" and I sold it to a collector in New York with some other titles that he bought from an ad I ran in Movie Collector World. He decided to get out of movie posters and increase his comic book collection and put the poster up for sale at auction, I think Heritage. All of a sudden one day, Ira walks in and says look what I just got and it was my copy. That's the scoop. Now, my first poster story is kind of funny. When I was growing up I would always stand in the lobby or by the ticket window and stare at the posters never thinking I could actually own one. Flash forward many years and I am in college in the early 1970's. My best friend went to USC and he was an Engineering major. I went to visit him in his dorm room and there on the wall was a Chinatown poster. His roommate was a film major and I was blown away. I asked him where he got it and he told me about Larry Edmunds bookstore on Hollywood Blvd. I was in school in San Diego but the following weekend I drove up to Hollywood and waited for Larry Edmunds to open up and went in to the back of the store and asked for a Chinatown one sheet. It was $6. The roommate was working on the first Filmex to be held in Century City and he was working with Rosalind Russell who was the chairwoman of the event. Funny Lady, the sequel to Funny Girl was to be premiered there on the opening night gala. He had invited me to come up and work on the event and come to the opening night. So, I figured I buy Funny Lady while I was in the store as well. I had $20 I had allotted myself to spend. Funny Lady was $6 as well. When the guy asked me any other titles, I said Spellbound and out came a box and there were 2 copies in the box, both $6 each. I only took one copy (regretted that for years). So, my first purchase was 3 one sheets and a few black and white stills. That whole period is tied in with the Filmex event in my mind nowI went to the opening night and the front of the theater was decorated with hundreds of yellow roses, a signature of the character's in the film. There were so many celebrities there and it was jam packed. When they opened the door to go in, there was a push to get in the doors. I had invited my best friend to come along and we got separated by the push. Somebody was pushing on my left shoulder and somebody else was pushing on my right shoulder. Now, I'm pretty short so when I looked up to see who it was, Gene Kelly was on one shoulder and Fred Astaire was on the other. I remember thinking to myself at the time, I could die now a happy girl!! So, everytime I would look at one of those 3 posters, that's the memory associated with them... Sue Hollywood Poster Frames Fro
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Yes, Sue, I recall selling that copy of Singin’ in 2002. The first time vintage movie posters caught my eye was in the summer of 1967 when my father brought me and my sister out to LA by plane. I was crazy about film. I recall we stayed at a motel on Hollywood Blvd as in those days you didn’t need reservations. You just showed up and found a place. The town was full of long haired kids. Everywhere! Coming from conservative Texas, it was exciting to me, age 10. I was taken to Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, which I thought was fabulous and there at the end of the large exhibit was what seemed to be hundreds of vintage posters! In those days some of them must have been 25 or 30 years old! I was gob smacked and in awe! Where did these old posters come from and how could I get some! I’ve often wondered what happened to that collection. The next year I attended a Nostalgia Convention in Dallas. There I saw the first dealers of vintage posters and I started buying them from $1 to $5 apiece. $5 for the real prize that day, a stone litho one sheet to Return of the Cisco Kid! I still own the poster by the way. [https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5b2/1/4/9/3/21493032%5d,sizedata%5b850x600%5d&call=url%5bfile:product.chain%5d] From: MoPo List On Behalf Of Susan Heim Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 8:50 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories External Email So, the reason I knew it was my Singin' in the Rain one sheet is that it was rolled and I had never seen one. It was obtained from the MGM auction back in the 70's. It had come with some other posters out of the Art Directors office. It had some crinkles so I had it linenbacked. I had it for over 25 years framed until I started to think "how long can I keep all these posters" and I sold it to a collector in New York with some other titles that he bought from an ad I ran in Movie Collector World. He decided to get out of movie posters and increase his comic book collection and put the poster up for sale at auction, I think Heritage. All of a sudden one day, Ira walks in and says look what I just got and it was my copy. That's the scoop. Now, my first poster story is kind of funny. When I was growing up I would always stand in the lobby or by the ticket window and stare at the posters never thinking I could actually own one. Flash forward many years and I am in college in the early 1970's. My best friend went to USC and he was an Engineering major. I went to visit him in his dorm room and there on the wall was a Chinatown poster. His roommate was a film major and I was blown away. I asked him where he got it and he told me about Larry Edmunds bookstore on Hollywood Blvd. I was in school in San Diego but the following weekend I drove up to Hollywood and waited for Larry Edmunds to open up and went in to the back of the store and asked for a Chinatown one sheet. It was $6. The roommate was working on the first Filmex to be held in Century City and he was working with Rosalind Russell who was the chairwoman of the event. Funny Lady, the sequel to Funny Girl was to be premiered there on the opening night gala. He had invited me to come up and work on the event and come to the opening night. So, I figured I buy Funny Lady while I was in the store as well. I had $20 I had allotted myself to spend. Funny Lady was $6 as well. When the guy asked me any other titles, I said Spellbound and out came a box and there were 2 copies in the box, both $6 each. I only took one copy (regretted that for years). So, my first purchase was 3 one sheets and a few black and white stills. That whole period is tied in with the Filmex event in my mind nowI went to the opening night and the front of the theater was decorated with hundreds of yellow roses, a signature of the character's in the film. There were so many celebrities there and it was jam packed. When they opened the door to go in, there was a push to get in the doors. I had invited my best friend to come along and we got separated by the push. Somebody was pushing on my left shoulder and somebody else was pushing on my right shoulder. Now, I'm pretty short so when I looked up to see who it was, Gene Kelly was on one shoulder and Fred Astaire was on the other. I remember thinking to myself at the time, I could die now a happy girl!! So, everytime I would look at one of those 3 posters, that's the memory associated with them... Sue Hollywood Poster Frames From: MoPo List mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of Ira Rubenstein mailto:irubenst...@pbs.org>> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:53 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories OK - I will jump in. I was inter
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So, the reason I knew it was my Singin' in the Rain one sheet is that it was rolled and I had never seen one. It was obtained from the MGM auction back in the 70's. It had come with some other posters out of the Art Directors office. It had some crinkles so I had it linenbacked. I had it for over 25 years framed until I started to think "how long can I keep all these posters" and I sold it to a collector in New York with some other titles that he bought from an ad I ran in Movie Collector World. He decided to get out of movie posters and increase his comic book collection and put the poster up for sale at auction, I think Heritage. All of a sudden one day, Ira walks in and says look what I just got and it was my copy. That's the scoop. Now, my first poster story is kind of funny. When I was growing up I would always stand in the lobby or by the ticket window and stare at the posters never thinking I could actually own one. Flash forward many years and I am in college in the early 1970's. My best friend went to USC and he was an Engineering major. I went to visit him in his dorm room and there on the wall was a Chinatown poster. His roommate was a film major and I was blown away. I asked him where he got it and he told me about Larry Edmunds bookstore on Hollywood Blvd. I was in school in San Diego but the following weekend I drove up to Hollywood and waited for Larry Edmunds to open up and went in to the back of the store and asked for a Chinatown one sheet. It was $6. The roommate was working on the first Filmex to be held in Century City and he was working with Rosalind Russell who was the chairwoman of the event. Funny Lady, the sequel to Funny Girl was to be premiered there on the opening night gala. He had invited me to come up and work on the event and come to the opening night. So, I figured I buy Funny Lady while I was in the store as well. I had $20 I had allotted myself to spend. Funny Lady was $6 as well. When the guy asked me any other titles, I said Spellbound and out came a box and there were 2 copies in the box, both $6 each. I only took one copy (regretted that for years). So, my first purchase was 3 one sheets and a few black and white stills. That whole period is tied in with the Filmex event in my mind nowI went to the opening night and the front of the theater was decorated with hundreds of yellow roses, a signature of the character's in the film. There were so many celebrities there and it was jam packed. When they opened the door to go in, there was a push to get in the doors. I had invited my best friend to come along and we got separated by the push. Somebody was pushing on my left shoulder and somebody else was pushing on my right shoulder. Now, I'm pretty short so when I looked up to see who it was, Gene Kelly was on one shoulder and Fred Astaire was on the other. I remember thinking to myself at the time, I could die now a happy girl!! So, everytime I would look at one of those 3 posters, that's the memory associated with them... Sue Hollywood Poster Frames From: MoPo List on behalf of Ira Rubenstein Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:53 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories OK - I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch office in Sherman Oaks.They gave the intern the fun job to clean out the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home.YES! And that's what started it. From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course my job was sending out posters.And of course I got to keep a copy or two. Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail.That really kicked it into high gear. My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. Again, my wife's favorite film.Got the poster. Took it to Sue to frame. She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never folded version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __And Sue and I have been friends ever since. And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection.And no more wall space. Ira On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" wrote: Okay - We’ve got all this time - We’ve got this great forum. Let’s crank it up a bit. Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and changed our life. Will start it off - I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the Carolina Theater - Would take a cab from eleme
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I was 12 or 13 and obsessed with finding movie posters for my room. I actually wrote to American International Pictures asking if I could buy directly from them. They sent back a postcard with John Ashley's picture. Not what I was looking for. I was fooling around collaborating with John & Michael Brunas on a fanzine called "Terror Monsters". They directed me to Bruco Enterprises where I bought my first one sheet; MACABRE, the William Castle shocker. Stamped on the back was the address for Theater Poster Exchange. I bought a bunch of stuff: one sheets for 75 cents, lobby sets for $2.50, etc. I got a GODZILLA one sheet AND a three sheet plus a full CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON lobby set on that first order...all for somewhere in the ten dollar range. Vacationing in Hollywood, I found treasure troves of great stuff, including a gorgeous one sheet from THE DEVIL COMMANDS. Bought it from a guy named Malcolm Willits for 5 bucks. A lot of money! I've come in and out of the hobby for 57 years and still loving it. Greg Douglass PS-Still waiting to find a HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL any size that won't bankrupt me. Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 11:53 AM From: "Ira Rubenstein" To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories OK - I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch office in Sherman Oaks. They gave the intern the fun job to clean out the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home. YES! And that's what started it. >From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course my job was sending out posters. And of course I got to keep a copy or two. Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. That really kicked it into high gear. My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. Again, my wife's favorite film. Got the poster. Took it to Sue to frame. She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never folded version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __ And Sue and I have been friends ever since. And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection. And no more wall space. Ira On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" wrote: Okay - We’ve got all this time - We’ve got this great forum. Let’s crank it up a bit. Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and changed our life. Will start it off - I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the Carolina Theater - Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with them. Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my ears into a frothing teenager. Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - Begged the manager even more. He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. I was never the same. Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I went to the movies. Ah, the days of trash picking. Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - Started going through the studio trash. My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in Australia. It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and stopped from being tossed. Trash these days just isn’t what it was! Alan Adler Museum of Mom and Pop Culture Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.filmfan.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ&r=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A&m=cPwoRzQt95eK554q-guCea8A21CTJ41hUYaP_kA6cb8&s=n97V7Jont2f-32h5RkNgPbjbRQhA31P44VcLzNH21Jk&e= ___ 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. To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1
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beautiful story Ira!!! and sue too !! woww.. ilove that stuff On 2020-03-18 14:53, Ira Rubenstein wrote: OK - I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch office in Sherman Oaks.They gave the intern the fun job to clean out the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home. YES! And that's what started it. From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course my job was sending out posters.And of course I got to keep a copy or two. Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. That really kicked it into high gear. My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. Again, my wife's favorite film.Got the poster. Took it to Sue to frame. She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never folded version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __ And Sue and I have been friends ever since. And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection.And no more wall space. Ira On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" wrote: Okay - We’ve got all this time - We’ve got this great forum. Let’s crank it up a bit. Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and changed our life. Will start it off - I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the Carolina Theater - Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with them. Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my ears into a frothing teenager. Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - Begged the manager even more. He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. I was never the same. Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I went to the movies. Ah, the days of trash picking. Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - Started going through the studio trash. My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in Australia. It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and stopped from being tossed. Trash these days just isn’t what it was! Alan Adler Museum of Mom and Pop Culture Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.filmfan.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ&r=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A&m=cPwoRzQt95eK554q-guCea8A21CTJ41hUYaP_kA6cb8&s=n97V7Jont2f-32h5RkNgPbjbRQhA31P44VcLzNH21Jk&e= ___ 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. 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.
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Great story, Ira. What years were you at Fox? What grabbed me was Sue looked at your poster and said it used to belong to her. I cleaned out a 1950’s insert and half sheet warehouse nearly 50 years ago. Would be curious if anyone has inserts or half sheets - with stock numbers written in marker on the reverse , usually the right corner - sometimes the slightest bleed into front - but most good. Anyone out there the beneficiary of something they love that came from that find? Psycho, Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, This Island Earth - There were a few pieces from all the greats. Alan > On Mar 18, 2020, at 11:53 AM, Ira Rubenstein wrote: > > OK - > > I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical Marketing > and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch office in > Sherman Oaks.They gave the intern the fun job to clean out the closet. > Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and other FOX films and > I asked if I could take them home.YES! And that's what started it. > > From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course my job > was sending out posters.And of course I got to keep a copy or two. > > Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my wife. > Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail.That really > kicked it into high gear. > > My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A > co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. > Again, my wife's favorite film.Got the poster. Took it to Sue to frame. > > > She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never folded > version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __And Sue and I > have been friends ever since. > > And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection.And no more wall space. > > Ira > > On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" > wrote: > >Okay - > >We’ve got all this time - > >We’ve got this great forum. > >Let’s crank it up a bit. > > >Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and > changed our life. > > >Will start it off - > >I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the > Carolina Theater - > >Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before walking > down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with them. > >Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my ears > into a frothing teenager. > >Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. > >He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe 35 > cents pack then?) - > >Begged the manager even more. > >He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. > >I was never the same. > >Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. > >Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I went > to the movies. > >Ah, the days of trash picking. > >Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - > >Started going through the studio trash. > >My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. > >Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in > Australia. > >It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and > stopped from being tossed. > >Trash these days just isn’t what it was! > >Alan Adler >Museum of Mom and Pop Culture > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.filmfan.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ&r=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A&m=cPwoRzQt95eK554q-guCea8A21CTJ41hUYaP_kA6cb8&s=n97V7Jont2f-32h5RkNgPbjbRQhA31P44VcLzNH21Jk&e= > > ___ > 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. > 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
Re: [MOPO] First Poster Stories
OK - I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical Marketing and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch office in Sherman Oaks.They gave the intern the fun job to clean out the closet. Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and other FOX films and I asked if I could take them home.YES! And that's what started it. From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course my job was sending out posters.And of course I got to keep a copy or two. Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my wife. Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail.That really kicked it into high gear. My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. Again, my wife's favorite film.Got the poster. Took it to Sue to frame. She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never folded version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __And Sue and I have been friends ever since. And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection.And no more wall space. Ira On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" wrote: Okay - We’ve got all this time - We’ve got this great forum. Let’s crank it up a bit. Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and changed our life. Will start it off - I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the Carolina Theater - Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with them. Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my ears into a frothing teenager. Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - Begged the manager even more. He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. I was never the same. Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I went to the movies. Ah, the days of trash picking. Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - Started going through the studio trash. My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in Australia. It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and stopped from being tossed. Trash these days just isn’t what it was! Alan Adler Museum of Mom and Pop Culture Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.filmfan.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ&r=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A&m=cPwoRzQt95eK554q-guCea8A21CTJ41hUYaP_kA6cb8&s=n97V7Jont2f-32h5RkNgPbjbRQhA31P44VcLzNH21Jk&e= ___ 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.
[MOPO] First Poster Stories
Okay - We’ve got all this time - We’ve got this great forum. Let’s crank it up a bit. Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and changed our life. Will start it off - I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the Carolina Theater - Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before walking down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with them. Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my ears into a frothing teenager. Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe 35 cents pack then?) - Begged the manager even more. He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. I was never the same. Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I went to the movies. Ah, the days of trash picking. Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - Started going through the studio trash. My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in Australia. It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and stopped from being tossed. Trash these days just isn’t what it was! Alan Adler Museum of Mom and Pop Culture 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.
