[MOPO] An actor for all seasons

2008-03-22 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Paul Scofield's obit was in the NYT today. He has passed on March 19, in England, of leukemia. In 1967, I think everybody that loved films thought that he and Fred Zinnemann and Robert Bolt had finally done Henry VIII justice. I am sorry to note his death here. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.n

Re: [MOPO] Original Iron Giant question

2008-03-22 Thread Doug Taylor
Well, I may be asking the question incorrectly. There are reprints that I see for sale at sites like movieposter.com and such. I think they are single sided, though. Maybe that's the difference and I should be asking "are all double sided Iron Giants original?" DBT

[MOPO] FA: 555 non-U.S. posters & 667 rolled 27x40 one-sheets ending 3/25 & 3/27 on eBay!

2008-03-22 Thread Bruce Hershenson
We currently have two really sensational auctions closing on March 25th and March 27th: *one of *THE WORLD OF MOVIE POSTERS!* 555 non-U.S. posters of all sizes from 28 different countries *and the other of 667 27" x 40" mostly rolled one-sheets from the 1980s to the present (with a few from earlie

Re: [MOPO] Original Iron Giant question

2008-03-22 Thread Dave Rosen
Interesting discussion. I got mine years ago, about a year after the movie was released theatrically, as I recall. It wasn't hot at the time, but as soon as I saw it I wanted one, a combination of the great design and the fact that I also collect toy robots. Thought the poster would look great

[MOPO] FA: closing Sunday!: silent serial lobby cards

2008-03-22 Thread abe
Dear Friends, We have 75 lots of silent-era serial lobby cards closing on eBay tomorrow. All items are without reserve. Please take the time to look at this exciting material. best regards, abe ebay seller id: (abe) direct link: http://stores.ebay.com/abes-vintage-hollywood-store_Lobby-Cards_W0QQ

Re: [MOPO] Original Iron Giant question

2008-03-22 Thread Rubenstein, Ira
While I am no expert on REPROS, I am assuming that there are that are double sided as well. I can tell you as someone who works at a studio. All the posters I get to hand out to people, use for promotional items, or whatever are single sided. They are all legit as I have them from the

Re: [MOPO] Original Iron Giant question

2008-03-22 Thread Tom Martin
Ira is 100% right I remember when Saving private Ryan came out in repro they were double sided and the originals where single.. the double also had a [upllish cast to it.. what people need to understand is the bootleggers even left the union bug printers label on and the NSS # on many of the

Re: [MOPO] An actor for all seasons

2008-03-22 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Kirby, I could not agree more! He also was superb in "The Train", a great movie not well remembered, and he was strong in "Quiz Show" as well. He could have had a major film career, but he much preferred the stage. "A Man For All Seasons" was amazing. It was a movie of ideas, filled with dialog, w