With just 12 hours to go, we still have 338 window cards, French 1-panels,
and Italian 1- 2-panels (almost all from the 1970s and 1980s) at just $9
each or under, as well as 195 window cards, French 1-panels, and Italian 1-
2-panels at $3 each or under, and that includes a surprising number of
I was looking over the window cards I have closing tonight, and I was struck
by the low, low prices of cards with nice images of some major 1930s stars
(like Loretta Young, Joan Crawford, Mary Astor, among many others) in some
of their earliest movies (late 1920s and early 1930s).
Now most of the
Some universities have film clubs which help preserve the classics and pass the
films on to the next generations.
Unfortunately I had two occasions when major stars were not heard of. I went
to Frank Sinatra Jr's concert at Jones Hall in Houston last year. I stayed
after the show to meet
Twenty years ago, there was a joke circulating.
A baby boomer observed two teenagers in a record store looking at some
Beatles record albums. One turned to the other and said, I didn't know
Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings!
When you tell that joke to a teenager now, they say, What are
I had a similar experience when I was talking to a group of under 30
year olds about Gregory Peck and Gary Cooper. Nobody in the group knew
who they were. FRANC
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On the flip side, my mother-in-law did not know who Bruce Springsteen was until
she watched him during the Super Bowl half time.
Doug
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From: Bruce Hershenson
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Will
Thanks to Turner Classic Movies and DVDs, new generations of people are
enjoying the classic stars and films of the 1930s - and the 1940s, 50s and up!
Please come to our website and see Heritage Auction's latest Internet Movie
Poster Auction for this week.
We are featuring 458 lots of posters,
P.S. I love it when I see a poster from a movie of the past ten years (where
there are a zillion of them, most likely soon to be hermetically sealed and
slabbed) selling for far more than a cool poster that is 70-80 years old
and featuring stars who were HUGE in their day.
I often play a game
One big part of the problem... You can't get kids to watch black and white
movies.
They'll never know the joys of THE THIN MAN, THE MALTESE FALCON, or whatever
else you can think of...
I absolutely know several actors who have never even seen IT'S A WONDERFUL
LIFE because it's in black and
What about 100 or 500 or 1000 years from now? I'm sure virtually ALL of them
will be forgotten.
Some that will probably still be known are the ones DEEPLY imbedded in pop
culture like Chaplin, Mickey Mouse, Karloff, Lugosi, Judy Garland as Dorothy,
Professor Powersetc.
You have to start them young. Children, when they are young, are often
still wanting to please, so when they see your enthusiam, they will follow.
Both my daughters were reared on black and white films. It wasn't until my
oldest daughter was about 7, that she asked me why the movies we
This is such a refreshing topic.
As Sue just said you have to start em young.
My kids have been brought up on Laurel and Hardy, my eldest at 16 still
laughs at the last brick gag. My middle one will watch anything as long as it's
quality and she sees the detail of a good film noir and
Yea Adrian!! It warms my heart to hear this. My 12 year old is a huge
Beatles fan and she'll come home every once in awhile and say some friend of
hers had never heard of the Beatles and she was astounded. Her reasoning is
that they were so huge they transcended normal music groups so how
Sue, I totally agree! I started my son at around 1 1/2 by putting on The Day
the Earth Stood Still to try to get him to take a nap. After about 6mos. he
starting watching Gort and thinking...WOW!...this is pretty cool! He had to
watch the movie 3 to 4 times a day for weeksstill watches the
I got a laugh out of these jokes from my brother and wanted to share them
with the group. I remember the golden days of Hollywood Squares. This is off
topic!
--Tom Pennock
From: s.penn...@comcast.net
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Sent: 2/7/2009 7:23:58
For Sale at http://www.posteropolis.com/
My Fair Lady original lobby card #1.
GORGEOUS and highly sought-after portrait card of Audrey Hepburn!
Condition: NEAR MINT
Price: $150
Shipping: $8 to the US and Canada, insurance included.
Picture:
I was dating a gal a little while back, and when we broke up one
thing she said was .. and youlike those movie I hate where nobody speaks
heck folks, I'm 52.. and she was 2 years older !!
At 08:53 AM 2/10/2009, Glenn Taranto wrote:
One big part of the problem... You can't get kids to watch
Hysterical! Thanks for a good laugh.
Richard Del Belso
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:18:28 -0500From: tapenn...@aol.comsubject: [MOPO]
Fwd: [Fwd: Old Enough To Remember] Off TopicTo: mop...@sol03.american.edu
I got a laugh out of these jokes from my brother and wanted to share them with
the group.
First of all, and sadly, the answer to the topic question is Yes. But that's
normal, we are now 70 years and counting from the 1930s, about three
generations. Knowledge of pop culture has everything to do with exposure and
proximity.
The further away we are from the 30s, the less we see of 30s
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This summer I will be placing a large number of items from my fathers estate on
ebay (please hold your boos to a minimum) with proceeds going to my mom. It is
not movie memorabilia but just about every other type of collectible you can
imagine. I want to create a banner to put at the top of
It would be easier for me to make suggestions if I knew what specifically
you had in mind. Can you link to an example somewhere that's close to what
you're looking for?
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