[MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Rixposterz
Hi, I'm not that tremendously knowledgable when it comes to STAR WARS material, but of the posters from the three original films in the Star Wars trilogy, it appears hands down as if the 1977 Star Wars Style C one sheet is the most difficult to find...definitely more so than the style D

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Rick, I have wondered the same thing. I have talked to many poster collectors who were collecting when the movie first came out, and they say that this poster did not appear on the collector's market at all in 1977, and that a year or two later a ton of them appeared (the ones that are rolled or

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2010-02-03 Thread Posteritati
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[MOPO] Just Imagine 1930

2010-02-03 Thread Bubba Despres
Anyone ever see a press book or one sheet for this film? Louie Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List

Re: [MOPO] Just Imagine 1930

2010-02-03 Thread Walton, Jeffrey
Can't you just use your imagination? -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Bubba Despres Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 2:11 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Just Imagine 1930 Anyone ever see a press book or one sheet

Re: [MOPO] Just Imagine 1930

2010-02-03 Thread Bubba Despres
I could but I rather see one for myself Walton, Jeffrey jeffrey.wal...@fnis.com 2/3/2010 2:18:24 PM Can't you just use your imagination? -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Bubba Despres Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 2:11 PM To:

Re: [MOPO] SOME THOUGHTS ON AUTHENTIC STAR WARS STYLE C US 1-SHEETS

2010-02-03 Thread Rixposterz
Hi, Bruce, I just got in a tri-folded Style C Star Wars one sheet. Of course, I was a bit apprehensive about doing a deal with a guy since there are so many fakes out there. I actually have 20 or 30 of the rolled fakes--so I laid the tri-folded one sheet next to the fake and right away

Re: [MOPO] Forget the Oscars.. Who Collects Razzies Posters

2010-02-03 Thread Craig Miller
At 11:19 AM 2/2/2010, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: http://razzies.com/history/30thNoms.asp I don't collect the posters but I attend the Awards Ceremony every year. Craig. ~ Craig MillerWolfmill Entertainment

Re: [MOPO] Forget the Oscars.. Who Collects Razzies Posters

2010-02-03 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
if anyone does collect Razzies I have posters for Glitter with Mariah I'll happily trade them for a 1sheet to Broadway Melody or It Happened One Night At 11:44 AM 2/3/2010, Craig Miller wrote: At 11:19 AM 2/2/2010, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: http://razzies.com/history/30thNoms.asp

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Craig Miller
I can't give you any of the proofs you asked for in your message, Bruce, but as a publicist working at The Star Wars Corporation/ Lucasfilm in 1977 I can tell you that Style C posters definitely existed, were sent to theaters, etc. I have no idea how many were printed, shipped to theaters, etc.,

Re: [MOPO] Just Imagine 1930

2010-02-03 Thread Ron Magid
I own the top 1/3 of a Just Imagine three sheet, which came from Forry Ackerman's collection. According to Forry, that element was the only poster he ever had on that title (though he may have had a lobby card as well?) Ron - Original Message From: Bubba Despres

Re: [MOPO] Forget the Oscars.. Who Collects Razzies Posters

2010-02-03 Thread Doug Taylor
I attended the Oscars almost every year from 1982 until 1992. Got to see both Bob Hope and Johnny Carson host. Carson was my favorite because of the stuff he'd do during commercial breaks. I liked the Dorothy Chandler far better than the Shrine because the DCP had a bar area downstairs where

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Bruce Hershenson
Craig Did you posters you saw in 1977 have ratings or no ratings? Bruce On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Craig Miller cr...@wolfmill.com wrote: I can't give you any of the proofs you asked for in your message, Bruce, but as a publicist working at The Star Wars Corporation/ Lucasfilm in 1977

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Robert Maddison
We operated theaters from the 1960's on and this is what I remember about the release of Star Wars to theaters. Our theaters were being serviced out of the Des Moines, IA branch of Twentieth Century Fox, Dave Gold, the manager. Prior to being released, it was apparently felt by Fox that Star

[MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Rixposterz
Hi, Craig, This is Rick Ryan. I made the first post inquiring about the Star Wars Style C one sheets. Is there any way of finding out how many of these were printed for circulation? It's funny because I remember in the 80's an occasional Style C Star Wars one sheet would appear. Now

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Craig Miller
I'd be surprised if they had no ratings, but, honestly, I have no memory of it and I'm sure I didn't look. That wasn't an important issue to what we were doing at Lucasfilm. (Again, we weren't doing the distribution to theaters.) Craig. At 01:45 PM 2/3/2010, Bruce Hershenson wrote: Craig

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Craig Miller
I can certainly confirm that Fox did not believe Star Wars would be a big hit. There was small hope it would break even. Fox thought their big summer movie would be Damnation Alley. They were, of course, wrong on both counts. Craig. At 01:48 PM 2/3/2010, Robert Maddison wrote: We operated

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPER

2010-02-03 Thread Rixposterz
The tri-folded Star Wars Style C one sheet I just got yesterday is unrated, A few years ago, I acquired about 40 original tri-folded Jaws one sheets from a guy who worked at Universal for 25 years and those were all unrated as well. He told me he'd grabbed them before the film was rated

[MOPO] STAR WARS C

2010-02-03 Thread David Lieberman
well, I wasn't there but I've heard this story more than a few times from people who were. From the guys who printed them, from the guys who collected them back then, and from the guys who know everything there is to know about star wars posters. an original (non hairy back bootleg) style

[MOPO] Movie Poster Authentication (Unusual request)

2010-02-03 Thread Andy Neal
Hi all, This is somewhat of an unusual request... I'm looking for a partner to team up with me to setup an Authentication Website to be stand alone or part of The Movie Poster Forum, or both. The partnership will consist of designing, creating, researching and populating an authentication

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT

2010-02-03 Thread Rixposterz
From some of these posts, it almost seems as if a truly authentic Style C Star Wars 1-Sheet is almost on the level of an authentic Star Wars Birthday Cake one sheet, a possible fact that is really surprising to me. As I recall, 20 or 35 years ago, the Style C one sheet at least

Re: [MOPO] Movie Poster Authentication (Unusual request)

2010-02-03 Thread Ari Richards
Andy, there already is a site, http://movieposterauthenticating.com many members of here, NS4, and your own MPF have submitted articles. If your keen then do some research on some poster and send it in. I did one myself about THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL daybills.

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT

2010-02-03 Thread Craig Miller
If anyone's interested, I have a Style C available for sale. It's currently with a friend with a bookstore who wanted to try selling it for me, so I can't pull it out to look at, but here's how he describes it in his catalog: Star Wars Style C one sheet, tri fold, never folded vertically.

[MOPO] Poster Artist?

2010-02-03 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
Hi to you all A question has been asked on another forum about the poster artist for the King Solomons Mines (Richard Chamberlain) movie posters. Does anyone here know who the artist is? http://www.johnreid.helpinghost.com/kingsolomonsminessig.jpg

[MOPO] AW: [MOPO] Movie Poster Authentication (Unusual request)

2010-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Jahn
Hi Ari and Andy, Thanks for the link, I stopped by on the site some time ago. Hope there will be more contributions, and I think will take the time to do the work on some soon (e.g. German: Apocalypse Now black, Bullitt German, some US etc.) And such stuff as the Belgian 'Printed in Belgium'

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT

2010-02-03 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
it looks like he's saying it's international but with a ratings box, I wonder if it's like the ET bike poster At 03:36 PM 2/3/2010, Craig Miller wrote: If anyone's interested, I have a Style C available for sale. It's currently with a friend with a bookstore who wanted to try selling it for

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Paul Gerrard
I notice the rated Style C contains the text Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children, whereas the other normal styles (from the teasers to the later style D) have Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Pre-Teenagers. According to Wikipedia, the PG wording was changed from

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT

2010-02-03 Thread Rixposterz
Hi, Craig, Jeez, after all this stuff that's been posted about its rarity, it might be the best time to sell it! Rick In a message dated 2/3/2010 3:36:43 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, cr...@wolfmill.com writes: If

[MOPO] My new cartoon strip by Erik Andressen, The Sick Sense, has now been published

2010-02-03 Thread Bruce Hershenson
My new cartoon strip by Erik Andressen, The Sick Sense, has now been published in Movie Collectors World. For those of you who don't get it, you can view it online at *http://www.emovieposter.com/comic_archive.php?id=12* If you missed any of our *SEVEN *past strips, you can view them in our Comic

[MOPO] A serious question about optimum marketing to the MoPo list

2010-02-03 Thread Bruce Hershenson
I would like to get feedback from those members of MoPo who actually bid in my auctions, not those who do not bid. When I had one set of auctions per week, I would send a FA e-mail the morning after they started, and then another the morning they were closing ( two total per week). When I had

Re: [MOPO] My new cartoon strip by Erik Andressen, The Sick Sense, has now been published

2010-02-03 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
You never miss an opportunity! Website: www.moviemem.com JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:07 AM Subject: [MOPO] My

[MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] A serious question about optimum marketing to the MoPo list

2010-02-03 Thread Holiday Russell
I don't need the reminders at all - if there's something I want, if I don't want it enough that I need to be reminded, then I don't belong buying it! I always delete the reminders without reading. Holiday Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Bruce Hershenson

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Craig Miller
Just heard back from Pete Vilmur. He says: The style Cs are definitely considered theatrical -- the reason some think they were not is because there is no PG rating printed on the posters. Granted, many of the style Cs probably were sent abroad to international venues (I believe it was printed

Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] A serious question about optimum marketing to the MoPo list

2010-02-03 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
I never read the reminders but I do check the auctions on your site on a regular basis. The promotion that you do obviously works so maybe if it aint broke .. Website: www.moviemem.com JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia Visit the MoPo

Re: [MOPO] A serious question about optimum marketing to the MoPo list

2010-02-03 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
I don't think you send out too many. the past week I've been overkill, but that's because of the great auction running my responsibility to get max for my consignor but your posts are too long with too many things to read and that's also what I hear from other people who have tell me

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT QUESTION For STAR WARS MOVIE POSTER EXPERT

2010-02-03 Thread Brandon Pleake
This is from www.starwarsmovieposter.com. U.S. (?) This version of the Style C poster was printed for special event screenings, live events, and possibly even for military use, because of the success of Star Wars. The poster contains the PG rating box and the credit area has been arranged,

Re: [MOPO] A serious question about optimum marketing to the MoPo list

2010-02-03 Thread Franc
I think one original notice plus one reminder is fine. More than that becomes spam and people stop reading the e-mails which defeats the whole purpose of marketing this way. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Comic

Re: [MOPO] STAR WARS STYLE C 1-SHT

2010-02-03 Thread Rixposterz
Hey, Dave, I think it's time to raise your price on all your Star Wars Style C One Sheets Rick Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

Re: [MOPO] A serious question about optimum marketing to the MoPo list

2010-02-03 Thread Phil Edwards
MessageI don't mind reminder notices about auctions ending, but the shorter the better and perhaps highlighting a few choice items or items that are still sitting at the low end. Too much verbiage just gets ignored, however. Anyone not happy with anyone posts (via the email format) can just

Re: [MOPO] AW: [MOPO] Movie Poster Authentication (Unusual request)

2010-02-03 Thread Andy Neal
Hi Wolfgang, I'm going to be tackling a mixture of old and new, there isn't much info on some older titles. Yes there already is another site, but that doesn't mean there can't be another. afterall there are other forums etc. more the merrier isn't that the spirit? No offense to the

Re: [MOPO] A serious question about optimum marketing to the MoPo list

2010-02-03 Thread John Waldman
Bruce, It's your Sunday auction I forget about.  So more reminders for that auction would be helpful.  Remembering the other two auction days are no problem for me.  I'm locked and loaded for those two auctions you could say. John W--- AKA 6gunn From:

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Re: [MOPO] A serious question about optimum marketing to the MoPo list

2010-02-03 Thread Zeev Drach
I think the number of emails is OK, if you could just keep them MUCH shorter, that would be a big plus. Zeev From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 7:18 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO]