I have sold many thousands of early silent lobby cards, likely as
many as anyone in the world. What has been posted thus far is
basically entirely correct. I could write a book on this subject (and
an encyclopedia on the history of lobby cards), but have time for
only a few comments!
There ar
Hi Dave et al.
Back in the early 70s, I uncovered a stash of lobby cards under a row
of seats in an abandoned theater dating from the 20s through 1936.
In the research I did at the time I uncovered the following information
on the creation of Lobby Displays (Lobby Cards, Half Sheets and
Inse
Here’s what my husband said about
tinting.
Cindy N-J
From: Jay
Nemeth-Johannes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006
11:34 PM
To: 'Cindy Nemeth-Johannes';
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Subject: RE: [MOPO] Questions:
Hand-tinting of early lobbies...
Hi
Thanks, JR & Jay, for your
responses.
Both my cards are unused, so I don't think anything
was applied that may later have come off. Also, both are printed on regular card
stock, not photographic paper.
Looking at them again, this leads me to believe the
"color" card was over-printed, as
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From: Dave Rosen
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 20:13
Subject: [MOPO] Questions: Hand-tinting of early
lobbies...
Hi, all:
I have a query that some of you may be able to help
me with. This isn't my area of specialty, in fact I
Hi, all:
I have a query that some of you may be able to help
me with. This isn't my area of specialty, in fact I only own two silent era
cards, but still I've wondered...
The two cards I have are the title card and a scene
card for the 1922 film The Man From Glengarry. Oddly, the scene ca
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