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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #325 on: January 04, 2015, 01:35:05 PM »
Much better than Marble Arch today . Great pic thumbsup.gif



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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #327 on: January 04, 2015, 08:49:57 PM »
No poster in sight, but look what's playing...

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #328 on: January 04, 2015, 09:34:18 PM »
I'm more inclined to think this is mid-30s and earlier than the 1938 double bill showings.
the Lugosi pic on the standee is from the Raven, so it has to be at least 1935 or later.
the Karloff picture on the standee and the one on the marquee are both Bride images.
at very worst it would be the double bill 1938, but I actually think it's earlier




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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #329 on: January 04, 2015, 10:11:02 PM »
No poster in sight, but look what's playing...


I don't know... that looks an awful lot like a long-haired person in a top hat to me! 






If it is a poster I'm not sure what style it would be.  Doesn't match any of the larger paper from the pressbook images Rich posted.  Could be a locally made display -- those seem pretty common for that time frame. 

I'd say it's pretty obvious which pieces of paper would sell for big prices







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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #330 on: January 04, 2015, 10:16:41 PM »

I don't know... that looks an awful lot like a long-haired person in a top hat to me! 






If it is a poster I'm not sure what style it would be.  Doesn't match any of the larger paper from the pressbook images Rich posted.  Could be a locally made display -- those seem pretty common for that time frame. 


That's because the photo is a fake.

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #331 on: January 04, 2015, 10:26:10 PM »
That's because the photo is a fake.

Apparently it is housed in the Grand Rapids Public Library Collection??
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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #332 on: January 04, 2015, 10:36:23 PM »
ELA on the jpeg does look a little wonky around the lettering....  do you have more info on this photo being faked Louie?




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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #333 on: January 04, 2015, 10:42:30 PM »
Apparently it is housed in the Grand Rapids Public Library Collection??

Well that info came from a blog I located very quickly - http://monsterminions.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/london-after-midnight-at-the-regent/.  Says was purchased in the "gift store".

However, if it actually is housed in the collection I cannot find the photo...
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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #334 on: January 04, 2015, 10:58:57 PM »
First off, the lighting on the "L.A.M." is much darker than any other part of the marquee. Secondly the "In" part of the title is in an entirely different font and they would have never used something like this in a marquee, they would have used separate letters of all the same height and font. Thirdly, look at the letters for the other movies in the front. They are glass slide letters lit from behind. Why would the side panel of the marquee have a totally different way of displaying the letters and light bulbs surrounding that section? Also, why is most of the photo out of focus but "L.A.M." is pretty damn clear? Something certainly smells fishy.
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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #335 on: January 04, 2015, 11:11:11 PM »
If it is a fake, the original undoctored should be easy enough to find?



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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #336 on: January 04, 2015, 11:16:32 PM »
Maybe I'll back off a bit from my FAKE announcement. I still say it looks weird to me, but here is a later view of the theater and you can see my third point totally blown out of the water. Still, look how all sides of the marquee are the same shade, not as dramatically darker as the original posted image.:


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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #337 on: January 04, 2015, 11:22:26 PM »
Maybe I'll back off a bit from my FAKE announcement. I still say it looks weird to me, but here is a later view of the theater and you can see my third point totally blown out of the water. Still, look how all sides of the marquee are the same shade, not as dramatically darker as the original posted image.:



On the photo in question, the areas around the lettering on the RKO and the "roof garden dancing" marquees, which are both facing the same direction, appear to be the same darkness.
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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #338 on: January 04, 2015, 11:26:39 PM »

On the photo in question, the areas around the lettering on the RKO and the "roof garden dancing" marquees, which are both facing the same direction, appear to be the same darkness.

Yeah, I see that. Just looks really odd here. I don't know. Still up in the air.

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #339 on: January 04, 2015, 11:27:10 PM »
Well that info came from a blog I located very quickly - http://monsterminions.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/london-after-midnight-at-the-regent/.  Says was purchased in the "gift store".

However, if it actually is housed in the collection I cannot find the photo...

http://www.historygrandrapids.org/company/4166/regent

Seems odd they would put a forged image on their site...

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #340 on: January 04, 2015, 11:37:20 PM »
http://www.historygrandrapids.org/company/4166/regent

Seems odd they would put a forged image on their site...

Yeah that's where I grabbed the very clear (although cropped) one above from
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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #341 on: January 04, 2015, 11:40:33 PM »
Yup. Saw that too. It's small, but here's another image from the Regent showing that the "L.A.M." may be real after all, blows my first theory out of the water. 2 down, I must be wrong. :




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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #342 on: January 05, 2015, 06:07:44 AM »
I say the photo looks right.. three down, Louie's out!
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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #343 on: January 05, 2015, 06:42:26 AM »
I say the photo looks right.. three down, Louie's out!
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Oh well, I've been wrong before, most likely will be again.

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #344 on: January 05, 2015, 12:35:10 PM »
CSI:Kodak,mazing  :)

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #345 on: February 08, 2015, 10:28:35 PM »
No poster in sight, but look what's playing...



Come on, Ted.. you have to peruse this thread back a few pages...  cheers

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #346 on: February 09, 2015, 08:13:06 AM »
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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #347 on: February 09, 2015, 08:49:02 AM »
What is that pic Matias?  A Christies sale?

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #348 on: February 09, 2015, 10:17:47 AM »
A pic from a hotel, came from the instagram of a rich douchebag
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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #349 on: February 09, 2015, 10:29:28 AM »
A pic from a hotel, came from the instagram of a rich douchebag

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