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Movie Posters => General Discussion => Topic started by: Through the Stones on February 26, 2013, 01:01:10 PM
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My first experience with movie posters was in the mid/late 90's when I got my first job at a local theater. As such, I have only ever seen the teaser, one sheet, and vinyl banner in action and then it dawned on me that, even though I am now familiar with half sheets, inserts, LC, WC, 3 sheet, 6 sheet, etc... I have never really known what their main purpose was or seen them in action...
I'm assuming the vinyl banner replaced the three sheet and six sheet but where would have been the main display for the insert and half sheet? Does anyone have any old photos of theater lobbies or other places where these would have been used? I can't even approach the international sizes honestly because I've never been to a movie theater in a foreign country except Beirut and they just had US one sheets hanging up there. But still, it would be cool to see pics from foreign theaters as well to see how they display or would have displayed their posters? (daybills too even though there seems to be a running gag about how horrible they are)
May be cool to see some sweet posters of history 'in action' as it were. Thanks in advance! (no pun intended)
Russ
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The Universal Horror thread has a bunch...
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I bought this photograph a few years back. The girls are posing in a theater hall, and in the back, argentinean one sheets for: Colleen (1936), Things to come (1935), Ya tiene comisario el pueblo (1936) and The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936).
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7y7l1uGycTk/TkVW0bykSyI/AAAAAAAAAm0/dH7AzsUwZrE/s1600/Lo%2Bque%2Bvendra.jpg)
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Russ, when I was young I went to several different theatres in my native New York. Soem of these were the old palaces. These theatres would have huge displays that included 1sh, 3sh, inserts, half sheets and stills as well as an assortment of other sizes. On the right side (street side) of the Lefferts Theatre in Queens there was a billboard. 40x60s would be displayed on sandwich board displays.
It was a cornocopia of posters on display.
window cards were never displayed at any theatre I went to, as their main purpose was to be distributed to stores and supermarket for display in their windows, generally in trade for advertising at the theatres
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Hey Russ,
Here are a handful of other marquees I quickly located showing various types of posters, billboards etc, from back in earlier times:
Plaza Theater, Piccadilly Circus, UK, 1965. Darling:
(http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/cornershop15/Cinema%20Marquees/Darling1965.jpg)
Capitol Theater on Broadway, NYC, 1939, Premier of The Wizard of Oz (I'd love to see, up close, what posters are on the wall behind the crowd):
(http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/cornershop15/Cinema%20Marquees/CrowdawaitingpremiereofTheWizardofOz1939.jpg)
Leicester Square Theater, 1958. Desire Under the Elms:
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/rogerduke1/cinema1.jpg)
Times Square Movie Theater, 1962. Flame in the Streets and Black Pit of Dr. M:
(http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq85/cornershop15/Cinema%20Marquees/FlameintheStreetsandTheBlackPitofDrM1962.jpg)
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Great topic!
Stew
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My Fair Lady 1966, Netherlands:
(http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/myfairasta2.jpg)
The Longest Day, Bangkok, 1962:
(http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/longestday.jpg)
2001: A Space Odyssey, Capitol Theater, NYC, 1968:
(http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/2001capitol.jpg)
House of Wax, Globe Theatre in Stockton-on-Tees, England:
(http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/houseofwax53marquee.JPG)
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The Greatest Show On Earth, 1952:
(http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/greatest450.jpg)
Jaws, 1975, Princeton:
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb00eddd3f0bb9f7870d22d35b15bda7/tumblr_mhvxkbw2ak1qcye95o1_500.jpg)
Girl Gang, 1954:
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq6lugQEqb1qk52auo1_500.jpg)
(http://verybadgirls.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/girlgang.jpg)
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Nice pic of Stockton's ABC Jeff, only 10 miles from my House...
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i like the prospects of this thread a lot,
here's a couple images courtesy of my beloved ny public library and the museum of ny:
(http://i.imgur.com/sLjmQ5Al.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/HEC1YCyl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/9AFv6k1l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/1Znx6eel.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/qRFqegNl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/90oAYe2l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/4q935Zll.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/AMuDtUBl.jpg)
(and i couldn't resist this one:)
(http://i.imgur.com/XK9Wmmul.jpg)
i believe all are in NYC except the one w/ 'the philadelphia story', that's chicago; and the last one is maine methinks.
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I may have posted this before, it's the Cinema at Whitby, I took this just before it closed....
(http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss348/frankenstein31_photos/Pauls%20posters/PD_0023_zps61fdc0ea.jpg)
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The Cat People, 1942:
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4121/4792012336_a063c676aa_z.jpg)
One Way Ticket to Hell, 1955:
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4114/4792009736_37a39577d4_z.jpg)
(http://3btheaterposterarchive.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/one-way-ticket-to-hell-one-sheet-19551.jpg)
Persuasive Peggy, 1917:
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4093/4787602887_d4454a6ff5_z.jpg)
Original half sheet:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/PERSUASIVE-PEGGY-1917-PEGGY-HYLAND-ORIGINAL-1-2-SHEET-POSTER-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqZHJDkE63ZdCidIBO52n8i6tQ~~60_3.JPG)
Garden of Allah, 1936:
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4134/4791378985_9289734a31_z.jpg)
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Wuau, this thread this great. Great topic, greap pics. Paul, Love the one you posted. Jeff, yours are incredible- cat people! clap clap
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Dawn of the Dead:
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4134/4791391657_a880bf11b9_z.jpg)
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LOVE this stuff as I have said a thousand times. But wish I could see more of the I Walk Alone dammit!
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LOVE this stuff as I have said a thousand times. But wish I could see more of the I Walk Alone dammit!
unfortunately they've only got one other shot of it, and it is basically a duplicate. as a consolation though, the man on the guitar is none other than burl ives, so i guess we're lucky the poster was in the frame at all.
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The Phantom half sheet shown in this photo is from the sound re-release. Copies of it were unknown until just a few years ago when one surfaced.
(http://i.imgur.com/4q935Zll.jpg)
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Great pics PS.
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i like the prospects of this thread a lot,
here's a couple images courtesy of my beloved ny public library and the museum of ny:
(http://i.imgur.com/sLjmQ5Al.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/HEC1YCyl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/9AFv6k1l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/1Znx6eel.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/qRFqegNl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/90oAYe2l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/4q935Zll.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/AMuDtUBl.jpg)
(and i couldn't resist this one:)
(http://i.imgur.com/XK9Wmmul.jpg)
i believe all are in NYC except the one w/ 'the philadelphia story', that's chicago; and the last one is maine methinks.
Peter, this pics are incredible. The Philadelphia Story... I nearly cried looking at that one! clap clap
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A CASABLANCA ANYONE ?
I KNOW.
I AM PREDICTABLE.
OBSESSED.
BOGIE
ME
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unfortunately they've only got one other shot of it, and it is basically a duplicate. as a consolation though, the man on the guitar is none other than burl ives, so i guess we're lucky the poster was in the frame at all.
Peter, was there a date on the one showing the Stauch's Original Old Time Movies, by any chance?
And Sean, would this poster be a OS for the sound version of the Phantom? This was in the other shot that Peter posted:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/POTO_zps5a63f1cf.jpg)
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I am wondering if the easels on the sidewalk thing was a New York only. I don't recall that in the Milwaukee/Chicago markets in the '50s. Large lock frames where a variety of sizes were displayed. Deep entryways with lots of display space. 3 sheets galore. Many frames with an insert or 1/2 sheet and the rest filled with lobbies and stills. But nothing blocking the sidewalk. Of course that could have been midwest ordinance as well.
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Here are a few I saved off the web, sorry don't know where from.
A couple of German ones with the first being possibly a movie translated as the Hooligans 1956
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/TheatreFront_The Hooligans_1956_Germany.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/TheatreFront_GVRUD00Z.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/TheatreFront_tumblr_mb9swv3fvj1rojphdo1_500.jpg)
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Peter, was there a date on the one showing the Stauch's Original Old Time Movies, by any chance?
And Sean, would this poster be a OS for the sound version of the Phantom? This was in the other shot that Peter posted:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/POTO_zps5a63f1cf.jpg)
sorry for the delay, it is from july 1939, (photo was part of a 'federal art project,' guessing a post-depression program, if that interests anyone)
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I am wondering if the easels on the sidewalk thing was a New York only. I don't recall that in the Milwaukee/Chicago markets in the '50s. Large lock frames where a variety of sizes were displayed. Deep entryways with lots of display space. 3 sheets galore. Many frames with an insert or 1/2 sheet and the rest filled with lobbies and stills. But nothing blocking the sidewalk. Of course that could have been midwest ordinance as well.
Jay, as a New Yorker I remember every type of display shown in this thread at one theatre or another until about the late 60s. Times Square when I was a kid was mind-blowing. sadly, I did not learn to appreciate architecture or the great palaces until they were closing them down. The theatre in Jamaica on Jamaica Blvd at 164th street was such a palace with marble staircases on either side of the circular lobby/concession area, actual Ushers and on the mezanine they had skyboxes. That was some theatre
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Jay, as a New Yorker I remember every type of display shown in this thread at one theatre or another until about the late 60s. Times Square when I was a kid was mind-blowing. sadly, I did not learn to appreciate architecture or the great palaces until they were closing them down. The theatre in Jamaica on Jamaica Blvd at 164th street was such a palace with marble staircases on either side of the circular lobby/concession area, actual Ushers and on the mezanine they had skyboxes. That was some theatre
i just did a rather large research project on jamaica, queens a couple semesters ago, and it has sadly come a long way down. amazing to think what was once there though.
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The Longest Day, Bangkok, 1962:
(http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/longestday.jpg)
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Looks as if there is a swastika inbetween all these posters right in the middle..
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i just did a rather large research project on jamaica, queens a couple semesters ago, and it has sadly come a long way down. amazing to think what was once there though.
that's where I was born and where I grew up.
the theatre is now a church..
I believe there was still farm in Jamaica as late as the middle 50's.
I wonder if the orphanage is still there. We used to go sledding on that property. It had these great repeating leveled out areas that made it kick-ass fun....
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Holy wow! These pics are so cool. They seriously make me want to travel back in time. It's so amazing the lengths it seems like theaters took to promote the films and get people talking about them. It's so odd to think that, in a way, that was it. There was no internet previews or television commercials. I wonder, were there radio plugs for films back in the day? When did commercials become a prevalent form of promotion and how much of an impact did they have on the production of different types of posters/cards? Keep these cool cool pics coming though!
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radio spots and tv commercials. tv commercials were generally 15/20/30/45/60 seconds depending on how big a film it was.
amongst my earliest collectibles were 16mm trailers of tv commercials for sf movies
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i must say that i am getting quite the kick out of looking for some pictures (i'm even digging into some of my school's databases, so this is some real research :p) anyway since much of the allure of collecting these posters comes from the fact that they once hung in theatres, i think this is as worthwhile a thread as any. i figured i'd post a bunch more since these aren't the photos you'll find on a google search, also they are more representative of middle-America:
texas - ~1904-1910 silent film (figured i'd post something early, you can see a couple diff. sizes and some real smiles from the folks. i'm kidding, they aren't smiling.)
(http://i.imgur.com/KNwT9HCl.jpg)
the rest:
(http://i.imgur.com/hTT8b6el.jpg)
(mexico here)
(http://i.imgur.com/Ofo0bBRl.jpg)
(back to usa)
(http://i.imgur.com/fuYJc1al.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Y41DtVtl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/qoiYmaEl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/sDIuOT9l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/5nb05CJl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/d1ye9khl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/zqV3qlql.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/9gGsNufl.jpg)
here's an example of the aforementioned 42nd street in its heyday:
(http://i.imgur.com/SiC5Muol.jpg)
and while we'd all like to think that our posters come from a theatre along the great white way, better chance it was hanging here:
(http://i.imgur.com/7JhWRUSl.jpg)
also, if you want a better view on any of them...copy the image's url (right click) and remove the 'L' that precedes '.jpeg'
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Those are great ps. thanks for sharing!
And does anyone else agree how awesome it would be to have one of those one sheet + lobby card combo easels?
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Not much more I can add except another - Wow, this thread is amazing! Great great topic.
I've often wondered the same thing as Through The Stones in his original post. I think I've only ever seen OS's and bigger. Couldn't really place half-sheets, LCs, etc, so seeing these pics... just awesome. Seeing the grandeur of those real theaters is just so cool. I'm sure I went to a theater or two like that when I was a kid for movies like ET or Return of the Jedi, but I don't remember it. I do remember going to see Seabiscuit at The Senator in Baltimore back in 2003. It had the window displays and fancy frames and it was an awesome experience, but definitely nothing like these pics. Keep 'em coming! clap
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Maybe one of ya would like this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Movie-Theatre-Movie-photo-lobby-card-display-27-x51-/400413635824?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d3a8334f0
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Maybe one of ya would like this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Movie-Theatre-Movie-photo-lobby-card-display-27-x51-/400413635824?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d3a8334f0
Yeah that's cool but so heavy and so far away
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Yeah that's cool but so heavy and so far away
Yes it is. From me it is on the other side of the country.
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For me is the other side of the continent eyeroll
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Anyone heard of the other side of the WORLD?
:'(
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Jay, as a New Yorker I remember every type of display shown in this thread at one theatre or another until about the late 60s. Times Square when I was a kid was mind-blowing. sadly, I did not learn to appreciate architecture or the great palaces until they were closing them down. The theatre in Jamaica on Jamaica Blvd at 164th street was such a palace with marble staircases on either side of the circular lobby/concession area, actual Ushers and on the mezanine they had skyboxes. That was some theatre
These images are what I am talking about concerning the upper midwest. These are all theaters I went to as a kid, and you can see that posters were all wall mounted.
Tower theater: This was my favorite. The picture doesn't show the 50' bell tower. The interior was Spanish theme with marble staircases a huge crystal chandelier over an 8' diameter marble fountain.
(http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/65207/1358838968/large.jpg)
Wisconsin Theater: One of the big downtown first run houses:
(http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/67199/1361327390/large.jpg)
Strand Theater: Another downtown palace:
(http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/23240/1314122518/large.jpg)
A favorite downtown one was the riverside with very ornate interior, but I dont have a good marquee shot. That is the only one of these still standing. This shot down Wisconsin Avenue shows the Center and Strand in the background
(http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/61713/1354323850/large.jpg)
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Maybe one of ya would like this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Movie-Theatre-Movie-photo-lobby-card-display-27-x51-/400413635824?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d3a8334f0
This one actually isn't too far from me... hmmm....
For future reference, if any of you find old display cases like this please PM me. I was thinking of using old displays like this in the poster show I'm going to put on in fall. Thanks!
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This one actually isn't too far from me... hmmm....
For future reference, if any of you find old display cases like this please PM me. I was thinking of using old displays like this in the poster show I'm going to put on in fall. Thanks!
To bad the seller won't ship it. I could only imagine the cost of shipping on that thing though.
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Great topic and great photos, thank you guys for having shared!
Seeing them I remembered this video of a strike by film distributors against bill posting tax increase. It has been shot on the streets of Rome in the '60 and you can see some giant italian posters while being..
(no, stop please, do not do it!!)
..deleted :'(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GoEsHs44hHg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GoEsHs44hHg)
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And Sean, would this poster be a OS for the sound version of the Phantom? This was in the other shot that Peter posted:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/POTO_zps5a63f1cf.jpg)
sorry for the delay, it is from july 1939, (photo was part of a 'federal art project,' guessing a post-depression program, if that interests anyone)
If this is from 1939, it just goes to show how material was in continuous use over the years. The half sheet is from 1929 and Universal did not re-release Phantom again (Realart/Film Classics did in the late 40s).
Erik, That is a one-sheet frame for sure, but the poster they are using is not one of the eight(!) original styles or the re-release style, so it is either an other company poster or more likely local produced (I say that because of all the other homemade Phantom stuff they have).
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Great topic and great photos, thank you guys for having shared!
Seeing them I remembered this video of a strike by film distributors against bill posting tax increase. It has been shot on the streets of Rome in the '60 and you can see some giant italian posters while being..
(no, stop please, do not do it!!)
..deleted :'(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GoEsHs44hHg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GoEsHs44hHg)
Damn! That made me sick... :-X
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Damn! That made me sick... :-X
and made me cry.... :-[
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and made me cry.... :-[
(http://mlblogsfottheloveofthegame.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/crying-baby-party-56800676.jpg)
:'(
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I don't look that cute!
oh...
oh......
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Just in case there was any doubt that this was promoting a Bond film!
(http://bonddecordesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/yolt_times-square-james-bon.jpg)
And another slightly more restrained example;
(http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/n7tTce5i7Jw0348rAgEDMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MDA7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/251/2012/10/24/from-russia-with-love-jpg_105231.jpg)
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That 007 is spectacular... clap
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Found this in Bruce's archives:
(http://emovieposter.com//images/moviestars/AA120809/550/8x10_house_on_haunted_hill_num1_MI00073_L.jpg)
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Found this in Bruce's archives:
(http://emovieposter.com//images/moviestars/AA120809/550/8x10_house_on_haunted_hill_num1_MI00073_L.jpg)
OK so educate me here... is this a six sheet or a 24 sheet or some custom job?
Whaddya think those two guys are talking about? "Whaddya mean she's hot? She's hanging from a freakin skeleton hand!" "Who cares! Dead, alive, I'd do her no matter what..."
Sorry, it's Sunday night and I'm at work watching Westerns and got kinda bored... ;D
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OK so educate me here... is this a six sheet or a 24 sheet or some custom job?
It is quite clear to me, it is the well known 10.5 sheet format (3 columns of 3.5 sheets). This size was created primarily to fit nicely under "Next Attraction" signs
As to what is being said:
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/BruceDreams_800.jpg)
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laugh1
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Being that this poster was likely glued to that board, it is almost surely long gone.
I imagine it was a special "one of". Amazing that they could spend the money it took to make that, rather than just hang a six sheet, and think "close enough"!
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Damn you Steve there goes my coffee. I didn't even notice the look on 'Bruce's' face! Priceless!
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It is quite clear to me, it is the well known 10.5 sheet format (3 columns of 3.5 sheets). This size was created primarily to fit nicely under "Next Attraction" signs
As to what is being said:
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/BruceDreams_800.jpg)
laugh1
Good stuff Steve. Good stuff.
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Found this...
Lusts Regents Theater 1920/21. (where? Haven't gotta clue?)
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd276/champy12345/Lauren/RegentMovieTheaterWithPosters1921.jpg)
here's a smaller pic without watermarks.
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/npcc/29500/29579r.jpg)
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Cool lobby card and 1/2 sheet display from the Savoy (?)
(http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/921176/99389939/stock-photo-movie-theater-lobby-99389939.jpg) (http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/SUDDENLYTHEATRE.jpg) 1959.
Crossville, TN (1937)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eQ43QTOrEAs/T0mKlLRsMNI/AAAAAAAAtQo/WfCGapmOUSE/s1600/255.jpg)
Washington DC (1937)
(http://www.erbzine.com/mag5/china.jpg)
The Rialto (1930)
(http://www.onlyclassics.com/p1037.jpg)
The Loews NYC (1944)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qno81753JKA/TtZIniA4ZqI/AAAAAAAAJ6E/V8SR-tiaMa0/s640/aameet3.jpg)
The Roxie, Atlanta GA (1959)
(http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/benhurmarquee.jpg)
Alpine TX (1938)
(http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8a26000/8a26200/8a26205v.jpg)
The Erie in Hugo, OK (1952)
(http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/23717/1314468354/large.jpg?1314468354)
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Nice ones Ted
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Dig that Bela in Chinatown, eh Chris?
wynk
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Dig that Bela in Chinatown, eh Chris?
wynk
Never mind Chris, me wants the Bela Banner, and the 1sht.... ;D
First rate images Ted.. thumbup
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Memphis TN (1953)
(http://memphiscurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IdlewildPhoto.gif)
While this isn't from any original showing, it's a cool look at a display of vintage posters at the Greenbriar Theater (Boone, NC) in 2003.
(http://www.news.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2003/02/green2.jpg)
http://www.news.appstate.edu/2003/02/12/plemmons/ (http://www.news.appstate.edu/2003/02/12/plemmons/)
Next 8 pics from the The Capitol and The Liberty theaters in Walla Walla, WA
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_xl1RG8LsOw/Tu4cIWna68I/AAAAAAAAE44/3ms1nzkQN9w/s1600/Capitol+Theatre%252C+1957.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Am-M87KUZUY/Tu4cK_-6WAI/AAAAAAAAE5A/6QY_2-FIv0E/s1600/Capitol+Theatre%252C+1950s.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TUOuVfwmi_k/Tu4cO_SFbXI/AAAAAAAAE5I/lINJX-l71f0/s1600/Capitol+Theatre+ticket+window%252C+1953.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xcTCfs6N3nE/Tu4cRgXCapI/AAAAAAAAE5Q/TZUKW2660NI/s1600/Capitol+Theatre+lobby%252C+1953+%25282%2529.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AQnWTLQV7kU/Tuy3LpEEtxI/AAAAAAAAE4I/U-keXDtrSaQ/s1600/Liberty+Theatre%253B+Gulick%2527s+Bend+of+River%252C+1952.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qk92HgfDBGo/Tuy3SN5ls_I/AAAAAAAAE4Y/_b71dREAFEo/s1600/Liberty+Theatre+lobby%252C+1952.JPG)
Early versions of today's 'Motion Posters.'
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OmuEom14lFM/Tuy3UkuBdyI/AAAAAAAAE4g/L7uAdicFGkQ/s1600/Liberty+theatre+Clown+ad+for+Skelton+movie%252C+1953.JPG)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LIAdo6YERgI/Tuy3W0bCu9I/AAAAAAAAE4o/y7JBl_tHcR8/s1600/Liberty+theatre+ad+for+Tomahawk+movie%252C+1950.JPG)
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Found this...
Lusts Regents Theater 1920/21. (where? Haven't gotta clue?)
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd276/champy12345/Lauren/RegentMovieTheaterWithPosters1921.jpg)
here's a smaller pic without watermarks.
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/npcc/29500/29579r.jpg)
Love this one Ted.
Its almost set up like a gallery selling posters-- there are so many on display here!
Fantastic!
clap clap
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I am liking the 3 & 6 sheets (exposed to the elements?)
Thanks Ted!
Washington DC (1937)
(http://www.erbzine.com/mag5/china.jpg)
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I am liking the 3 & 6 sheets (exposed to the elements?)
Just one of the many reasons why so much of the old paper no longer exists.
It's a crying shame.
cheers
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I wonder what's happening to the guy in the back window of the car.
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Dig that Bela in Chinatown, eh Chris?
wynk
Uhhh yeah!
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I wonder what's happening to the guy in the back window of the car.
;D
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Cat People:
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqnq1sAoNP1qe83rwo1_500.jpg)
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2kuxYGqS1qf83cro2_500.jpg)
King Kong:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GpYXYfbQ1Tw/ThHjnUf2B0I/AAAAAAAAEq0/Lwbjim5q8hw/s1600/40a35a5f56ac41d09c970c31ff0cbc0cbb8fa84.pjpg.jpeg)
Godzilla:
(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/matteljones/Marquee.jpg)
The Haunted Strangler:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V1y28UmHr04/S_1_pEKpmWI/AAAAAAAAFTQ/CjPzNZ33JGU/s1600/Fiend_2.jpg)
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King Kong:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GpYXYfbQ1Tw/ThHjnUf2B0I/AAAAAAAAEq0/Lwbjim5q8hw/s1600/40a35a5f56ac41d09c970c31ff0cbc0cbb8fa84.pjpg.jpeg)
That is bitchin', Jeff. thumbup
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The funny thing about these displays is how few actually use the NSS/studio issued posters. You gotta think they would have been cheaper than creating these giant self-made theatre fronts?
Although they may be even more eye-catching...
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That Cat People stuff is hilarious/awesome!
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Nothing like getting your ticket for Cat People right off the kitty's tongue.. :P
Certainly a way to bring in the crowds.. some of those theater fronts almost appear like the old-style fun houses.
happy1
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Esquire Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio:
(http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/48296/1341385909/large.jpg?1341385909)
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(http://24.media.tumblr.com/b326464186cd43313c772a7361870a5b/tumblr_mjd0uhwkrj1rsljlio1_500.jpg) This is where Chris (CSM) used to live...
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Wow, great find Ted!
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AQnWTLQV7kU/Tuy3LpEEtxI/AAAAAAAAE4I/U-keXDtrSaQ/s1600/Liberty+Theatre%253B+Gulick%2527s+Bend+of+River%252C+1952.JPG)
Forget the posters, I want the car!!!
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(http://24.media.tumblr.com/b326464186cd43313c772a7361870a5b/tumblr_mjd0uhwkrj1rsljlio1_500.jpg) This is where Chris (CSM) used to live...
Used to? I am still rockin' that decor
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(http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/61/19461-004-27D49F2B.jpg)
Outside, on the wall of the Warner Bros Lot, in Burbank:
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/20/article-2176695-1425C5E4000005DC-167_634x446.jpg)
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/ITheJuryTheatreMarqueeMay2012ST_zps06b1ecfd.jpg)
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A Hard Day's Night, 1964, London:
(http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/harddaysnight2.jpg)
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Wow, great find Ted!
Thanks, Matt.
Tumblr has a boatload of fascinating stuff every minute of the day.
Check these out.
Apologies if any of these are reposts....
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/9b2a82716832643a2e26bd46159bd4c9/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo2_1280.jpg)
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d4579a9e1fae13a34b5b96b61f8e6c3/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo3_1280.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/88a1a09396d9ec5a25b8bc0905dffe46/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo4_1280.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/e603de76002f5a01da2c54ce3bac821c/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo7_500.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/d2a47c82ca525ffdf3b9938edf2bc379/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo9_1280.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/6eb1cb0f2824e44d946da68e480a013b/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo8_1280.jpg)
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Thanks, Matt.
Tumblr has a boatload of fascinating stuff every minute of the day.
Check these out.
Apologies if any of these are reposts....
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/9b2a82716832643a2e26bd46159bd4c9/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo2_1280.jpg)
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d4579a9e1fae13a34b5b96b61f8e6c3/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo3_1280.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/88a1a09396d9ec5a25b8bc0905dffe46/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo4_1280.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/e603de76002f5a01da2c54ce3bac821c/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo7_500.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/d2a47c82ca525ffdf3b9938edf2bc379/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo9_1280.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/6eb1cb0f2824e44d946da68e480a013b/tumblr_mjrh2fwXg81s792qyo8_1280.jpg)
Love those pics in posters in action. Great one Ted.
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First rate Ted, it makes you think....would more people go to the cinema if they were enticed in this way.
Or do we just need better films to be made. ;D
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Paul, movies today are geared towards the under 25 crowd mostly with edges up to under 35 and mostly male.
That's why so much of what we see are bang bang shoot-em-up movies for these post-pubescent mental midgets. I believe there are quite a few of them in Chicago
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Sadly I think your right, such a shame...
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First rate Ted, it makes you think....would more people go to the cinema if they were enticed in this way.
Or do we just need better films to be made. ;D
Not sure, Paul.
Movie ballyhoo is still around, but we can always use better films.
Does anyone have one of these?
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/204/522544715_a0088edbba.jpg)
The movie was lame, but the Surfer is one of my favorite comic book characters.
This would look nice in the den (if I had a den).
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That Silver Surfer is pretty sweet. I do appreciate that film companies still pull out all the stops and make displays like that every once in a while. Does anyone remember the 20' tall Mighty Joe Young gorilla back in 98? They had two here in Denver and had to pre-measure lobbies to fit it in. The Lost World had a few special theaters where they went in and installed strobe lights for a special version of the preview with lightning. Pixar put out the life sized Sully and Mike statues and life size Bruce and Marlin statue for Nemo. We have the last two here at work. I'll try and post some pics.
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I am more intrigued by the pay phones - ahhh 2007 nostalgia
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The Sheik (1921)
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/sheiktheatre_zps89a4c248.jpg) (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/sheiktheatre2_zps83e17b79.jpg)
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That pic with the poster is a great one Jeff! Great find clap
And to think that someone could have this very same poster hanging in her/his walls :)
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How cool would that be, to find that very one, and know for sure, it was THE SAME COPY.
Perhaps more "Searching" should begin. :D
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And what if they play dress up with the costume too? :P
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here you go, from 1952, a window card displayed in a trolley car
some of the exclusive content on my facebook page.
(http://www.movieposterbid.com/images/red_mountain_trolley.jpg)
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Saw a bus today, sorry no pic, whole bus side was a giant jack the giant killer or whatever the movie is, Mel would have had an orgasm all over the windshield.
;D
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here you go, from 1952, a window card displayed in a trolley car
some of the exclusive content on my facebook page.
(http://www.movieposterbid.com/images/red_mountain_trolley.jpg)
Doesn't that make it a trolley card? ;)
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nope.. that's a window card being used in a trolley. a trolley card is a different size
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Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/tumblr_mfp3xmrI8U1qj0r5qo1_500_zps0ab7e9be.jpg)
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Is that Boris?
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Is that Boris?
Yup.. 'tis he. ;)
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Boris was asked to help publicise the film, they wanted him to do some personal appearances, with some photo's, Boris agreed, saying "I'll do it as long as I don't have to see the dam thing". As much as I know where he was coming from, I do think this time he was wrong, as I love the film as do many others... :D
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Boris was asked to help publicise the film, they wanted him to do some personal appearances, with some photo's, Boris agreed, saying "I'll do it as long as I don't have to see the dam thing". As much as I know where he was coming from, I do think this time he was wrong, as I love the film as do many others... :D
Thanks for the anecdote, Mr. Waines.
I agree that Boris was wrong...that A&C romp is a classic that only gets better with time.
cheers
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wrong by whose measure? He did what was right for Boris.
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Frankenstein:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/thesmoot_zps9638d002.jpg)
Ghost Of Frankenstein:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/ghost9_zpsac161be9.jpg)
Citizen Kane:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/new-york-rko-palace-1941-granger_zps0fd0361e.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/new-york-rko-palace-1941-granger_zps0fd0361e.jpg.html)
King Of Kings (1927):
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/movie-theatre-1927-granger_zpseea0a3b3.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/movie-theatre-1927-granger_zpseea0a3b3.jpg.html)
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Nice Jeff. I wish movies were still promoted this way. It seems like back then theater would go all out to promote a film. Now what do we get a few posters, some standees, and some vinyls. Yippee
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Frankenstein:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/thesmoot_zps9638d002.jpg)
Are there two inserts on those pillars?!
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Are there two inserts on those pillars?!
When i zoomed in, the image got too blurred. But i think that is a real possibility, Chris. ;)
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Star Wars; Grauman's Chinese Theater, May 25, 1977:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/star-wars-marquee_zps83643de5.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/star-wars-marquee_zps83643de5.jpg.html)
It Had To Be You; Brentwood Theater, Los Angeles, 1947:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/ef807462cb7bd917_landing_zpsc5d5fbc5.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/ef807462cb7bd917_landing_zpsc5d5fbc5.jpg.html) (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/it-had-to-be-you-movie-poster-1947-1020526820_zpsbda0325a.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/it-had-to-be-you-movie-poster-1947-1020526820_zpsbda0325a.jpg.html)
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You just have to love the ingenuity of movie marketeers at times!
This is for 'The Day After Tomorrow' and links beautifully with the film;
(http://files.coloribus.com/files/adsarchive/part_603/6032455/file/cinema-film-screening-submerged-hoarding-small-50329.jpg)
Ok, I'm bending the rules here as this isn't a Spider-man' poster as such but it did make me laugh and I bet the reactions of guys using the 'accessible' urinals was priceless;
(http://persuasive.ly/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_lm5qoeALWb1qiqf01o1_500.jpg)
Bringing matters back onto topic, the design of the IMAX cinema at London, Waterloo allows for some striking displays especially at night;
(http://i1.cdnds.net/12/42/618x415/-4.jpg)
Paul.
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Great examples of newer campaigns Paul... happy1 Jollygood stuff.
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Great examples of newer campaigns Paul... happy1 Jollygood stuff.
Those top two are very clever Paul and do deserve a clap
As marketing depts. focus more on digital media rather than our beloved posters to get their message across I do get a kick out of seeing them thinking outside of the box with promotions like these... just not very practical to slip into a plan chest or poster sleeve! :D
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The Day after tomorrow.. what a great marketing. Superb. I went to see the film straight away, and enjoyed it too!
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I must admit Day after Tomorrow is a Pleasure of mine, I up graded to the
Blu disc, and still watch this 2 or 3 times a year, but don't let it out of the bag..
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You know you like it....
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/o-ANGELINA-JOLIE-LEATHER-PANTS-570.jpg)
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I want to make Brad watch.
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You just have to love the ingenuity of movie marketeers at times!
This is for 'The Day After Tomorrow' and links beautifully with the film;
(http://files.coloribus.com/files/adsarchive/part_603/6032455/file/cinema-film-screening-submerged-hoarding-small-50329.jpg)
Ok, I'm bending the rules here as this isn't a Spider-man' poster as such but it did make me laugh and I bet the reactions of guys using the 'accessible' urinals was priceless;
(http://persuasive.ly/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_lm5qoeALWb1qiqf01o1_500.jpg)
Bringing matters back onto topic, the design of the IMAX cinema at London, Waterloo allows for some striking displays especially at night;
(http://i1.cdnds.net/12/42/618x415/-4.jpg)
Paul.
Good stuff!
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I want to make Brad watch.
:o
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What?
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Hahaha, that's funny.
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Probably jeopardizing my man card here, but Angelina does nothing for me. I put her in the same camp as Madonna- just too much mileage on the tread.
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Probably jeopardizing my man card here, but Angelina does nothing for me. I put her in the same camp as Madonna- just too much mileage on the tread.
Madonna I agree 100%. A has one mile left. :P
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Probably jeopardizing my man card here, but Angelina does nothing for me. I put her in the same camp as Madonna- just too much mileage on the tread.
(http://i.imgur.com/xvv6ZVA.gif)
kidding...i agree with ya.
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Star Wars; Grauman's Chinese Theater, May 25, 1977:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/star-wars-marquee_zps83643de5.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/star-wars-marquee_zps83643de5.jpg.html)
Are those lobby cards for Star Wars under the vertical 50th anniversary banner and just above the 93 radio truck?
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A few more, from yesteryear:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/sensor7-73_zps05d5292d.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/sensor7-73_zps05d5292d.jpg.html)
The one 6 sheet in the open foyer, facing out to the street, is for the 1940 movie, called Boss of Bullion City.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/sensor7-130_zps54efbf53.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/sensor7-130_zps54efbf53.jpg.html)
A double bill with films of Ronald Colman and Kay Francis:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/9012_zpsa833ba23.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/9012_zpsa833ba23.jpg.html)
This for the 1931 movie, Trader Horn. The poster behind the people standing in the front looks quite a bit larger than a 6 sheet, too.
thumbup
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/8056_zpscd68af37.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/8056_zpscd68af37.jpg.html)
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You know you like it....
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/o-ANGELINA-JOLIE-LEATHER-PANTS-570.jpg)
You opened it up to modern posters... Some from my research on Black Swan.
(http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_1.jpg) (http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_2.jpg)
(http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_3.jpg) (http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_9.jpg)
(http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_10.jpg) (http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_8.jpg)
(http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_4.jpg)
(http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_5.jpg)
(http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_6.jpg)
(http://www.abideposters.com/apf_junk/042013/BS_inaction/bsin_7.jpg)
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You forgot one :p
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/aririchards/Art/IMGP2842.jpg)
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The Turks like their standees! ;D ;D
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/civciv-movie-marquee-enlarged_zps3e4e0cec.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/civciv-movie-marquee-enlarged_zps3e4e0cec.jpg.html)
The poster to the left of the entrance is a version of this poster for 40,000 Miles With Lindberg (MGM, 1928):
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/MarlowTheatreKilmer_zps6b20adb5.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/MarlowTheatreKilmer_zps6b20adb5.jpg.html) (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/d845_1_zpsdaed5237.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/d845_1_zpsdaed5237.jpg.html)
Oklahoma Kid (WB, 1939)
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/MarlowTheatreOklahomaKidBoys04011939TKTMs_zps63669690.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/MarlowTheatreOklahomaKidBoys04011939TKTMs_zps63669690.jpg.html) (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/TheOklahomaKid-ins2500_zpsaf297a92.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/TheOklahomaKid-ins2500_zpsaf297a92.jpg.html)
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Cagney's pic of the little boy is very cute :)
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A double bill with films of Ronald Colman and Kay Francis:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/9012_zpsa833ba23.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/9012_zpsa833ba23.jpg.html)
AND THAT'S KAY FRANCIS...WHAT A GREAT PIC..I LOVE THIS ONE, I WANT THAT POSTER.. !!!
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You forgot one :p
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/aririchards/Art/IMGP2842.jpg)
The best one!
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You just have to love the ingenuity of movie marketeers at times!
This is for 'The Day After Tomorrow' and links beautifully with the film;
(http://files.coloribus.com/files/adsarchive/part_603/6032455/file/cinema-film-screening-submerged-hoarding-small-50329.jpg)
Ok, I'm bending the rules here as this isn't a Spider-man' poster as such but it did make me laugh and I bet the reactions of guys using the 'accessible' urinals was priceless;
(http://persuasive.ly/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_lm5qoeALWb1qiqf01o1_500.jpg)
Bringing matters back onto topic, the design of the IMAX cinema at London, Waterloo allows for some striking displays especially at night;
(http://i1.cdnds.net/12/42/618x415/-4.jpg)
Paul.
These are great, Paul.
Just goes to show that movie ballyhoo is not dead.
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The Carolina Theater in Charlotte NC (http://www.carolinatheatre.us/gallery.html)in 1931 showing the Buster Keaton movie Parlor Bedroom and Bath:
(http://posternirvana.com/0DNE2/2013-04/Buster%20Keaton.jpg)
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Iron man 3
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff401/aririchards/image-1_zps6211b349.jpg) (http://s1234.photobucket.com/user/aririchards/media/image-1_zps6211b349.jpg.html)
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Ari = PangFeck?
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Nah, if anything it would be pacman Ramone but those days are gone.
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Rebel rouser
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Found this on Tumblr...pretty friggin' cool...
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l91jrsHcBH1qbb93eo1_500.jpg) whip
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going around on Facebook
poster at left/back is Island of Lost Souls 30x40
(http://www.comic-art.com/temp/apf/mummy_lost_souls.jpg)
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clap
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clap clap
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Great post Rich!
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happy1 sm1 clap
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I don't know which I like best.......Rich's has Karloff in the Mummy, but Ted's has a huge Bardot.. There's only one way to find out...
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(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/were_zpsaec9325c.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/were_zpsaec9325c.jpg.html)
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Disney's Saludos Amigos-1942
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/saludos_zps517e8239.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/saludos_zps517e8239.jpg.html)
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Great photo!!!
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Creature From the Black Lagoon- Detroit.
And Sean/MPE has this very cool still running in his current photo auction. thumbup
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/creature_zps32b8deef.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/creature_zps32b8deef.jpg.html)
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Great pic of the 3 sheet (?) in its natural habitat.
Can anyone make out what appears to be a 1/2 sheet below it?
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Great pic of the 3 sheet (?) in its natural habitat.
Can anyone make out what appears to be a 1/2 sheet below it?
Chris, it looks to be for a different movie. Here's a more close-up, detail image:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/different_zpsb2d25dd6.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/different_zpsb2d25dd6.jpg.html)
The banner and oversize standee (in the previous pic) are both thumbup , too; not to mention the Creature mask the one guy is wearing.
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I had a good squint at the image title and came up with this
(http://www.emovieposter.com/images/vhp9/550/texas_064.jpg)
(http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/title_info.php?id=35907)
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Way to go, Steve! clap
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Nice work Steve - if only it were a more impressive film/poster - hope you didn't strain your eyes too much ;)
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Nice work Steve - if only it were a more impressive film/poster - hope you didn't strain your eyes too much ;)
No, not doing this
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Paramount Theater, 1930.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/Morocco_zps43822db2.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/Morocco_zps43822db2.jpg.html)
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Being offered on ebay (hence the watermarks), but this is a cool photo showing a float, with a (locally made?) banner and posters for White Zombie and The Marriage Bond (both 1932), in Bundaberg, Queensland:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/g5922_zps441f2da6.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/g5922_zps441f2da6.jpg.html)
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How the hell did I not see this thread before? I got a few, The Loew's Paradise Theatre located at 2413 Grand Concourse (in the Bronx), New York:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/images2514-3.jpg)
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And a few more:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/WomenofAllNationsmarquee2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/MrLemonmarquee.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/July151930TheExhibitor1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/img119.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/img557-1.jpg)
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and let's not forget this famous photograph by Walker Evans Houses. Atlanta, Georgia (Mar. 1936):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/3a34875u.jpg)
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and let's not forget this famous photograph by Walker Evans Houses. Atlanta, Georgia (Mar. 1936):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/3a34875u.jpg)
I love the Love Before Breakfast!! bed1
clap clap clap
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and then John Vachon did a similar one in 1938:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/8b29355a.jpg)
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And what an amazing looking pair of houses, too!
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Cool pictures, Louie. thumbup
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aw hell, The Lowe's Paradise didn't upload properly so here it is again. I wanted to show it at a HUGE size so you can see all the detail in this GREAT movie palace, they certainly don't make 'em like this anymore:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/images2514-4.jpg~original)
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Pool hall on the second floor, that would have been a big one!
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Being offered on ebay (hence the watermarks), but this is a cool photo showing a float, with a (locally made?) banner and posters for White Zombie and The Marriage Bond (both 1932), in Bundaberg, Queensland:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/g5922_zps441f2da6.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/g5922_zps441f2da6.jpg.html)
White Zombie daybill - holy crap! Probably closest will ever get to seeing it is this photo!
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and let's not forget this famous photograph by Walker Evans Houses. Atlanta, Georgia (Mar. 1936):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/robertpollard/3a34875u.jpg)
Oh mama mia ..!!
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Wow Louie, these photos are top notch! That Lowe's theater is so cool!
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Wow Louie, these photos are top notch! That Lowe's theater is so cool!
Yep. Good stuff louie.
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Not exactly a poster, but I thought this Kill Bill billboard was outrageous.
(http://www.designmybillboard.com/images/remarkable4_pop.jpg)
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Not exactly a poster, but I thought this Kill Bill billboard was outrageous.
I thought it was fake but it is real (http://www.medialifemagazine.com/for-kill-bill-one-killer-of-a-billboard/)
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I thought it was fake but it is real (http://www.medialifemagazine.com/for-kill-bill-one-killer-of-a-billboard/)
Yeah the blood spattered cars made me think fake too...but article says they were props...interesting
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Not exactly a poster, but I thought this Kill Bill billboard was outrageous.
(http://www.designmybillboard.com/images/remarkable4_pop.jpg)
That is very cool. thumbup
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Steve's article link has a much better photo showing the rental cars as part of the 3D effect. And apparently the creative billboard was conjured up in New Zealand- probably by a bloke, who was a bit of a dag after too many Speights during an all black game. ;D
(http://www.medialifemagazine.com/archives/images/blood.jpg)
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Great stuff! ;D
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If you watch the film Gorgo, the part where they drive through London with him on the back of a wagon, this cinema had the 59 Mummy up.
A few years earlier this...
(http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss348/frankenstein31_photos/Pauls%20posters/marquee2tarantula_zps26ec0880.jpg) (http://s590.photobucket.com/user/frankenstein31_photos/media/Pauls%20posters/marquee2tarantula_zps26ec0880.jpg.html)
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I like the Tarantula Paul thumbup
I wonder:
- has the statue been moved since, more to the right?
- how did the people get on to the roundabout and where are they going (looks dangerous)
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That's a giant arachnid!
Did a quick search and found this (not the best quality but still awesome)
(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/quad_bucket/drac00412.jpg)
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I like the Tarantula Paul thumbup
I wonder:
- has the statue been moved since, more to the right?
- how did the people get on to the roundabout and where are they going (looks dangerous)
I think is just to perspective Steve, as far as I know it's always been there, though some of the pavements may have encroached slightly over time..
That's the shot Chris, I'll see if I have a better one..
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(http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss348/frankenstein31_photos/Pauls%20posters/gorgoinlondon_zps48b9e4b9.png) (http://s590.photobucket.com/user/frankenstein31_photos/media/Pauls%20posters/gorgoinlondon_zps48b9e4b9.png.html)
Your right Chris, difficult to find a good pic of it. Can anyone do Screen captures who has the disc...
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Your right Chris, difficult to find a good pic of it. Can anyone do Screen captures who has the disc...
Most of us can......but we'll wait till you've caught up with us in the 20th, make that the 21st century.....hehe...just taking the piss mate. wynk
Convict.
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Most of us can......but we'll wait till you've caught up with us in the 20th, make that the 21st century.....hehe...just taking the piss mate. wynk
Convict.
At least mines in Colour... And I'll stop in the 20th Century if you don't mind... :D Apparently Puppets, and Apes will rule the planet in the 21st.
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Yay colour!
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That Gorgo pic is sweet, Paul. thumbup
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Can anyone do Screen captures who has the disc...
Here ya go, probably as good as it'll get, frame wise. The panning follows the truck and the next frame is a different shot. The grab is not from a disc, but a rip
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/gorgo_grab_1000.jpg)
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Gets better, Thanks Steve, your the Kiddie..
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Took this info from MoPo but thought this book might of interest to others. Appears to fit this topic nicely:
http://goodknightbooks.com/Showmen.html
(http://goodknightbooks.com/resources/Showmen2.jpg)
(http://goodknightbooks.com/resources/_wsb_300x255_theater-4.jpg)
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pf4OOWsPU9Y/T-4m94NYC-I/AAAAAAAAVKg/bp5Nz_l7Om4/s1600/MovieTheatre_TimesSquare_1934_100.jpg)
Times Square, 1934
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THATS impressive.
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Nice shot, Ted. Opulence extraordinaire!!
thumbup
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Love that old Paramount stuff - thanks Ted!
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+4 :o
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+4 :o
A new record! An Aussie has never counted this high before!
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A new record! An Aussie has never counted this high before!
Some of us can't spell either: In Queensland BEER is spelled: XXXX
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City Streets (Columbia, 1938); US 3 sheet:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/CS_zpsae7aed3b.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/CS_zpsae7aed3b.jpg.html)
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Some of us can't spell either: In Queensland BEER is spelled: XXXX
and some people spell my name BASTARD! (?)
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City Streets (Columbia, 1938); US 3 sheet:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/CS_zpsae7aed3b.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/CS_zpsae7aed3b.jpg.html)
What's up with the red splotches on a B&W photo? Did the CIA get ahold of it or something :D
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(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/CS_zps27e4dc87.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/spitfire3992/media/CS_zps27e4dc87.jpg.html)
Better? ;)
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I was to busy feeling threatened for my life by that dude standing next to the poster... I didn't even see the red!
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Agree. The ''dude'' steals the show..
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(http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss348/frankenstein31_photos/KineWeekly67173bond_zpse6382f06.jpg) (http://s590.photobucket.com/user/frankenstein31_photos/media/KineWeekly67173bond_zpse6382f06.jpg.html)
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(http://www.signaloutdoor.com/images/600_Major_Deegan_Monster_Wall_SF_-_The_Incredibles_-_5.JPG)
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Two pictures I took in Hong Kong way back in 1991.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b174/ganzheit2/IMG_0015.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b174/ganzheit2/IMG_0014.jpg)
Armin
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The movies on the painted billboards from Hong Kong are by the way SPIRITUAL TRINITY (人鬼神) and SEA WOLVES (海狼).
Armin
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I stole this off the Criterion Facebook feed...pretty cool...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/534257_10153176230230565_2102046480_n.jpg)
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That's great!
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I stole this off the Criterion Facebook feed...pretty cool...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/534257_10153176230230565_2102046480_n.jpg)
AMAZING! Thanks for posting!
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Very cool. cool1
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Two pictures I took in Hong Kong way back in 1991.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b174/ganzheit2/IMG_0015.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b174/ganzheit2/IMG_0014.jpg)
Armin
WoW..Great pics!!
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(http://25.media.tumblr.com/deb582c2ecede2cb65813f8c11b329aa/tumblr_mmypfcRTtP1souw0ho1_250.jpg) (http://25.media.tumblr.com/54b092efab5f11a9dd687957b59b3ca8/tumblr_mmymmsoE8C1souw0ho1_250.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/c42f60b74d3be41f5e52cbf1999910c7/tumblr_mp9wwbOhgj1souw0ho1_250.jpg) (http://31.media.tumblr.com/100be774f2479c54b7f33e862bbb90fe/tumblr_mp9wwbOhgj1souw0ho2_250.jpg)
There is a tumblr --- http://movieinmovie.tumblr.com/ (http://movieinmovie.tumblr.com/) devoted to screen caps
of film scenes where the actors are watching classic movies or movie posters are seen
in the background.
You can easily scan their archive of thumbnails if you want to zero in on poster use.
http://movieinmovie.tumblr.com/archive (http://movieinmovie.tumblr.com/archive)
I thought we had a thread devoted to this sort of thing, but I can't find it.
So, maybe this 'posters in action' thread will do for now.
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I thought we had a thread devoted to this sort of thing, but I can't find it.
So, maybe this 'posters in action' thread will do for now.
Here you go http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,6074.0.html (http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,6074.0.html)
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Thanks, Steve!
I copied the post to that thread rather than just delete it from here.
cheers
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A picture of the Mayfair Theatre in Detroit, MI, in June, 1943.
Ongoing race riots in the auto plants there are the reason for the overturned, burning car, but the theater marquee shows that Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man is playing. It looks like various lobby cards and posters are also on display, but the photo is a bit too wide to zoom in and see them clearly.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/mayfair43_zps4fb73a1d.jpg)
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Quick! Get those flames away from the paper
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unfortunately i couldn't find watermarkless versions of the images, but here's two of one of my absolute favorite movies: 'swing time'.
the cinema by the way is in paris, though they've got not one, but two US one sheets on display along with some stills, and pretty cool window decoration.
(http://i.imgur.com/CV9gWZl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/82rjGPF.jpg)
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Posters in action: Scaring the clothes off Valerie Leon woohoo
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/447d040c0a39b2dbfef74be47fe6709b/tumblr_mz8xwas0se1suchdko1_500.jpg) whip
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Seems to me Ari should be somewhere in that pic
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I'm in that pic.. I'll poke my head out in a few minutes
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This isn't a poster obviously and i never knew it was a film till i got back.
I just thought it was some cool Graffiti in Bangkok. I have the film now but I've yet to watch.
It had me laughing as it was like 3am and i was completely lost!
(http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s462/hallucinationgeneration1/DSC00942_zps38e41ec4.jpg)
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This isn't a poster obviously and i never knew it was a film till i got back.
I just thought it was some cool Graffiti in Bangkok. I have the film now but I've yet to watch.
It had me laughing as it was like 3am and i was completely lost!
(http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s462/hallucinationgeneration1/DSC00942_zps38e41ec4.jpg)
That is pretty cool someone took the time to graffiti this onto a wall.
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The masked figure almost has a Banksy-style look to it... thumbup
Very cool.. and the red, "You're Next" is spot on, too.
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Wild Geese (1978):
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/wildgeesemarquee_zps258b3447.jpg)
Spellbound (1945):
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/SpellboundAstorMarquee_zpsb8b723aa.jpg)
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Seems to me Ari should be somewhere in that pic
SHIT YEAH!
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Spellbound (1945):
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/SpellboundAstorMarquee_zpsb8b723aa.jpg)
Wish they still did stuff like this...
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Loooove the cars there :P
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Photography is my other hobby and a friend sent me this link to a new documentary on Vivian Maier.
http://www.findingvivianmaier.com/
I had heard of her but never got around to looking through her work in earnest. This second link is to her primary reference site, it's amazing. If you are at all interested in street photography you should check it out. Really amazing stuff for being more-or-less totally unknown until after her death.
http://www.vivianmaier.com/
From the movie synopsis:
Finding Vivian Maier is the critically acclaimed documentary about a mysterious nanny, who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and, discovered decades later, is now among the 20th century’s greatest photographers. Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never before seen photographs, films, and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her.
Maier’s massive body of work would come to light when in 2007 her work was discovered at a local thrift auction house on Chicago’s Northwest Side. From there, it would eventually impact the world over and change the life of the man who championed her work and brought it to the public eye, John Maloof.
Why am I posting in this thread, you ask? While perusing her images I found the following. It's from her color self-portrait series and that's her framing Warren Beatty :)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/VM1978K05799-07-MC_zps82a60da8.jpg)
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I love the shadow of the woman with the angel within. Great shot.
T
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I love the shadow of the woman with the angel within. Great shot.
T
Yeah that's cool
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I love the shadow of the woman with the angel within. Great shot.
T
Even a quick look through her gallery and it's readily apparent that composition and her use of shadows/reflections are some of the strongest aspects of her photography. Very cool stuff.
(http://vivianmaier.maloofcollection.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/VM1954W02936-11-MC.jpg)
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Photography is my other hobby and a friend sent me this link to a new documentary on Vivian Maier.
http://www.findingvivianmaier.com/
I had heard of her but never got around to looking through her work in earnest. This second link is to her primary reference site, it's amazing. If you are at all interested in street photography you should check it out. Really amazing stuff for being more-or-less totally unknown until after her death.
http://www.vivianmaier.com/
From the movie synopsis:
Why am I posting in this thread, you ask? While perusing her images I found the following. It's from her color self-portrait series and that's her framing Warren Beatty :)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/VM1978K05799-07-MC_zps82a60da8.jpg)
I am assuming you heard about the recent storage find of her work? Some dude scored an entire box of negatives and such at auction for like 3 bills...turns out its some of Vivian's stuff and its worth a small fortune...heard half a million.
Anyway, yeah...her work is AMAZING.
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Cooper Theater, St. Louis Park, Minnesota - This Is Cinerama
(http://thesuperawesomemovieblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/cooper.jpg)
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Cooper Theater, St. Louis Park, Minnesota - This Is Cinerama
(http://thesuperawesomemovieblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/cooper.jpg)
That's identical to the Cooper theater in Denver. They even use the same photo:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/824/photos/37641
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You cant really see or make out the posters in the open foyer of the theater unfortunately.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/ICFOSRKOHillstreet_zps5af2ece6.jpeg)
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(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/oculus_zpse9bd9eea.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Posters/oculus_zpse9bd9eea.jpg.html)
Oculus (2014) is pretty darn good. One of the best, recent horror movies, IMO.
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(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/springbreakers2_zps4646944c.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Posters/springbreakers2_zps4646944c.jpg.html)
"Spring Breakers on the streets of Cannes! The billboard as seen from the Promenade de la Croisette."
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(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/springbreakers3_zps39421bce.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Posters/springbreakers3_zps39421bce.jpg.html)
In Paris.
Both of these billboard photos are from the Spring Breakers page here (https://www.facebook.com/SpringBreakers?fref=nf).
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(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/oculus_zpse9bd9eea.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Posters/oculus_zpse9bd9eea.jpg.html)
Oculus (2014) is pretty darn good. One of the best, recent horror movies, IMO.
Great pic..she looks like the actress from the Blair Witch project..
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West coast premiere of This Is Cinerama
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/west-coast-premiere-of-this-is-cinerama-archive-holdings-inc_zpsc24597d2.jpg)
With picketers:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/picketing-everett_zps6ab925aa.jpg)
Double Bill-- Frankie and Dracula, starring Bela Lugsi ;D
Two nice 3 sheets on either side of the doors, the banners above, as well as the Frankenstein poster on the sandwich board, there on the sidewalk, left. It looks like a 40x60(?), when compared to the height of the guys standing right next to it.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/st-louis-cinemaplex_zpscb303edc.jpg)
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If only those assembled masses knew what that paper would be worth in 70 years
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That's why people today are hording Twilight posters. pcorn
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The Odeon Theater with 2 styles of 3 sheet, OS's and LC out front for the CB DeMille film, Don't Change Your Husband (1919), starring Gloria Swanson. This was also the first movie DeMille made with Swanson.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/Odeon-1473QueenStW-DontChangeYourHu_zps4405b84f.jpg)
The RKO Jefferson Theater, NYC, Nov-Dec, 1931:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/jefferson_zpscb9a2e83.jpg)
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The Globe Theater, on Broadway, NYC. This is kind of a curious image, imo. The alleged date of the photo is 1934. What is interesting is the large poster above the marquee, advertising the film, Frankenstein The Killer, along with that great image of Karloff. thumbup
The theater to the right is also playing a film, but it is showing the 1930, Tod Browning movie, Outside the Law, with Ed. G Robinson, so that didn't help to date the photo.
Is anyone here aware of Frankenstein ever being referred to by that title, even briefly, around this time?
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/grey21july34_zpse127ecf5.jpg)
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If only those assembled masses knew what that paper would be worth in 70 years
Right?! It boggles the mind. BUT, if people did know, then much much more paper would have been saved, meaning many copies would be floating around, meaning the price would plummet like a stone. I don't really care though, I would still love to own a Dracula Style B for 1,000. Hell, I might go 5k ;D
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Le SIGH
(http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj561/bddavis81/Dracula20193120US201S20Style20B_zps48c4d250.jpg) (http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/bddavis81/media/Dracula20193120US201S20Style20B_zps48c4d250.jpg.html)
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Right?! It boggles the mind. BUT, if people did know, then much much more paper would have been saved, meaning many copies would be floating around, meaning the price would plummet like a stone. I don't really care though, I would still love to own a Dracula Style B for 1,000. Hell, I might go 5k ;D
Very true!
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Le SIGH
(http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj561/bddavis81/Dracula20193120US201S20Style20B_zps48c4d250.jpg) (http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/bddavis81/media/Dracula20193120US201S20Style20B_zps48c4d250.jpg.html)
Every time I look at this poster, I fail to see Lugosi. It looks like Grandpa Munster to me.
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^ yes he does look like grandpa munster ;D
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Right?! It boggles the mind. BUT, if people did know, then much much more paper would have been saved, meaning many copies would be floating around, meaning the price would plummet like a stone. I don't really care though, I would still love to own a Dracula Style B for 1,000. Hell, I might go 5k ;D
There's that copy in NY floating around... you just need to have a handful of zeroes shaved off the price. rofl1
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Chicago Theater-1938.. with a great looking standee for The Adventures of Robin Hood, at the left side of the pic.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/T2eC16FyMFIcBEJNeBSWcVjlDg60_57_zps6894a39b.jpg)
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More Dracula ('31) goodness.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/dracula_zpsec5b43b6.jpg)
The watermark was already on the image, when i found it.
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The Tampa Theatre in 1942.
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/1942-Tampa-theatre-night_zpsfb5f6f24.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Posters/1942-Tampa-theatre-night_zpsfb5f6f24.jpg.html)
It opened in 1926 and according to this article, it was "one of America's most elaborate movie palaces." It's really cool going to a theater like that. I saw Under the Skin there last week.
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/20140429_190956_zps22cf62ae.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Posters/20140429_190956_zps22cf62ae.jpg.html)
Here's an article with some great pictures of the Tampa Theatre and some interesting info. about the history of movie theaters.
http://www.tampapix.com/tampatheater1.htm (http://www.tampapix.com/tampatheater1.htm)
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Wow, that is a beautiful looking cinema. I wish there was one like that where I live. I hanker after cinemas from the 80s/90s that were closed down and turned into apartments, let alone something like that.
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Old school theater, I like it....
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Beautiful pic Brandon. That cinema looks like a treat :)
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There is a one screen theater a stone's throw from my house... they are celebrating their 75th anniversary this year (although it may be the last year :'( ... they don't have a DCP and it's not looking good.)
Anywho.. they posted this picture on their FB and I wanted to share... pretty cool.
I can't make out either poster, but the one on the left appears to be a woman in a bikinni when zoomed in.
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2lk8c1y.jpg)
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Murray_Theater.jpg)
This is an old theater I use to go to as a kid. Now they use it more for live entertainment. A little information about the theater:
The Murray Theater is a theater located in Murray, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is one of the area's best examples of the Art Moderne style in theater architecture
The Murray Theater was built in 1938 by Tony Duvall, who built the Gem and New Iris theaters in Murray, and Joseph L. Lawrence, who built the Villa and Southeast in Salt Lake and the Academy in Provo. It opened on 28 October 1938.
The theater operated as both a first-run and second-run venue for motion pictures, and has been extensively renovated and redesigned during its history. The theater currently hosts cultural events, private parties, and functions as the primary venue for the professional wrestling promotion Intermountain Wrestling Revolution.
Here it is in 1938. Just click on the link
http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/mcm/id/3798/rv/singleitem
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(http://img.deseretnews.com/images/article/mcontentimage/629305/629305.jpg)
Another picture of the theater. Look like when it was being built. No posters up or anything.
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Cool, Randy.
Although I've never heard of a Super Theater before. What makes it Super?
;)
T
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Great pics Randy, it certainly has kept its style!
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Randy, these kinds of old/new pics are so great. I think what I really like in your 2 photos, too, is that even with all the renovations you said had been done to it, they chose to leave in place the original, scalloped stainless panels-- the one below the box office window as well as on the left and right frames where OS or 3 sheets would have been put up. Also liking that the original red, vertical tiles were left, around the windows of the storefronts, too. thumbup
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There is a one screen theater a stone's throw from my house... they are celebrating their 75th anniversary this year (although it may be the last year :'( ... they don't have a DCP and it's not looking good.)
Anywho.. they posted this picture on their FB and I wanted to share... pretty cool.
I can't make out either poster, but the one on the left appears to be a woman in a bikinni when zoomed in.
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2lk8c1y.jpg)
I can spot Pussy Galore from a mile away!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Le4OUloB8Rc/TvELRClFhaI/AAAAAAAAMnQ/gMKuVQwRF0Q/s400/Goldfinger%2BDoor%2BPanel_2%2529%2B1964.jpg) (http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/gf-door_zps9bbf45c9.jpg)
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I can spot Pussy Galore from a mile away!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Le4OUloB8Rc/TvELRClFhaI/AAAAAAAAMnQ/gMKuVQwRF0Q/s400/Goldfinger%2BDoor%2BPanel_2%2529%2B1964.jpg) (http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/gf-door_zps9bbf45c9.jpg)
I have her a foot away as I type. :P
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RoJl2NyIUVU/U3LOpM7A_sI/AAAAAAAAHMw/1X77pJ7bvMc/s800/20121005_200635.jpg?gl=US)
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There is a one screen theater a stone's throw from my house... they are celebrating their 75th anniversary this year (although it may be the last year :'( ... they don't have a DCP and it's not looking good.)
Anywho.. they posted this picture on their FB and I wanted to share... pretty cool.
I can't make out either poster, but the one on the left appears to be a woman in a bikinni when zoomed in.
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2lk8c1y.jpg)
I likes it! :)
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Murray_Theater.jpg)
They should probably advertise the fact they have a copy of London After Midnight playing a little more widely...
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They should probably advertise the fact they have a copy of London After Midnight playing a little more widely...
I quite agree. ;)
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Cool, Randy.
Although I've never heard of a Super Theater before. What makes it Super?
;)
T
LOL I don't know what makes it a super theater. The last time I was in that theater was when Forrest Gump was playing. I do not think they show movies here anymore. I believe it is live entertainment now. I do know that in the mid 90's I believe the theater caught fire on the inside so they had to renovate the entire inside.
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Randy, these kinds of old/new pics are so great. I think what I really like in your 2 photos, too, is that even with all the renovations you said had been done to it, they chose to leave in place the original, scalloped stainless panels-- the one below the box office window as well as on the left and right frames where OS or 3 sheets would have been put up. Also liking that the original red, vertical tiles were left, around the windows of the storefronts, too. thumbup
The front still looks to be all original. I know the inside caught fire awhile back so they had to renovate it. Makes you wonder though if there was any old paper stored away somewhere in there. Next time I am in Salt Lake City I will have to drive by and snap some more up to date photos.
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Randy, these kinds of old/new pics are so great. I think what I really like in your 2 photos, too, is that even with all the renovations you said had been done to it, they chose to leave in place the original, scalloped stainless panels-- the one below the box office window as well as on the left and right frames where OS or 3 sheets would have been put up. Also liking that the original red, vertical tiles were left, around the windows of the storefronts, too. thumbup
I agree.
Impressive eagle eye there, HC. thumbup
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoU4MHTIcAA5yMe.jpg)
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That's like a 100 sheet or something ridiculous
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THAT would be some linen backing job!!
Incredible image there, Chris.
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Wonder if the smaller circular posters of their faces are around. They look really cool.
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I think I see a hairy belt.
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I think I see a hairy belt.
;D
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I think I see a hairy belt.
At that size it would look like Chewbacca's arm
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Here she is in color too and the bottom pic shows the characters
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56630616/APF/forRUM%20pikts/japanesestarwars.jpg)
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Nice find!
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Great pics..you can appreciate now all the detail.
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I cant tell for sure if the framed image on the right, next to the lamp post (left side) is from the movie or not, but it almost looks like it could be an image of Chaney in the signature beaver skin top hat he wore in the film.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/415714_3244435129741_520179186_o_zps1be9a182.jpg)
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Quick...someone run into the projection booth and save that film!
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We can sneak it out the back doors, Chris... after knocking out the projectionist.. ;D
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoU4MHTIcAA5yMe.jpg)
I had one of these once but my parents said they needed their house back and I had to sell it.
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I had one of these once but my parents said they needed their house back and I had to sell it.
You're a very understanding silverback son Ted
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Love the posts Ted and Jeff. Always great to see things like this.
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I cant tell for sure if the framed image on the right, next to the lamp post (left side) is from the movie or not, but it almost looks like it could be an image of Chaney in the signature beaver skin top hat he wore in the film.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/415714_3244435129741_520179186_o_zps1be9a182.jpg)
Sure looks like it Jeff, two images of Lon looking at it. Great pic, Good find.
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(http://b86a38.medialib.glogster.com/media/793b8be3468439910e5802b8eb70c7e22377b8d26ddc474761768b6a8ed75deb/1930stheater.jpg) Renton, WA, 1938
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From 'What Cinemas Used to Look Like in Toronto'
http://www.blogto.com/film/2013/08/what_cinemas_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/ (http://www.blogto.com/film/2013/08/what_cinemas_used_to_look_like_in_toronto/)
(http://www.blogto.com/upload/2013/08/201388-revue-ont-archives-1941.jpg)
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(http://38.media.tumblr.com/6e9112306bc5400bbe2247c366d2cec6/tumblr_n93d1aYXQv1rvzbdgo1_500.jpg)
Many more images here: http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/billoboards-on-broadway/ (http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/billoboards-on-broadway/)
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Great link Ted, Thanks..
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My pleasure, Paul. cheers
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Cinemas don't look like this anymore. Great pictures
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(http://38.media.tumblr.com/6e9112306bc5400bbe2247c366d2cec6/tumblr_n93d1aYXQv1rvzbdgo1_500.jpg)
I think Forry had one of those in his collection, Ted. wynk
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We'll never know.
I think I remember reading that it was buried with him... wynk
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Great link Ted!
Like this one:
(http://twentyfourframes.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/mayfait.jpg?w=640)
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Yeah, that's bitchin.
Now, I ask you, how many daybills would it take to cover that there Killers paper?
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Yeah, that's bitchin.
Now, I ask you, how many daybills would it take to cover that there Killers paper?
Just need one to surpass it in awesomeness if that's what you mean ;)
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Great article about the Mayfair, where so many of these giant displays come from here: http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2011/03/loews-mayfair.html (http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2011/03/loews-mayfair.html)
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Thanks for the link. Grand looking theater
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Great link Ted, Thanks..
Fantastic stuff Ted.
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Great stuff... reminded me of this one:
(http://37.media.tumblr.com/d9fe9ab29621452c67bd67b81de34312/tumblr_mmlwclOv1f1qa70eyo1_1280.png)
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Ohhh Parisian Dancing!
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From A24 Films' Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/A24films?fref=photo) page.
"Opening weekend of The Godfather in NYC, March 24, 1972."
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/godfather1972_zpsfdeb1343.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Posters/godfather1972_zpsfdeb1343.jpg.html)
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Just found this one on a french postcard... no posters, but a pretty amazing one-off display for Lady from Shanghai!
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/odd%20and%20ends/34b29372-3bee-4b10-9aae-1e5ce72b1c7e_zps4207a451.jpg)
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Oh yeah that's cool...good find Matt
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Man, I'd love to see that one in color.
Nice find, Matt.
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Some gems in this blog too: https://2warpstoneptune.wordpress.com/category/movie-theatersmarquees/
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1923):
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/hunchback_zpsd70e46ff.jpg)
Island of Lost Souls:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/tumblr_mh0zny8pYH1qc1sduo1_500_zps405f2d61.png)
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/385216_10151417357155056_65424650_n_zps3d6e9a7f.jpg)
Freaks:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/freaksmarquee-1_zpsc155536a.jpg)
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/FrankWlfman_zps97dcec56.jpg)
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Cinemas looked so pretty and appealing back then
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Island of Lost Souls is fantastic (as a movie too). And I especially like Bela having 2nd billing
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Nice finds, Jeff. The theaters from back then are mighty cool, indeed. cool1
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Can't get over how cool those display panels/signs are. Has anything like these survived??
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I'd kill for the Schlitze door panel.
Kill...
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Can't get over how cool those display panels/signs are. Has anything like these survived??
I've seen a couple in the last 10 years at random antique shops. They usually are on plywood and are a collage of cut up poster pieces (often from 3 sheets) and hand painted accents and lettering.
Never a title worth drooling over, and I felt they were too hard to store and would be unsellable, so I passed both times.
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Island of Lost Souls:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/tumblr_mh0zny8pYH1qc1sduo1_500_zps405f2d61.png)
Whoa....
Great pics, Jeff.
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I recently stumbled across a book of "then and now" type pictures of the little city where I live. Here was the interesting part....
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/odd%20and%20ends/2014-10-28113811_zps9e11ec5e.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/odd%20and%20ends/2014-10-28113834_zps20f1235b.jpg)
I bet that Wild Party billboard would be worth a pretty penny today!
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What a great street. All the cars look exactly the same.
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What a great street. All the cars look exactly the same.
Not even close. In the front row alone you see a truck with dump bed (can't see brand), a Ford Model A roadster sedan (4 door) and a Dodge coupe. In the background I see coupes, 2 door roadsters, sedans etc. Harder to tell models.
You asked someone from then and they would tell you that todays cars all look like the same chunk of melted clay.
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notworthy.gif
:-X
And i thought i knew my coupes girly2.gif
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You asked someone from then and they would tell you that todays cars all look like the same chunk of melted clay.
Beat me to it. Concurred.
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Interesting to see so many cigarette ads! This was a mill-town back in the day - aka damn near indentured servitude for most of the working class folks. You can even see the trolly tracks on the right. They ran from downtown direct to the mills outside the city. It makes sense that people might have simply been hoping for a quick movie break and a damn cigarette!
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Great pic Matt. Now quick hop in your Model A, run up those stairs and pull some of those down!
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The south was (and is) a heavy tobacco producing area of the country... so maybe that's why the large number of ads?
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This is one of the best threads, ever! Thanks to all for the terrific images! notworthy.gif
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For a later, RR showing (1940s?) of Frankenstein and Dracula.
A locally/theater made poster ad, it looks like. The photo used of Bela looks like a shot of him from The Raven and Karloff is from Bride of Frankie
Im liking that giant die cut head of Karloff hanging above, on the marquee, too (as well as the costume and makeup!). thumbsup.gif
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/531475_451375521562461_1723424759_n_zpsdc377633.jpg)
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They played together on double bills in 38, as this sparked the second cycle of Universal Monster films, and going off the write-up "first time together" looks like it could be one of those showings.
Nice find Jeff.
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London's Marble Arch pavilion, October 24, 1949
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/OTHER/MarbleArchpavilionOctober24-1949_1475552i_zpsf63eb532.jpg) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/brude2000/media/OTHER/MarbleArchpavilionOctober24-1949_1475552i_zpsf63eb532.jpg.html)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/6139250/London-then-and-now-Photographs-of-London-streets-taken-60-years-apart.html?image=8 (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/6139250/London-then-and-now-Photographs-of-London-streets-taken-60-years-apart.html?image=8)
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Excellent find Ted, I'd love anyone of those 7 posters on display.... :D
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Much better than Marble Arch today . Great pic thumbsup.gif
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London's Marble Arch pavilion, October 24, 1949
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/OTHER/MarbleArchpavilionOctober24-1949_1475552i_zpsf63eb532.jpg) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/brude2000/media/OTHER/MarbleArchpavilionOctober24-1949_1475552i_zpsf63eb532.jpg.html)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/6139250/London-then-and-now-Photographs-of-London-streets-taken-60-years-apart.html?image=8 (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/6139250/London-then-and-now-Photographs-of-London-streets-taken-60-years-apart.html?image=8)
Cool. cool1
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No poster in sight, but look what's playing...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rfHWL9YDEzY/U4wtsRQeVuI/AAAAAAAAUV8/JW6mKWO02-o/s1600/415714_3244435129741_520179186_o.jpg)
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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
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/531475_451375521562461_1723424759_n_zpsdc377633.jpg)
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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!
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/ScreenShot2015-01-04at100641PM_zpsa9681732.png)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/ScreenShot2015-01-04at100609PM_zps72e96f81.png)
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
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/lam1a.jpg)
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/lam1b.jpg)
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/lam1c.jpg)
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I don't know... that looks an awful lot like a long-haired person in a top hat to me!
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/ScreenShot2015-01-04at100641PM_zpsa9681732.png)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/ScreenShot2015-01-04at100609PM_zps72e96f81.png)
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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That's because the photo is a fake.
Apparently it is housed in the Grand Rapids Public Library Collection??
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ELA on the jpeg does look a little wonky around the lettering.... do you have more info on this photo being faked Louie?
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s369/drharrycaul/random%20pics/96f74a58-d696-4816-9ae5-526a49cbbfed_zps08f6ec26.jpeg)
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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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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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If it is a fake, the original undoctored should be easy enough to find?
(http://www.historygrandrapids.org/imgs/4166/full/Theaters_html_m5363d9ce.png)
(https://monsterminions.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/lam21.jpg)
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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.:
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/af/97/ee/af97ee3aff11c8a4ec27ca66f7e1bad7.jpg)
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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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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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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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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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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. :
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/ef/72/1d/ef721d0a9e4405e9751581196e020514.jpg)
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I say the photo looks right.. three down, Louie's out!
devil 2
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I say the photo looks right.. three down, Louie's out!
devil 2
Oh well, I've been wrong before, most likely will be again.
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CSI:Kodak,mazing :)
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No poster in sight, but look what's playing...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rfHWL9YDEzY/U4wtsRQeVuI/AAAAAAAAUV8/JW6mKWO02-o/s1600/415714_3244435129741_520179186_o.jpg)
Come on, Ted.. you have to peruse this thread back a few pages... cheers
http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,5703.msg154759.html#msg154759
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(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/Casablanca%206sheet_zpsbtoaassu.jpg)
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What is that pic Matias? A Christies sale?
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A pic from a hotel, came from the instagram of a rich douchebag
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A pic from a hotel, came from the instagram of a rich douchebag
;D
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(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/Casablanca%206sheet_zpsbtoaassu.jpg)
What else can we spot?
Right wall, lower row, far right = 1st release '46 Outlaw 1-sheet
To right of entry way = Invisible Man 1-sheet above a Son of Kong 1-sheet
To left of entry way = ?? 1-sheet above a Snow White 40x60
Left wall, upper row, 2nd and 3rd in = Chelsea Girls UK DC, GWTW 1-sheet
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Someone needs to book a room to get better pics
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Someone needs to book a room to get better pics
Or stage a heist.
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Or stage a heist.
Address please! ;D
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A pic from a hotel, came from the instagram of a rich douchebag
Please find out where, I'm serious.
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Yep, son of a rich posting on Instagram... sadly we don't know where this pic was taken?
http://instagram.com/marcusbofficial/
Selling high fashion bags really pays off - www.jasmb.com/
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By some of the comments on the pic, looks like it is the Karibu hotel in Tanzania
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How To Play Baseball is above the Snow White.
http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/film_title/HOW%2520TO%2520PLAY%2520BASEBALL/archive.html (http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/film_title/HOW%2520TO%2520PLAY%2520BASEBALL/archive.html)
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By some of the comments on the pic, looks like it is the Karibu hotel in Tanzania
They certainly got the decor right
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How To Play Baseball is above the Snow White.
http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/film_title/HOW%2520TO%2520PLAY%2520BASEBALL/archive.html (http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/film_title/HOW%2520TO%2520PLAY%2520BASEBALL/archive.html)
Good spot.
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ANYONE knows which is the one Poster below Lost Horizon (1937). I have been trying to figure that one out for a while. please.. take me out of this misery.. girly2.gif
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By some of the comments on the pic, looks like it is the Karibu hotel in Tanzania
Damn dont think Im going there ;(
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By some of the comments on the pic, looks like it is the Karibu hotel in Tanzania
That seems highly unlikely having viewed images of the Karibu Hotel. I'd put money on it being a US establishment.
Mark
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That's what I was thinking Mark...
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Ok guys you got me. Not in the US but close enough. That's a great pic of my small, secondary dining room looking out into my private woodland where I hunt for the truffles that I sell to buy the posters...
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Ok guys you got me. Not in the US but close enough. That's a great pic of my small, secondary dining room looking out into my private woodland where I hunt for the truffles that I sell to buy the posters...
But where do you keep the pigs?
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But where do you keep the pigs?
It has a nice sty, shit the bathroom even has a psycho one sheet on the wall.
8)
(joking Mel, calm down)
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Damn dont think Im going there ;(
Definitely not in Tanzania !! The comment was just a "karibu" (welcome) to Tanzania; an invitation to visit Tanzania...
The picture was taken in an northern African country (Morocco or Tunis) or in Spain/Ibiza
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It doesn't look very Spanish to me (no flowers?) but hey.. what do i know .
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ANYONE knows which is the one Poster below Lost Horizon (1937). I have been trying to figure that one out for a while. please.. take me out of this misery.. girly2.gif
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Which one is Lost Horizon?
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Lost Horizon is on the left wall, upper row, 1st poster. http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/12980131.html (http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/12980131.html)
do you know which is the one below?
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How in hell do you guys -and Rosa :-* - manage to find out what posters are those on the sides?
I barely can see the Kong...
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what he said
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Saw this on FB thought of this thread:
(https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10941017_1411000665863590_3419460075221102906_n.jpg?oh=ecdff6f2c91b53d0d8f9ff72c6499fa8&oe=55528A3C)
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Not many pictures I know of with Eastern Europeans in action. If anyone knows of others please post them here. Thanks!
(http://www.cinemaposter.com/1posterwall60s.jpg)
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Not many pictures I know of with Eastern Europeans in action. If anyone knows of others please post them here. Thanks!
(http://www.cinemaposter.com/1posterwall60s.jpg)
I find that interesting for a strange reason. Polish posters always look stunning when you see them at auction, but they kind of get lost in the mishmash when bunched up like that. US posters actually do better in groups.
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Are those not Polish travel posters?
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Yes, mostly travel and recreation posters. I'm guessing that is from a train station.
My favorite is the hunting poster with the deer in the upper row center. I think what is lost in this B&W image is the bold colors in most Polish designs. It's easy to see this poster and picture grey skies and sad people being oppressed by a communist system. In reality that wall is probably more akin to a Warhol gallery with each of the posters having colors something like this:
(http://www.cracowpostergallery.com/shop/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Hunting_in_Polan_524832ad2f544.jpg)
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WOW, Id love that poster.
and WOW to the Hammer Dracula,
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More cool pictures from this thread: http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=19842.90
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/14144770106_3842275844_o.jpg)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2940/13986975208_e22c39e280_b.jpg)
Has this '52 release photo been posted in this thread? Even if so, I feel like the quality is very good on this one... you can easily make out the posters.
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2902/14200960742_799217f1c8_h.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V1y28UmHr04/S_1_pEKpmWI/AAAAAAAAFTQ/CjPzNZ33JGU/s1600/Fiend_2.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9rr4lA1up1qf83cro1_500.jpg)
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqnwp1pcPm1qe83rwo1_500.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IZ4LdlV7BvU/UC4EZ-xwyKI/AAAAAAAAIos/64Vm7iWbqlk/s1600/Frankenstein+crowd.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cMdbfkl3Rz4/S9FjIMHJICI/AAAAAAAAGaM/io_CIqHo4gQ/s800/strand.jpg)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14046570290_593b75c3e9_b.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IpFwFTEJH9A/SMrVhf5tdhI/AAAAAAAACl8/H5XsV_kxi7I/s400/aadrac22.jpg)
It's really an amazing thread... I only posted a handful of pictures from 3 of the 13 pages!
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I have never seen this GWTW poster at auction
(http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q737/Hope_Emerson/gone-with-the-wind-2_zps4jbzpbk3.jpg)
Or these ones. Assume Gable's face - the one below at the door is a 6 sheet?
(http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q737/Hope_Emerson/gwtwpr33_zpsw9fnietw.jpg)
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Love that poster too Matt (and Ari)!
And thanks for sharing the images from that thread. What amazes me is that we tend to think of posters (in all their various sizes) as being the driving advertisement for films but really these photos show that a lot of the theatre frontage was improvised - 'home made' really - and any official posters were just complimentary to the whole ensemble. It would be something special to experience displays like that nowadays...
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Maybe T will start collecting locally-made, one-off displays like these? You know... True art, not the mass produced crap we get hot over ;D
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Maybe T will start collecting locally-made, one-off displays like these? You know... True art, not the mass produced crap we get hot over ;D
Only if they're signed and hung in a gallery. Because nothing can be considered art until it is hanging by some wire
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(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IpFwFTEJH9A/SMrVhf5tdhI/AAAAAAAACl8/H5XsV_kxi7I/s400/aadrac22.jpg)
If I ever lead a cult, this would be the image of heaven.
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If I ever lead a cult, this would be the image of heaven.
Please hand me your glass of purple kool-aid I am in for any future Matias-led cult
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You're in. I'll need a right hand. >:D
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You're in. I'll need a right hand. >:D
Here's my left
(http://image1.spreadshirt.com/image-server/v1/compositions/15757705/views/1,width=235,height=235,appearanceId=1/Love-Devil-Horns-Hand-1c.jpg)
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(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/Casablanca%206sheet_zpsbtoaassu.jpg)
US OS for All Quiet on the Western Front is in the upper right corner, back wall, to the right of Invisible Man OS.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/all_quiet_on_the_western_front_zpslnksuo6i.jpg)
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That was a helluva spot Jeff!
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That was a helluva spot Jeff!
+10 wow :o
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where is that photo from.
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+10 wow :o
That be crazy!
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where is that photo from.
From a rich asshole's instagram. Not that all Riches are assholes ;)
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From a rich asshole's instagram. Not that all Riches are assholes ;)
You sir are a funny man. :D
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cheers
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WoW super Jeff faint2.gif
Now..please crack the "mystery" one :) and take me out of my misery :P
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Too much light for all those great posters - must hide them in the rich guy's dungeon soon
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from a great photo essay of NYC in the 1970s
http://www.vintag.es/2015/02/50-amazing-color-photographs-of-new.html
there are great memories for me in a number of these pictures including the one that shows the Palladium theatre on 14th st where I saw hundreds of concerts from Zappa to Tom Petty to Patti Smith, Hot Tuna, the Pretenders and so many more. They had concerts from Thursday to Sunday and I would have been there all 4 days many times
but this pic of Times Square in 1970 is for this post.
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/nyc_tora_timessquare.jpg)
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You wanted to highlight the Canadian Club right?
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Found this on Tumblr.
Not quite a poster, but a cool theater promo with a die-cut standee(?)
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/4ef6b656ac93c9bec877e9038d8b2753/tumblr_njo0kbCxUy1u80nl9o1_500.png)
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I wonder how the nurse will restore my strength? Hmmm...
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I wonder how the nurse will restore my strength? Hmmm...
Take you to the bar to purchase some dutch courage
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;D
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A great thread full of marquees...
https://www.pinterest.com/boysandghouls/terror-on-the-marquee/
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Fantastic collection, thanks!
A great thread full of marquees...
https://www.pinterest.com/boysandghouls/terror-on-the-marquee/
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6 sheeter!
(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/Collection%20-%20Argentinean%20Horror/ManFromPlanetx_zps7qdg2rv9.jpg)
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Ghost of Frankenstein (1942): bed1
With 3- and 6 sheet goodness on display on the right side!
What looks to be another 6 sheet on the left is not shown in the pressbook, but the title font matches that on the left. I think that design looks fantastic, also.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/35f16443d40c88962bf704986e1aeb77e8cc1501_zps0hj46vs3.jpg)
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(http://s4.postimg.org/w61ke0s31/33636.jpg)
A bombed London cinema (+ what an apt poster)
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Forgive me if any of these photos have been posted before but I just discovered there is a fantastic searchable archive of photos from the Farm Security Administration (high-res files are available). Overview: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/
"The photographs in the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This U.S. government photography project was headed for most of its existence by Roy E. Stryker, who guided the effort in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937), the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942), and the Office of War Information (1942-1944). The collection also includes photographs acquired from other governmental and non-governmental sources, including the News Bureau at the Offices of Emergency Management (OEM), various branches of the military, and industrial corporations."
This photo is most relevant to my interests. It was taken in front of a San Antonio movie theater in 1939. In the back you can see paper for "Castillos en el aire", which was a Hollywood-produced Spanish language film, intended to challenge Mexico & Argentina to get a piece of the Spanish language movie pie. It didn't work out:
(http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8a25000/8a25600/8a25630v.jpg)
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Trimmed - oh the humanity!
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These ones are quite incredible documents of their times, not all that long ago:
"Flags of the Confederacy displayed at movie house on Lincoln's birthday, Winchester, Virginia" (1940)
(http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8a12000/8a12800/8a12873v.jpg)
"Negro going in colored entrance of movie house on Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi" (1939)
(http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8a41000/8a41100/8a41115v.jpg)
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A couple less-depressing ones.
"Children looking at posters in front of movie, Saturday, Steele, Missouri" (1938)
(http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c30000/3c30000/3c30600/3c30676v.jpg)
"Houses. Atlanta, Georgia" (1936)
(http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00236v.jpg)
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Trimmed - oh the humanity!
Yes, I noticed that too! No wonder the subject of the photo looks so miffed!
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Yes, I noticed that too! No wonder the subject of the photo looks so miffed!
Maybe he was the disgruntled culprit? He looks like he would fit the cast perfectly...they should have given him closer to the top billing! ;)
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Thanks for sharing. Love these images, the good and the bad. Keep it up!
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This photo is most relevant to my interests. It was taken in front of a San Antonio movie theater in 1939. In the back you can see paper for "Castillos en el aire", which was a Hollywood-produced Spanish language film, intended to challenge Mexico & Argentina to get a piece of the Spanish language movie pie. It didn't work out:
There was a "Castillos en el aire" one sheet for sale a while back on ebay. I missed it...
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(http://s4.postimg.org/w61ke0s31/33636.jpg)
A bombed London cinema (+ what an apt poster)
Remarkable photo.
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^ I guess the film didn't get to screen that next sunday.
The guy is probably saying... How the heck did that poster stay in one piece
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6 sheeter!
(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/Collection%20-%20Argentinean%20Horror/ManFromPlanetx_zps7qdg2rv9.jpg)
try 48 sheet Matias......
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You are right, man! I just realized the poster is in the far background... hitself
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I thought it was in the wall the woman is leaning against. Must get glasses soon...
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You are right, man! I just realized the poster is in the far background... hitself
it's covering the building. it could even be 60 sheet.
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^ Try a 480 sheet (@ 20m x 20m) :P
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^ Try a 480 sheet (@ 20m x 20m) :P
I want it linenbacked!
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I would like to attempt to change what we call linenbacking to a three word phrase "Conservation, Support, and Restoration" or CSR for short.
I want it linenbacked!
Oh, you want it "Conserved, Supported, and Restored"
Actually maybe just "Conserved and Supported", so you would like it two thirds linenbacked?
piratemel
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Just CSR the shit!!
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I want it linenbacked!
i understand Chris Cloutier specializes in this size. you should get a quote
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Just CSR the shit!!
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i understand Chris Cloutier specializes in this size. you should get a quote
I'll send it to Professor Powers first. I want to be sure before making a pro like Cloutier work on such an endeavor. ;D
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(https://accountingprofessor.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/professor-meme-no-late-papers.jpg)
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That 'Love before breakfast' with Carole Lombard sporting a 'shiner' is quite extraordinary!
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That 'Love before breakfast' with Carole Lombard sporting a 'shiner' is quite extraordinary!
I agree, Nick.
Its such a great looking poster! (And goes for "shiner" prices too!) faint2.gif
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Why am I not surprised Jeff? But you know that I'm a bit of a non-starter in the movie field. So what sort of figure would we be talking about?
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Recent ones. This ones are near my house right now
(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/NS4/Foto0861_zpsbf05yqhm.jpg)
(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/NS4/Foto0858_zpsqgk9jv6h.jpg)
(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/NS4/Foto0864_zpsibiwoywd.jpg)
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Thanks for sharing Matias - good to see these
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Nice, Matias. thumbup
What size are each of those?
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43 x 60 approximately Jeff.
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Crazy cool. Never see shit like that around here. Maybe its the weather that scares 'em.
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Look like Posterfix backing jobs
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Look like Posterfix backing jobs
Harsh but accurate.
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Uhm.....Can't see "Matias was here" written anywhere. I need proof!! ;D
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This is the first wall of defense protecting the bunker
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Look like Posterfix backing jobs
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Watching the Poltergeist remake tonight made me remember that the original had posters in the movie.
First is a rolled Alien
(http://undead.net/images/posters/polt01.jpg)
Star Wars Style A one sheet, third printing
(http://undead.net/images/posters/polt02.jpg)
In the scene where the tree decides kids are tasty the poster is destroyed :(
(http://undead.net/images/posters/polt03.jpg)
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The Buenos Aires branch of Harrods used to decorate their storefront with sets of movie scenes, with mannequins dressed as the movie stars.
Here's one for "Gone with the wind" displaying some original LCs
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FDGiEDLTCmg/VWTBizk3O6I/AAAAAAAAA7k/E8DT2D5yqzw/s1600/Harrods.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8zrete9-v4/VWTBeDtt-TI/AAAAAAAAA7U/RAYXkGheKMU/s1600/Gone.jpg)
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Watching the Poltergeist remake tonight made me remember that the original had posters in the movie.
How was the remake? I heard it was dreadful. Such a shame.
T
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How was the remake? I heard it was dreadful. Such a shame.
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I had high hopes going in and all I can say is watch the original. The new one lacks any character building, suspense or any need for imagination from the audience. There were actually underage kids that should have been scared shitless in the theater all laughing through the whole thing thinking it was a comedy.
What I can say is next month Jaws, the original with the awe inspiring Bruce biting people in half, will be re-released in theaters for two days June 21st and June 24th. I think I will see that happily while forgetting that I wasted 2+ hours of my life on this sad remake.
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How was the remake? I heard it was dreadful. Such a shame.
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And why remake something like this anyhow? It would always be compared to the original, I would think. (better fx or not). :-\
Zelda thinks so, too. ;D
(http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/1949658/600full-zelda-rubinstein.jpg) (http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/6680459/600full-zelda-rubinstein.jpg)
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The Buenos Aires branch of Harrods used to decorate their storefront with sets of movie scenes, with mannequins dressed as the movie stars.
Here's one for "Gone with the wind" displaying some original LCs
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FDGiEDLTCmg/VWTBizk3O6I/AAAAAAAAA7k/E8DT2D5yqzw/s1600/Harrods.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8zrete9-v4/VWTBeDtt-TI/AAAAAAAAA7U/RAYXkGheKMU/s1600/Gone.jpg)
Nice discovery, Matias.
cheers
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That Harrods snap is splendid!
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Great photo there, Matias.
And those LC done for GWTW were always a favorite of mine, too.
I really love their design, simplicity and beautiful portraiture. thumbsup.gif
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Nice discovery, Matias.
cheers
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Love the display
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Get them out of the sun! 8)
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This photo is most relevant to my interests. It was taken in front of a San Antonio movie theater in 1939. In the back you can see paper for "Castillos en el aire", which was a Hollywood-produced Spanish language film, intended to challenge Mexico & Argentina to get a piece of the Spanish language movie pie. It didn't work out:
Here's the one I lost. Different image.
(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/NS4/P1720295_zps656v0uzd.jpg)
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That is a great-looking poster, Matias.
I hope you find another -- and in better condition, to boot.
cheers
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Here's the one I lost. Different image.
(http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y316/110x75/NS4/P1720295_zps656v0uzd.jpg)
I was after that one, too, Matias... I recall it well. :'(
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I was after that one, too, Matias... I recall it well. :'(
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That is a great-looking poster, Matias.
I hope you find another -- and in better condition, to boot.
cheers
Hope is the last thing to die.. ;)
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...actually, I think you'll find it's my mother-in-law.
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Her name is Hope? ;)
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Actually it's Gladys - but I lovingly refer to her as 'Glad the Impaler'.
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Send her my best when you see her again devil 2
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Actually it's Gladys - but I lovingly refer to her as 'Glad the Impaler'.
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(https://36.media.tumblr.com/adaaa319287908cd9941ff4be052f484/tumblr_nqn26p78Hg1r24ng9o1_540.jpg)
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(https://36.media.tumblr.com/adaaa319287908cd9941ff4be052f484/tumblr_nqn26p78Hg1r24ng9o1_540.jpg)
Spectacular, one of my all time favorite movies. Thanks for sharing. Still dreaming of owning one of the posters for this one.
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Oh.. would love to see this feast in colour. What a great pic
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pictures of standees in action
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTUyM1gxMDQz/z/YBAAAOSwDNdVrx4E/$_57.JPG)
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Great one Matias!
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Genial!! ;)
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Arclight Cinemas poster wall
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/458/19682751074_cc4d0ae713_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vZifa9) (https://farm1.staticflickr.com/438/20311648421_ffdcf72f94_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wWSvqR)
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Digital display?
Very cool.
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Digital display?
Very cool.
Disclaimer - I did not take the pics, a friend did.
That's what I thought but no. According to my friend those are all paper one sheets, which makes it even more awesome. I've never seen the likes of that tiled Thing. Gonna try to check it out myself at some point.
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Excellent cowboy snap! I wonder how many people took up that selfsame pose during the film's run? I've found a snap from a past visit to Paris - window dressing in a famous department store. Anyone know what the film is?
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb42/thegallopingmajor/Paris_zpspme9evgc.jpg)
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Just found an original photograph buried deep in my collection...
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb42/thegallopingmajor/gallahers_zpsnuavnqiy.jpg)
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That's it - I am starting smoking again
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;D
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I've never smoked. Although I have occasionally caught on fire whilst barbecuing.
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I've never smoked. Although I have occasionally caught on fire whilst barbecuing.
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Just found an original photograph buried deep in my collection...
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb42/thegallopingmajor/gallahers_zpsnuavnqiy.jpg)
That looks a little like Crawford. Wonder who it is...
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(https://41.media.tumblr.com/91b4acf2acd6675eb9539735132a5019/tumblr_nsp5uus9PD1qja9fro1_540.jpg)
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The sad thing about that pic is that I bet at one time that theatre was a very classy 'motion picture palace' :'(
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triple bill!!
yeah right, just the first one sounds exhausting.
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I wonder if that's the theater where Pee-wee Herman was caught floggin' the bishop?
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltfm9geEsT1qmaa05o1_500.gif)
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I want to see those posters on the wall in detail
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I wonder if that's the theater where Pee-wee Herman was caught floggin' the bishop?
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltfm9geEsT1qmaa05o1_500.gif)
Does that say the Wank Factory in the back there? ;)
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I wonder if that's the theater where Pee-wee Herman was caught floggin' the bishop?
The theater where he was arrested is in Sarasota, FL, right next to the Tampa Bay area.
Here's a kinda interesting, brief history of the guy.
http://www.famouslyarrested.com/actors/pee-wee-herman.html (http://www.famouslyarrested.com/actors/pee-wee-herman.html)
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Not a poster, but I was watching an old highlights clip of Crystal Palace beating Chelsea 3-2 and noticed the advertising hoardings in the back ground. Seems a strange film to market at football fans in the 70s!
(http://i.imgur.com/iJHgItg.png)
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Well spotted! I seem to recall that the film didn't do that well at the box office.. maybe they were just trying hard to get the messages across.
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Congorilla (1932)
Looks like a nice pair of 3 sheets there and maybe a 6sh above the marquee?
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/5c05fffa9e63012008b1540f72c81683_zps47cehpx5.jpg)
Mad Love (1935)
Perhaps this photo was taken in a UK cinema, as the film was released there, as The Hands of Orlac
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/8acc8fa67813ec491e89e4dd4ecffc12_zpswi0d2asq.jpg)
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I do like that Orlac. It's amazing to consider just how much trouble they'd go to, to publicise a film. When I was a lad in the 60s, the Regency (the biggest cinema in town) was still putting on extraordinary displays for major releases. For 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' they had a giant detailed cut out of the car with expanding and moving wings fixed to the wall over the entrance. Now I wish I could find a photograph of that!
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Murder By the Clock (1931)
I like the large clock/hand motif and standee of actress, Lilyan Tashman, who is also featured in the same pose (art), on the US OS. Looks to be some LC and a HS to the right, in the display case, too.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/13eccef0a6247550e6c6c90b55b91776_zpst2bmcoez.jpg) (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/murder-by-the-clock-movie-poster-1931-1010529052_zpsnajarlau.jpg)
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I do like that Orlac. It's amazing to consider just how much trouble they'd go to, to publicise a film. When I was a lad in the 60s, the Regency (the biggest cinema in town) was still putting on extraordinary displays for major releases. For 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' they had a giant detailed cut out of the car with expanding and moving wings fixed to the wall over the entrance. Now I wish I could find a photograph of that!
Sounds very cool, Nick. You should try and see if u can find a pic someplace. :D
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No luck so far Jeff, but I did come across this 1930s snap which shows the Regency had a bit of a history of making a decent effort!
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb42/thegallopingmajor/Regent_cinema_facade_2-1_zpsmzucdov9.jpg)
By Dominic Alves from Brighton, England (Regent Cinema Facade) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons"
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Wow.. that is some 3D display there, Nick. Love the plane.
They knew how to go all out, it seems!
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Mad Love (1935)
Perhaps this photo was taken in a UK cinema, as the film was released there, as The Hands of Orlac
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/8acc8fa67813ec491e89e4dd4ecffc12_zpswi0d2asq.jpg)
Cool! Is that a UK quad below the display? Pre-war quads are possibly some of the rarest paper I've ever encountered!
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Nick, do you know the Dominion Theatre in Tottenham Court Road?
Here's that theatre for The Sound Of Music (1965). That is some display up top, too. thumbsup.gif
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DominionSOM_zpskmtkz1xc.jpg)
And if the Orlac pic is from the UK, I would think there's a good chance it is a quad under Mr Lorre's chin. :o
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I found and liked this image because of the several film posters that were in this theater lobby at the same time. The theater was the Regent, still located and operating, in Toronto, ON , Canada. The lobby photo is from 1930.
Included are a 3 sheet from the 1930, pre code film, called Hold Everything. It was the first musical comedy film to be released that was photographed entirely in the early two-color Technicolor process. It starred Joe E Brown.
Next, in the lower left area, in a frame, is a OS for another 1930, pre-code flicker, called The Devil's Holiday, starring British actress, Nancy Carroll. And last, what I think is a half sheet for Al Jolson's 1930 WB film, Mammy, with Lois Moran.
It's always fun to trip across this kind of stuff, especially if certain poster sizes or styles have not been seen or sold from these films recently, or at all.. (such as the 3 sheet for Hold Everything or the HS from Mammy.) A US OS for The Devil's Holiday did come up for auction and sell, in 2007, for $575.00 USD
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/regent41_zpspeiepd0f.jpg) (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/Holdeverthing1930Pos_zpsy38mfovm.jpg) (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/90xrmammy-dvd-2010-al-jolson-lois-moran-883316173848_zpsby7mwij3.jpg) (http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/DH_zpsuszujuoi.jpg)
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Mad Love (1935)
Perhaps this photo was taken in a UK cinema, as the film was released there, as The Hands of Orlac
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/8acc8fa67813ec491e89e4dd4ecffc12_zpswi0d2asq.jpg)
Actually, I'm starting to think that isn't a quad... The giant head seems to be covering a door, which even a small door would be at least 28-30" wide, if not more. Also, that appears to be some sort of chair rail along the wall -- standard height for those are 32". If it was a framed quad it would be roughly the same height.
Paul -- I know you said before the war that quads could be found with both horizontal or vertical orientations. Does that apply to double crowns too? Could this be a horizontal DC?
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It sure does Matt, also Quads didn't go horizontal until around 35/6 so it's right on the change over time...
I'll have a close look as I've jus seen this.
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Could be a half sheet looking at it. Size looks off for a DC.
Either way, they have his hands the wrong way round...
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Yeah, I was also thinking half sheet... but I thought those only showed up post-war. Then again, I guess there is no guarantee this image is from the UK anyway.
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shame it wasn't sharper when zooming in..
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Yeah, I was also thinking half sheet... but I thought those only showed up post-war. Then again, I guess there is no guarantee this image is from the UK anyway.
Very true.
Tho I was going on the fact that the film was not released with the Orlac title here in the US, but was across the Pond. :)
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Very true.
Tho I was going on the fact that the film was not released with the Orlac title here in the US, but was across the Pond. :)
I think you are probably correct, its just that we don't know for certain.
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If I could get a better view of those radiator's I'd be able to tell you, me being a Plumber an all... ;)
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Are the gents' b/w pics on either side a possible clue as to overall location?
The one on the left reminds me a bit of Ronald Colman, but I don't think it's him.
I will see if i can find a better snap, too.
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A little bigger... not sure it has any extra detail though.
(http://www.borracho.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/regent/orlac.jpg)
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In looking closely, again, i think this display is set up in a side, curved niche of the lobby, and it is either a window (or possible other artistic element) behind Lorre's head.
The head cut out would be amazing to see (and have of course, too) thumbsup.gif
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Nick, do you know the Dominion Theatre in Tottenham Court Road?
Never got to go to the pictures in London I'm afraid, although the Dominion is pretty famous. I do however recall visiting the 'Cartoon Cinema' which was adjacent to one of the platforms of London's Victoria Railway Station.
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb42/thegallopingmajor/large_zpspi8eikfr.jpeg)
Thanks to Ken Roe.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1248/
Alas, this cinema was demolished and is no longer with us!
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That is art deco at its finest! faint2.gif
Beautiful entrance and building, Nick.
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here's an interesting Trifecta
kinda surprised with the display.
Anyway, "enjoy"
(http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag423/harrybootlace/Misc%20Nonsense/LovaAll_zpsdz4grpmk.jpg)
and just posters
(http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag423/harrybootlace/Misc%20Nonsense/Love_zpsd1tmbkxg.jpg)
(http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag423/harrybootlace/Misc%20Nonsense/Love%201_zpsgoxlvd8n.jpg)
(http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag423/harrybootlace/Misc%20Nonsense/Love%202_zpsg6w16an1.jpg)
and...
(http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/ag423/harrybootlace/Misc%20Nonsense/Love%203_zpsdoddkt1x.jpg)
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Ari did you get some fries at Lord of the Fries?
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Looks like a set of 'tongue in cheek' (and maybe some other places) kinda posters. :o ;D
Cool trifecta, Ari.
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Some Bride of Frankenstein (1935) display & poster goodness. And it still looks Great at 80 yrs old!! clap clap
The Rivoli Theater, in Toledo, OH, 1935, This Monster display was 30 feet tall with blinking, red eyes. The legs straddled the sidewalk, so pedestrians could make their way down the street:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/Rivoli_zpstfzro1ud.jpg)
The front of The State Theater in Harrisonburg, VA. Talk about some poster rarities, shown in this shot. How amazing would this photo be, in color! Three sheets and OS galore!! bed1
That is an ambulance, to the right, with the sign on the back, too. More marketing hype, like was done for Frankenstein.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/StateTheatrePA_zps1icafhha.jpg)
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I'd take any of these, but the OS on the far right, with the large image of Karloff is calling to me, too! I don't recall ever seeing that image anywhere.
And it isn't in the pressbook, either.
Mama mia!! faint2.gif
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That is quite the stunning presentation. From the the giant cutout, to the 3 sheets, and the rad one sheet. Wow. The ambulance with the advertisement on the back is also a neat touch. cool1
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That is an ambulance, to the right, with the sign on the back, too. More marketing hype, like was done for Frankenstein.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/StateTheatrePA_zps1icafhha.jpg)
Only if I could find an old trunk with a half dozen of these gems inside....they look like they are just plastered up like wildings....... Doh.gif
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Only if I could find an old trunk with a half dozen of these gems inside....they look like they are just plastered up like wildings....... Doh.gif
You and so many others, Chris. girly2.gif
So join us and get in line.
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I wonder if the far right big head Karloff is a local artist creation? Even if so, I'd like to have it (and the others, natch).
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I wonder if the far right big head Karloff is a local artist creation? Even if so, I'd like to have it (and the others, natch).
I wonder, too, Lynn.
If so, it sure looks like that local someone did a fantastic job. The composition looks GREAT!
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I'm impressed Jeff can tell that is an ambulance. Looks like a car to me!
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The crazy thing is that if you had all those posters now you could probably buy the theater.
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The crazy thing is that if you had all those posters now you could probably buy the theater.
...and go broke trying to keep a single screen theater operating.
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I'm impressed Jeff can tell that is an ambulance. Looks like a car to me!
Steve, it's the banner on the boot of the car.
It says: “Emergency Ambulance — for those who can’t take it while seeing THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.”
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/greenfrank_zpsomnjhr7c.gif)
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Steve, it's the banner on the boot of the car.
It says: “Emergency Ambulance — for those who can’t take it while seeing THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.”
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/greenfrank_zpsomnjhr7c.gif)
OK, I'm booking to see an optomitrist
That is an ambulance, to the right, with the sign on the back, too. More marketing hype, like was done for Frankenstein.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/StateTheatrePA_zps1icafhha.jpg)
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Hope it's 20/20
:)
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[img width= height=]http://www.musicman.com/00pic/swsm.jpg[/img]
Star Wars Special Edition Movie Billboards in Cairo, Spring 1999
[img width= height=]http://www.musicman.com/00pic/billb.jpg[/img]
Movie Billboards in Cairo Spring 1999
[img width= height=]http://www.musicman.com/00pic/billboard.jpg[/img]
Movie advertising going up on a wall in Zamalek, Cairo, 1991
[img width= height=]http://www.musicman.com/00pic/vinylbillboard.jpg[/img]
Vinyl Billboard at the Cinema Diana, Cairo Fall 2006
[img width= height=]http://www.musicman.com/00pic/of2.jpg[/img]
The wall of a Cairo film and poster distributor's office, 1999
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https://sites.google.com/site/hollywoodtheatres/cineramadome
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-5261931b/turbine/la-et-mn-steven-spielberg-others-to-celebrate--001/600/600x426)(http://a.scpr.org/i/2734ee0ccfe953b653553fa637519f1f/71567-full.jpg)(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dEAmyLAiY1Q/VYqXboL_odI/AAAAAAAAQ-o/npcslHSq9RY/s1600/Cinerama-Dome-Hollywood-Minions0June-2015%2B%25281%2529.JPG)(http://creativeinflatables.com/images/onsite/small/inflatable_Cinema.jpg)(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2738/4302078524_6d832cb6dc_z.jpg?zz=1)(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d7/2f/ed/d72fed9c87f51129726a8ae4c657e69a.jpg)(http://www.mouseplanet.com/beyond/arc01.jpg)
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(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/StateTheatrePA_zps1icafhha.jpg)
the 40x60 at right is great. certainly it was a screen printed poster with very bold coloration
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I'd take any of these, but the OS on the far right, with the large image of Karloff is calling to me, too! I don't recall ever seeing that image anywhere.
And it isn't in the pressbook, either.
Mama mia!! faint2.gif
it's a 40x60
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Oooh Jason, Minions cinema is rather...impressive!! thumbsup.gif
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the 40x60 at right is great. certainly it was a screen printed poster with very bold coloration
A 40x60... NICE.. and even more of the Monster to enjoy. It looks like it was probably incredibly bold, color-wise, as u mentioned, Rich. thumbsup.gif
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A 40x60... NICE.. and even more of the Monster to enjoy. It looks like it was probably incredibly bold, color-wise, as u mentioned, Rich. thumbsup.gif
I would bet it has nice bold greens, yellows & pinks as do so many screen printed 40x60s of the time
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Does you think it was more locally produced?
Reason I ask, as this style/size/design isnt in the pressbook.
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Great pics of the Cinerama Dome up on Sunset Blvd, Jason. They know how to put on a party there, that's for sure. :D
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Does you think it was more locally produced?
Reason I ask, as this style/size/design isn't in the pressbook.
while 30x40's can sometimes be shown in pressbooks (and usually on an inside page away from other posters for unknown reasons) I'm not sure 40x60s are shown in many pressbooks at all and I have maybe a dozen from the 1930s, all obviously printed by the same companies due to format, color & printing techniques
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Thanks, Rich.
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(http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q737/Hope_Emerson/giphy-8_zpsotpddvmy.gif)
hehe...can you see the posters?...
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yes! RARE POSTERS! ;)
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Another super-rare poster "in action"
(http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q737/Hope_Emerson/Drive_zpsk4w1tqma.gif)
Oh come on... it is funny....come on..... give us a smile..
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yRRW9Ql3vG8/UIvFblY3oXI/AAAAAAAABVY/u9CaeFjZDUo/s1600/Man+smile.jpg)
Betty Boop is good... That lei guards her assets well. Nice freak show posters
The Betty Boop artist or artists are awesome. I have about 50 of the cartoons, maybe double that dontknow.gif
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Hehe...thanks for the smile. Yes..Betty is great.
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[img width= height=]http://www.musicman.com/00pic/swsm.jpg[/img]
Star Wars Special Edition Movie Billboards in Cairo, Spring 1999
[img width= height=]http://www.musicman.com/00pic/billb.jpg[/img]
Damn.... now I gotta find me some of these...
Great pics, John!
cheers
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Another from the Rivoli Theater, (which is to the left of the Palace Theater) -- Bride of Frankenstein
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/rivolipalace_zpssf3zxx76.jpg)
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At the IMAX Melbourne, Australia.
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Posters/star%20wars%20stairs_zpsed2l3bw1.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Posters/star%20wars%20stairs_zpsed2l3bw1.jpg.html)
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Impressive, Brandon. Wow!
Does it say if that's like a carpet material, or smooth like linoleum?
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Impressive, Brandon. Wow!
Does it say if that's like a carpet material, or smooth like linoleum?
it's vinyl
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Impressive, Brandon. Wow!
Does it say if that's like a carpet material, or smooth like linoleum?
The photo is from the IMAX Melbourne's Facebook page, and there's no mention of what material it is.
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They are certainly pushing the boat out for this new Star Wars film...
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Hey Neo, could you stand at the top of the stairs and photograph down please
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Hey Neo, could you stand at the top of the stairs and photograph down please
Lawl. Yeah, it's only 9,000 miles away. 8)
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it's vinyl
Was it what was left over after they re-floored Grand Central Station in the 1920's? ;D wynk
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Was it what was left over after they re-floored Grand Central Station in the 1920's? ;D wynk
yes I think this poster was originally posted to the main staircase in 1917 and destroyed by a train crash in 1928
:-P
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yes I think this poster was originally posted to the main staircase in 1917 and destroyed by a train crash in 1928
:-P
notworthy.gif notworthy.gif
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They are certainly pushing the boat out for this new Star Wars film...
Disney is a marketing force.......
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They are certainly pushing the boat out for this new Star Wars film...
well we are probably about to see the all time box-office champ Paul.
it would have to be a real stinker to do poorly and if it's being done as well as it should, I can't see why Avatar wouldn't be pushed to second place by this film.
Is there any 'single subject' interest in movie/pop culture today that is bigger than Star Wars?
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Well, this is one film I can't wait to see, it may even get me back into a proper Cinema, and anything that can push Avatar off the top is fine by me.. I watched the Trailer in my Cinema, and it was ...moving to say the least.. Roll on December the 10th.
At the moment It's like Spectre Never happened....
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forgot about this still I found years ago, and gave to phil
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v33/posterfreak/Ari/littleparamount.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/posterfreak/media/Ari/littleparamount.jpg.html)
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^ Did he give it back
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haha no
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Are you n4? left?
Great one....bring on the fun!
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probably is me, I forget, ha
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Not sure if this pic from Times Square has already been posted...
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/OTHER/man-steel-times-station_zpsl6ic4ikc.jpg) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/brude2000/media/OTHER/man-steel-times-station_zpsl6ic4ikc.jpg.html)
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Saw this on tumblr.
Even though its circus posters, I thought you'd like it in this thread.
Bristolville, Ohio -- 1931
(https://56.media.tumblr.com/52958cafacb5c14d2f9aae6c1bbc7606/tumblr_nzzd7df5cM1qzz5ieo1_540.png)
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^ I like it thumbsup.gif
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That is very cool Ted
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That Mae West snap is great fun and the circus poster with the two boys looking on in awe is delightful. Such a work of art and so disposable. I have one circus type poster in my collection but it's a Victorian black and white theatre playbill featuring a lion tamer.
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At the local theater:
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/IMG_0351_zpsnsl4vtdg.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/IMG_0351_zpsnsl4vtdg.jpg.html)
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Have not posted in ages. Have not been to the theater longer than that. I really dig those neon frames!
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And Jack is still swirling the glass!!
Good times, Conor!
cheers
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Thanks Jeff. Jack's Jack is always swirling!
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Have not posted in ages. Have not been to the theater longer than that. I really dig those neon frames!
Yeah, the theater has a neat mix of old school and newer stuff.
Good to see you around, man. cool1
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The Buffalo Strand Theater- 1915
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/Buffalo%20Strand-1915.jpg_zpswtlckebs.png)
The Alhambra, showing the 1929, Universal version of Show Boat
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/Alhambra%201929.jpg_zpsngrrxitc.png)
The Keith-Albee Theatre, in 1935, screening Reckless, with Jean Harlow & William Powell
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/1935_zpsjx6lkmgs.jpg)
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It's just a matter of time before we find more pix of some of the more elusive, UNI-horror "goodness" in one of these old photos, either out front, showing the marquee or a nice lobby shot.
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Lovely images again Jeff. Sad to think how many cinemas have been swept away over the years. The link below shows just how many there were in my neck of woods before they melted away. Even in the Sixties there were more than a few struggling on. I distinctly remember being given a 'Godzilla versus King Kong' emblazoned balloon after one childhood visit.
http://www.brightonfilm.com/cinemas/brighton_cinema_directory.htm
And our 'Duke of York' which dates from 1910, currently lays claim to being the UK's oldest cinema in continuous use!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADuke_of_York_Cinema.jpg
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New York City.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/tumblr_m15wn4Ubb41qz72v7o1_500_zpsb0nq1lpm.jpg)
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A recent pic of a meeting of various studio heads with John Kerry at Universal Studios. I actually saw this same 6sh when I worked there, and I have to say, it is STUNNING in person. This film is one of my all time faves.
Oh to have that on the wall!! bed1 bed1
It was also on display when Universal did a screening of Phantom at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in 2012. Carla Laemmle was in attendance and actually posed for a few shots, standing next to it.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/CbYAEw2UMAAHp-q_zpstotyjdjj.jpg)
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/CarlaLaemmleJAcademyMotionPictureArts4S-jseGZhlrl_zpspif1fqrc.jpg)(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/CarlaLaemmleJAcademyMotionPictureArtsbTB8rr782Kul_zps33kvpevt.jpg)
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Great photos, and that 6 sheet. Wow. clap
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The frame was made for the poster for the original screening? It has writing on it?
The poster looks great
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The frame was made for the poster for the original screening? It has writing on it?
The poster looks great
Not on the frame; that writing is along the top and bottom black borders of the poster itself.
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Very nice share. Now what did Kerry have to meet with them for?
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Color shot of Times Square, 1948, with Berlin Express being shown (at left):
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/OthaUIY_zpsaiyyaejh.jpg)
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Color shot of Times Square, 1948, with Berlin Express being shown (at left):
Killer image, Jeff. Love color work from this time era... I haven't seen very many at night. Thanks for posting.
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I haven't noticed in the pic anything about Berlin, but still taking in the advertising referring to Miss Youth's slips riding up ...
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Anti-ride up slips...
Who woulda thunk it? pcorn
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Gorgous painted front of the Apollo theater in Nuremberg:
(http://36.media.tumblr.com/e91213f75a2c0cccc18119aef20f3c0d/tumblr_nb6y8x7YWR1t9yp1ho1_1280.jpg)
There's a bunch of other pics in the tumblr:
http://apollocinema.tumblr.com/ (http://apollocinema.tumblr.com/)
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Wow Matias. That vintage baby pram is gooooooorgeous. ..uhm...lobby cards and front too of course!
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;D
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The men standing around the pram are looking up at the sign saying "very intimate Caberet"
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The men standing around the pram are looking up at the sign saying "very intimate Caberet"
Good lord. What an eye. Do you work for the CIA?
>:D
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Not only a great line-up of posters, but the head/mask from The She-Creature, too.
The man on the right is She Creature costume/mask creator, Paul Blaisdell.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/SheMonsterampposters_zpslsdz9cvy.jpg)
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^ nice find!
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Super cool, Jeff.
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Crikey, missed those Phantom pics. Thanks for posting Jeff, amazing stuff.
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I notice these are pristine posters, owned by someone who was part of the production, and they are folded.
Just re-enforces my suspicion of ANY pre 1980 unfolded material.
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(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/reluctant.jpg)
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(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/reluctant.jpg)
Great pic, Rich.
Interesting to see the text near the top of the poster itself (not the play date info), has different wording ("Amazing Full-Length Feature") than the OS here:
http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/film_title/RELUCTANT%2520DRAGON/type/1sh/archive.html
(http://www.emovieposter.com/images/moviestars/AA150526/550/reluctant_dragon_styleA_SD02098_C.jpg)
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Enmore is Ari's old stomping ground
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Enmore is Ari's old stomping ground
Just looked up Enmore, the small suburb near Sydney. It's a small world, eh?
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At the local theater. The antique light boxes with neon lights are some of the coolest I've seen. Showcased here is The Bronze. It's a hoot.
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_2952.JPG_zpsopju4pof.jpeg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_2952.JPG_zpsopju4pof.jpeg.html)
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Just looked up Enmore, the small suburb near Sydney. It's a small world, eh?
probably explains the different poster texts. the kids are probably holding Australian posters.
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probably explains the different poster texts. the kids are probably holding Australian posters.
cheers
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Just looked up Enmore, the small suburb near Sydney. It's a small world, eh?
It is right in the heart of Sydney, next to Newtown
Penfolds is a large Australian wine producer
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I lived in Enmore for years, great place
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You know Ari, the first time only a week ago, I actually thought Newtown, Enmore, Marrickville area would be a good place to live. My impression has been it looks grungy and polluted with all that car traffic, but having spent time there this month Art Month seeing that the place is full of art studios and it is a youthful and quirky area, I'm now liking it much more! thumbsup.gif
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good for you, I miss it.
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Tonight was the first time in a year or more I decided to go to see a movie in a cinema. Partly because I just moved to Brisbane (Australia) a few weeks ago and just want to get out and do something. So I picked a random cinema, chose a movie and went there.
Well, imagine my surprise:
New Farm Cinemas (http://newfarmcinemas.com.au/)
Most of the posters are Australian and some are USA. They all look originals.
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/1_NewFarmCinemas_1200.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/2_NewFarmCinemas_1200.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/3_NewFarmCinemas_1200.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/4_NewFarmCinemas_900.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/5_NewFarmCinemas_1200.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/6_NewFarmCinemas_1200.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/7_NewFarmCinemas_1200.jpg)
Australian 3 sheet
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/8_NewFarmCinemas_1200.jpg)
Six sheet
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/9_NewFarmCinemas_900.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/10_NewFarmCinemas_1200.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/11_NewFarmCinemas_900.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/12_NewFarmCinemas_900.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/13_NewFarmCinemas_1200.jpg)
The next two photos are 3 meter tall photo reproductions of I assume original posters
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/14_NewFarmCinemas_900.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/15_NewFarmCinemas_900.jpg)
There are a half dozen of these tables made from movie reels
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/16_NewFarmCinemas_900.jpg)
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Very nice. Lucky you to have theatre owners in the area that appreciate this part of the industry.
The older ones look like they are hard mounted?
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That looks great, very nicely done indeed...sure beats my local multiplex. I wonder if they switch them up every so often. Thanks for sharing.
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The older ones look like they are hard mounted?
I guess those reproduction upscaled images are glued to chip board or something
I wonder if they switch them up every so often.
A bloke that worked there showed me around and said the owner is keen to buy more so hopefully they swap them around
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Whoa, is that a Jaws 2 six sheet? Also, did you get the impression that the Gilda and other 30s/40s posters were originals?
Awesome display! And an Orange Mad Max too! ;D
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Steve, very cool and what a theater to just happen to pick to see all those great posters on display like that!
You said the handful of early repros (Gilda, She Done Him Wrong, Hotel For Women etc) were each about 3 meters in height?? Those would be impressive to see too, blown up to that size. thumbsup.gif
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Gotcha, missed that line of text.
You can tell those posters were assembled by a collector!
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Does look quite the ticket Steve, Thanks for posting those. May need a trip to Oz..
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Whoa, is that a Jaws 2 six sheet?
Sure is. I was taken aback to see the six sheet.
In Sydney there in a cinema next to the Sydney Opera House and in the foyer in another huge original - an Italian 4F original of that very expensive La Dolce Vita (the US$45,000 one). That was great to see (I posted a pic of it in this forum somewhere)
You said the handful of early repros (Gilda, She Done Him Wrong, Hotel For Women etc) were each about 3 meters in height?? Those would be impressive to see too, blown up to that size. thumbsup.gif
My photos don't do the size justice but all 4 of them are I estimated 3 meters tall, they looked huge up on the walls.
You can tell those posters were assembled by a collector!
The cinema owner apparently owns a Drive In Theatre which has many others, so I'll go visit when I have some time. Though buying a ticket to go into a drive in I'll want to get my money's worth and stay for the screening, but that sounds sad a single guy watching a film alone at the drive in!
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Steve, were you able to tell how the folded OS were supported in those frames? None look backed, so maybe he tacked them to the back board with something from behind? (Maybe in each of the 4 corners, for ease of swapping them around?)
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No, I'd need to go back. Was mostly interested if they were real and from what country. But the way they are mounted looks interesting as there looks like there is no hanger wire, possibly screwed into wall through front of frame via those lumpy circles on the frame
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Frankenstein, showing at the Orpheum Theater, 1932. 3rd "Horrifying" Week.
The "portrait-type" poster, on the right, showing Karloff as the Monster, isnt an image ive seen before.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6a/2d/ca/6a2dca110b34a61ef8bbbc772017901b.jpg)
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Great find, Jeff!
To travel back and time and be a fly on the wall during those screenings....
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Another marquee that popped up, when searching and looking for Frankenstein theater imagery. This one, for Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
This theater sure did its lobby up right. And if only able to see what look like two 3-sheets, on the left and right, in living color (let alone the whole lobby). faint2.gif
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/bride_zpso23qttxs.jpg)
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From another are of the site that Dimitris posted for the Lucas Theater. (http://lucastheatre.com/gallery/historical-images/)
This great pic is on the site, showing what looks like a 3sh for the DW Griffith movie, America (1924), on the right side of the image, below the marquee:
(http://lucastheatre.com/wp-content/gallery/historical-images/1924-griffithamerica.jpg)
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In a cabinet for a Tobacco store displaying Star Wars merchandise (mugs mostly). Brisbane, Australia
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/forceAwakensPoster1_900.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/forceAwakensPoster2_900.jpg)
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It looks kinda 3D in that case.
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Yeah, the gorilla man is back! welcome1
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Thanks Steve. Good to see you too. ;D
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Found this in Bruce's archives:
(http://emovieposter.com//images/moviestars/AA120809/550/8x10_house_on_haunted_hill_num1_MI00073_L.jpg)
Wow. Are there any copies of this poster extant today?
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Wow that is stunning. If there were any left i suggest they wouldn't come cheap
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Note that is Bruce on the right
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That is really good, me wants it...
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Love this thread.. Don't have a whole lot to contribute, but I could spend hours staring at these photos.
Thank you all for contributing.
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That is a heck of a display for a 70s re-release of Kong, but the Castro in SF has always been known to do things big.
Love how it gets more billing than The Sting.
This original 33 Kong display is pretty awesome also:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/64/c3/ca/64c3cab7fc3af29881dbe9449095344f.jpg)
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(http://66.media.tumblr.com/362fad1d2729b01e48d5b7691074d466/tumblr_mt0xlbLajk1sn9lzco1_1280.jpg) dancingalien.gif
The studio issued '38 material is fine, not really a fan of this stuff they made on their own.
middle looks nothing like Kong, and what is that title only 1-sheet on the upper left?
yuck.
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middle looks nothing like Kong
Kong?! I thought that was Mr T
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That is a heck of a display for a 70s re-release of Kong, but the Castro in SF has always been known to do things big.
Love how it gets more billing than The Sting.
Are you sure this wasn't for the 1976 remake with Jessica Lang?
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That is a heck of a display for a 70s re-release of Kong, but the Castro in SF has always been known to do things big.
Love how it gets more billing than The Sting.
This original 33 Kong display is pretty awesome also:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/64/c3/ca/64c3cab7fc3af29881dbe9449095344f.jpg)
That framed 6 sheet above the marquee is just kick ass !
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Are you sure this wasn't for the 1976 remake with Jessica Lang?
Could be, and I would hope it is (Sting was re-released in '77), bu everything else in the photo says earlier to me.
The photo of the Capitol is definitely 1938 though.
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This looks like a photo montage to me. The shape of the ape should cast a shadow just like the Castro sign but it does not. The sunlight is falling in from a top right angle so at a minimum the shadow of the ape's left arm would be visible to the left of the shadow of the Castro sign.
Armin
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There certainly look to be some anomalies there, Armin.
I did a search for any other photos of this Castro marquee, as I thought that a number of people would have snapped a pic of this rather unique and commanding display.
Aside from that one pic, I found no others. Now, that isnt 100% proof of a photo-shopped image, but I think it's worth pondering. 8)
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I have now just pondered this and my conclusion is that someone photoshoppef out the shadow :P
Actually could they have been allowed to suspend Kong into over the road?
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I think you guys might be reading too much into the shadow.
If you look at the awning to the left of the words 'King Kong,' you can see the distorted bottom edge shadow of the Castro marquee.
The sun is nearly overhead.
That makes me think Kong's outstretched arm would leave the most minimal of shadows -- if any -- maybe just a bump -- on the wall of the Castro.
Besides, I opened the pic in photoshop and examined the pixels close up. Nothing shopped/cut-and-pasted here. It is authentic.
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While looking for other pics of Kong attached to the Castro Theater sign (aside from the one above), I found this series of 3 posters that was done by artist David O'Daniell, for a 2011 screening of the original, 1933 KONG at the Castro. Each is 18x24 inches:
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/kingkong_odaniel_zpsynrgbsrf.jpg)
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This forum topic never fails to please. Love it!
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Producer Herman Cohen with two of his babies...
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/OTHER/14607771118_02cb9bceed_o_zpsqzr3atqc.jpg) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/brude2000/media/OTHER/14607771118_02cb9bceed_o_zpsqzr3atqc.jpg.html)
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Nice update, Ted!
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I went for breakfast at a joint in Tallahassee yesterday where they have this video poster for the 80s skating flick Gleaming the Cube (1989).
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Mobile%20Uploads/20160919_103259_zpszsutyhhf.jpg) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160919_103259_zpszsutyhhf.jpg.html)
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Sort of related is this article I read on CW
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-death-of-flair/
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Cool photo, poster, and studio. It's a photo that Poster Conservation is tagged in, on Instagram.
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Screenshot_2017-01-08-13-46-25_zpswvehp3fx.png) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Screenshot_2017-01-08-13-46-25_zpswvehp3fx.png.html)
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Nice one. Looking back through the earlier posts on this thread there are some fabulous photos of cinema frontages. How about this one for a Munich cinema with a display from the original release of Metropolis:
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o524/cartinmild1/metromunich_zpsrr7zhlyu.jpg) (http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/cartinmild1/media/metromunich_zpsrr7zhlyu.jpg.html)
If you look at the extreme right pillar there is what appears to be a three sheet poster of Brigitte Helm as Maria in close up, with another showing different artwork on the second pillar in from the left, which looks like the current "poster world record holder". Makes you want to be able to tap on the shoulder of one of the figures outside and say "pssst, just reach up, remove those posters and keep for the next eighty years - believe me, it will be worth it!"
The photo comes from a site with all things Metropolis:
https://www.uow.edu.au/~morgan/Metroja.htm
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The photo comes from a site with all things Metropolis:
https://www.uow.edu.au/~morgan/Metroja.htm
Some truly amazing posters on that page. I found the Hungarian poster (#7 on the page) especially striking, and I had never seen it before.
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Nice one. Looking back through the earlier posts on this thread there are some fabulous photos of cinema frontages. How about this one for a Munich cinema with a display from the original release of Metropolis:
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o524/cartinmild1/metromunich_zpsrr7zhlyu.jpg) (http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/cartinmild1/media/metromunich_zpsrr7zhlyu.jpg.html)
If you look at the extreme right pillar there is what appears to be a three sheet poster of Brigitte Helm as Maria in close up, with another showing different artwork on the second pillar in from the left, which looks like the current "poster world record holder". Makes you want to be able to tap on the shoulder of one of the figures outside and say "pssst, just reach up, remove those posters and keep for the next eighty years - believe me, it will be worth it!"
The photo comes from a site with all things Metropolis:
https://www.uow.edu.au/~morgan/Metroja.htm
Great pic and find there, Martin. sm1
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Amazing!
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Outstanding photo, MC. Probably not many photos featuring both styles of 3-sheets. The film really has a lot of great posters, and that website shows them well. cool1
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This is a photo of the publicity launch of "Things To Come" at a US movie theatre:
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o524/cartinmild1/rsz_1rsz_things_to_come_zpspxgyhpbg.jpg) (http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/cartinmild1/media/rsz_1rsz_things_to_come_zpspxgyhpbg.jpg.html)
Unfortunately, you only get an idea of the paper on display in the right of the photo but the spacemen (and spacecar) are nice. Here they are in a bit more of a close-up:
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o524/cartinmild1/rsz_1rsz_things_to_come_2_zpspwkq4dxu.jpg) (http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/cartinmild1/media/rsz_1rsz_things_to_come_2_zpspwkq4dxu.jpg.html)
I'm guessing it must be a New York location going by the name of the photo agency but does anyone recognise the actual movie theatre (next to what looks like Lindy's)?
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This is a photo of the publicity launch of "Things To Come" at a US movie theatre:
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o524/cartinmild1/rsz_1rsz_things_to_come_zpspxgyhpbg.jpg) (http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/cartinmild1/media/rsz_1rsz_things_to_come_zpspxgyhpbg.jpg.html)
Unfortunately, you only get an idea of the paper on display in the right of the photo but the spacemen (and spacecar) are nice. Here they are in a bit more of a close-up:
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o524/cartinmild1/rsz_1rsz_things_to_come_2_zpspwkq4dxu.jpg) (http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/cartinmild1/media/rsz_1rsz_things_to_come_2_zpspwkq4dxu.jpg.html)
I'm guessing it must be a New York location going by the name of the photo agency but does anyone recognise the actual movie theatre (next to what looks like Lindy's)?
I found this on the imdb page for Things To Come, identifying the theater where it premiered in the US:
"The film drew huge audiences upon its opening in New York City. Advertisements for the film mentioned that large crowds continually flocked to New York's Rivoli Theatre from 9:30am on opening day until the ad went to press four days later.
The initial interest in the film apparently wore off, as the film earned significantly less at the box office than the studio had expected."
Lindy's was located at 1626 Broadway and The Rivoli Theater is next door, at 1620 Broadway.
Here's a shot from 1954, showing both locations, when Rear Window was playing there, and showing some nice advert material as well on display for RW :D:
(http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/199608/1485753945/large.png?1485753945)
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I must confess I've never been in this thread until yesterday.
It is the best thread in this forum by a mile. Amazing photos
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Just watched one of my favorites and went hunting for some pics.
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/OTHER/thing7_zpsslmgpyze.jpg) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/brude2000/media/OTHER/thing7_zpsslmgpyze.jpg.html)
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/OTHER/thing8_zpsthe4iu33.jpg) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/brude2000/media/OTHER/thing8_zpsthe4iu33.jpg.html)
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/OTHER/thing4_zps2rb1ml7n.jpg) (http://s629.photobucket.com/user/brude2000/media/OTHER/thing4_zps2rb1ml7n.jpg.html)
More here: http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2006/08/howard-hawks-amazing-movie-some.html (http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2006/08/howard-hawks-amazing-movie-some.html)
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A hand painted billboard in Bangkok, Thailand, for the Dec 2001 opening of LOTR
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/Thai%20LOTR_zpss1mzhcxe.jpg)
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That one for Lord of the Rings Looks pretty good. It's cool to see a hand painted labor of work like that.
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Screenshot_2017-02-09-01-51-12_zps6ylivvvf.png) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Screenshot_2017-02-09-01-51-12_zps6ylivvvf.png.html)
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I found this on the imdb page for Things To Come, identifying the theater where it premiered in the US:
"The film drew huge audiences upon its opening in New York City. Advertisements for the film mentioned that large crowds continually flocked to New York's Rivoli Theatre from 9:30am on opening day until the ad went to press four days later.
The initial interest in the film apparently wore off, as the film earned significantly less at the box office than the studio had expected."
Lindy's was located at 1626 Broadway and The Rivoli Theater is next door, at 1620 Broadway.
Jeff, that is a very impressive piece of detective work. Interesting comment about the film not doing well subsequently at the box office. Just shows that all the ballyhoo in the world can't make a film a sure-fire winner. I suppose its theme of imminent war with a collapsed post-war society wasn't exactly the thing to make the cash tills ring!
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Cool image Brandon. I like how the "peep hole/window" is cut out just above the word, "Join." Looks like that building is under construction maybe?
What movie is that for?
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What movie is that for?
Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt (pictured).
cheers
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Where is the thread with posters seen in movies ??
Thanks
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cheers
here (http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,6074.0.html)
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from a series titled New York Street Photography in the Fifties by Frank Oscar Larson
http://everythingwithatwist.com
(http://everythingwithatwist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/new-york-streets-everythingwithatwist-01.jpg)
(http://everythingwithatwist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/new-york-streets-everythingwithatwist-04.jpg)
(http://everythingwithatwist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/new-york-streets-everythingwithatwist-09.jpg)
(http://everythingwithatwist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/new-york-streets-everythingwithatwist-18.jpg)
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They're fantastic. I love the use of framing in the last one.
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Very evocative photos. I particularly like the first one in the series - a tantalising glimpse of what must have been an enormous poster for On The Waterfront. Very appropriate having all the pigeons in the foreground given that Marlon was a pigeon-fancier in the film and also got accused of being a stool pigeon!
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They're fantastic. I love the use of framing in the last one.
As well as the ticket seller, wearing her 'sunglasses at night.' It was so very Corey Hart of her -- and long before he was around or even on the scene!
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I really liked that first one. Two iconic movies trying to outdo each other on the marquee
I also liked the ticket take being oh so cool.
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Dracula, 1958
aka Horror of Dracula (US):
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/dracula1958_zpsljyehqu0.jpg)
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Wow!
That is awesome.
I wonder just how many employees it took to put that masterpiece together.
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Really enjoying these. The Dracula almost feels like you'd be stepping in to a 'Haunted House' - the type that used to be part of a visiting fun fair.
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Not sure whether this one has been aired previously on this thread but if so it is worth another look, although the image is a but hazy as it is enlarged from a postcard:
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o524/cartinmild1/rsz_1rsz_ben_hur_zpszbo1j4vo.jpg) (http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/cartinmild1/media/rsz_1rsz_ben_hur_zpszbo1j4vo.jpg.html)
It's presumably from the German premiere of Ben-Hur in 1926, which I thought might have been at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin where they premiered (among others) Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Spione and Frau im Mond, but it isn't listed as such in the Wikipedia article on the theatre, so not sure of the venue.
They certainly believed in doing things on a grand scale in those days!
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This awesome shot from Okinawa has been making the rounds lately....
https://mattmulcahey.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/pic-of-the-day-the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-terrorizes-okinawa-in-this-1950s-ad/
(https://mattmulcahey.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/revenge-of-the-creature-movie-ad-in-japam.jpg)
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Notice no-one is giving it a second glance in the photo. Obviously not easily impressed these Japanese folk.
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Maybe they are disappointed that it's not Godzilla. ;D
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Wow. Now that's what I call a standee!
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This awesome shot from Okinawa has been making the rounds lately....
Way cool, Matt. Nice find.
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Whoooaaa... That's a standee done right. And great street photography.
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Two photos from UK theaters, for The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=6595;image)
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=6597;image)
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Very nice one featuring Ms. Bardot.
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx303/NeoLoco80/Screenshot_20170702-132507_zps4uytreds.png) (http://s766.photobucket.com/user/NeoLoco80/media/Screenshot_20170702-132507_zps4uytreds.png.html)
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POTO (1925)
I love the design of this poster and its imagery. bed1
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=7533;image)
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Excellent stuff..
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POTO (1925)
I love the design of this poster and its imagery. bed1
Any idea when this photo is from and what it was used for?
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Any idea when this photo is from and what it was used for?
At this point, I dont know when it was from or where it was taken.
The hunt for info continues... Spying.gif
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At this point, I dont know when it was from or where it was taken.
The hunt for info continues... Spying.gif
The fact that it doesn't say Universal Pictures anywhere on it gives me pause.
I don't remember this style in the pressbook, but it's been a long time since I've seen it.
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The fact that it doesn't say Universal Pictures anywhere on it gives me pause.
I don't remember this style in the pressbook, but it's been a long time since I've seen it.
That is one pressbook that I'd love to see sometime, too.
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The fact that it doesn't say Universal Pictures anywhere on it gives me pause.
I don't remember this style in the pressbook, but it's been a long time since I've seen it.
Sean, does Ron Borst own a copy of the 1925 Phantom pressbook, by chance?
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The fact that it doesn't say Universal Pictures anywhere on it gives me pause.
I don't remember this style in the pressbook, but it's been a long time since I've seen it.
Sean, I have a copy of Philip Riley's Phantom book, and it has a section showing the posters from a copy of the pressbook. The image above is actually what is shown as the Style J one sheet. (The PB image of this particular poster is also missing the Universal name).
There were five 3-sheet styles available (Styles A-E) but none was the one in the pic above.
That being said, what this color photo shows and where it was taken, is still a mystery (Or could it be a photoshopped creation?) Or maybe this is a shot that was taken at Universal Studios here in LA. They certainly would have the ability to have something like this re-created.
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Interesting. Of course as we know sometimes the images change from the Pressbook to the final release. But certainly the image you posted looks longer than a one-sheet.
do the other one-sheets all show the Universal logo?
We do know there is at least one copy of each of the eight(!) style one-sheets known to exist. Mary Philben was actually given a set as a gift and her nephew (grand-nephew?) was shopping them all around several years back.
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Interesting. Of course as we know sometimes the images change from the Pressbook to the final release. But certainly the image you posted looks longer than a one-sheet.
do the other one-sheets all show the Universal logo?
We do know there is at least one copy of each of the eight(!) style one-sheets known to exist. Mary Philben was actually given a set as a gift and her nephew (grand-nephew?) was shopping them all around several years back.
The Styles L, N, P & H all look to have the Universal name on them. Styles J and O (which looks like a fact/text style poster) do not look to have the Uni name on them.
And I agree..that color image looks larger than a one sheet for sure.
I will see if I can take a pic of the page that has the images. The original imagery isnt the best, as it was probably blown up a bit to fit on the 8.5x11 book page.
And what a story about Mary Philbin and her great nephew shopping those OS around. Do you know if they ever sold? And if so, at what auction? Or maybe they were a private sale?
She's someone I would have loved to have met. I remember trying to locate her when I was in college. She passed away in 1993, but from what I read, she suffered from dementia in her last years. And I also learned that she lived on Fairfax, in the same house she'd been in for decades. To have only known that then and taken a drive, and gone to say hello.
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Interesting. Of course as we know sometimes the images change from the Pressbook to the final release. But certainly the image you posted looks longer than a one-sheet.
do the other one-sheets all show the Universal logo?
We do know there is at least one copy of each of the eight(!) style one-sheets known to exist. Mary Philben was actually given a set as a gift and her nephew (grand-nephew?) was shopping them all around several years back.
What's interesting, too, (and exemplary of PB images changing or not being the final version) is that on the PB image of the OS (shown in the large color image above), Norman Kerry's name isnt even completely spelled out. The PB image shows ONLY the letter (N) of his first name.
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Interesting. Of course as we know sometimes the images change from the Pressbook to the final release. But certainly the image you posted looks longer than a one-sheet.
do the other one-sheets all show the Universal logo?
We do know there is at least one copy of each of the eight(!) style one-sheets known to exist. Mary Philben was actually given a set as a gift and her nephew (grand-nephew?) was shopping them all around several years back.
Sean, here's a 3 sheet from 1923's Hunchback that also doesnt have the Universal name on it (and maybe the final version did have it).
This is a PB image:
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=7634;image)
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Frankenstein-Dracula double bill screening, 1938.
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=8140;image)
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It's funny with all these elaborate displays from yesteryear we very rarely seem to see any actual posters posted as well! Doh.gif
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I don't find it funny
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I don't find it funny
(http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/89/89c9fb3fae971b6788af5e0940a7d42a3b6be986ca75695d73ddb20d91eac3b1.jpg)
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(http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/89/89c9fb3fae971b6788af5e0940a7d42a3b6be986ca75695d73ddb20d91eac3b1.jpg)
Would a daybill fit the bill?
This was done in Australia and is kind of funny. ;D
(https://i.redd.it/vd7ykwe7iqzz.jpg)
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Palms Theater, 1959 - (click on image to supersize even more)
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=8148;image)
The Jazz Singer opening
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=8150;image)
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Kismet (1944):
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=8152;image)
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(Horror of) Dracula, 1958:
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=8154;image)
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Gotta love this Bride of Frankenstein material - the 3 sheet, the large head cutout and the display over the doorway! bed1
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=8310;image)
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Gotta love this Bride of Frankenstein material - the 3 sheet, the large head cutout and the display over the doorway! bed1
(http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5703.0;attach=8310;image)
Head pasted over a less-menacing version ! 8)
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Not a poster but the marquee of the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles for the premier of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) with Laughton and Maureen O'Hara
(https://i.imgur.com/TFCDVUd.gif)
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The Mummy, Capitol Theater in London. And that display above the entrance.... thumbsup.gif thumbsup.gif
(https://i.imgur.com/4NT8pvE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dBzJZ4G.jpg)
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Great stuff Jeff!
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The Mummy, Capitol Theater in London. And that display above the entrance.... thumbsup.gif thumbsup.gif
(https://i.imgur.com/4NT8pvE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/dBzJZ4G.jpg)
I'm with CSM, too! Kowabunga! That's the good stuff, Jeff! I think they fit all the Mummy images into the display they could get their hands on for that show. Outstanding! Okie
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I'm with CSM, too! Kowabunga! That's the good stuff, Jeff! I think they fit all the Mummy images into the display they could get their hands on for that show. Outstanding! Okie
Now to find a vintage photo of a marquee or front lobby of a theater down in Argentina (if one even exists) that shows your BRIDE OF FRANK poster in action, too.
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Now to find a vintage photo of a marquee or front lobby of a theater down in Argentina (if one even exists) that shows your BRIDE OF FRANK poster in action, too.
Matias, I think Jeff is calling your name.... Okie
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Karloff seems to be pointing in approval?
A&C Meet Frankenstein (1948)
(https://i.imgur.com/HsnKyTU.jpg)
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Karloff seems to be pointing in approval?
A&C Meet Frankenstein (1948)
(https://i.imgur.com/HsnKyTU.jpg)
Incredible photo, Jeff! Kaloff is looking quite snazzy, too. Okie
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Love these photos...
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Okie, the story behind the Karloff photo is Universal persuaded him to let the photog get a few publicity photos of him "endorsing" A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN by posing by the marquee. He agreed, with the caveat "as long as I don't have to watch it!" Boris hated the idea of his friend The Monster being ridiculed and "made sport of." There is another shot of Boris buying a ticket at the boxoffice; the expression on his face says it all.
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Incredible photo, Jeff! Kaloff is looking quite snazzy, too. Okie
With how Karloff is posing, it is akin to him reaching out, a la God about to touch Adam's fingertip, giving him the "life spark." ;)
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Both of these at the Rivoli Theater in NYC. But many decades apart, with SKY DEVILS being a 1932 release.
(https://i.imgur.com/ElWI4mv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cgAZ0Iy.jpg)
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Both of these at the Rivoli Theater in NYC. But many decades apart, with SKY DEVILS being a 1932 release.
(https://i.imgur.com/ElWI4mv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cgAZ0Iy.jpg)
Those Sky Devils planes must have about a 30 foot wing span! Amazing advertising, Jeff! Okie
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From the Loews Ohio Theater, this huge advert for The Robe (1953), in the ornate lobby. Gotta love those columns in the background, too. thumbsup.gif
(https://i.imgur.com/7AByqJ5.png)
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From the Loews Ohio Theater, this huge advert for The Robe (1953), in the ornate lobby. Gotta love those columns in the background, too. thumbsup.gif
(https://i.imgur.com/7AByqJ5.png)
Billboards inside! Awesome! Thanks, Jeff. Okie
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From 1925.
A theater lobby shot showing (I think) a locally made, "coming attraction" poster for Chaney's The Phantom of the Opera. It almost looks like a silkscreen style. bed1
(https://i.imgur.com/ZO8RLvT.png)
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From 1925.
A theater lobby shot showing (I think) a locally made, "coming attraction" poster for Chaney's The Phantom of the Opera. It almost looks like a silkscreen style. bed1
(https://i.imgur.com/ZO8RLvT.png)
Great original lobby painted art, Jeff!!! Looks like a doll giveaway promotion going on as well. I wonder for what film? Okie
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Great original lobby painted art, Jeff!!! Looks like a doll giveaway promotion going on as well. I wonder for what film? Okie
Im sure a lot of this original, painted lobby art got tossed as soon as the movie closed. I'd love to know if this one was one of the lucky pieces that managed to survive. And if so, where it might be now.
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Im sure a lot of this original, painted lobby art got tossed as soon as the movie closed. I'd love to know if this one was one of the lucky pieces that managed to survive. And if so, where it might be now.
Jeff, I've seen a few pieces of this painted lobby art at antique and junk shops over the years. There was one I should have bought at an antique shop about 20 years ago for a rerelease of one of the Charlie Chaplin movies. I was just about to finish graduate school and the art was about $100. The painted art was gigantic as well and I wasn't sure how to get it home. Oh, well. Though, not quite as good of a story as the time I passed on an original Steve Ditko Dr. Strange page from the good doctor's first appearance in Strange Tales #110. I'm sure we all have some of those stories with hindsight being what it is and all, eh? Okie
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Jeff, I've seen a few pieces of this painted lobby art at antique and junk shops over the years. There was one I should have bought at an antique shop about 20 years ago for a rerelease of one of the Charlie Chaplin movies. I was just about to finish graduate school and the art was about $100. The painted art was gigantic as well and I wasn't sure how to get it home. Oh, well. Though, not quite as good of a story as the time I passed on an original Steve Ditko Dr. Strange page from the good doctor's first appearance in Strange Tales #110. I'm sure we all have some of those stories with hindsight being what it is and all, eh? Okie
Okie,
I snapped a handful of pix of a number of these hand painted posters that TCM/Bohnams had for auction several years ago, when they were on display here, before the auction took place in NYC.
I will dig them out and post them here. Some were true works of art, no question about that.
To bad you didint snag the one you tripped across. Do you recall what the imagery was? Or was it of Chaplin himself?
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Okie,
I snapped a handful of pix of a number of these hand painted posters that TCM/Bohnams had for auction several years ago, when they were on display here, before the auction took place in NYC.
I will dig them out and post them here. Some were true works of art, no question about that.
To bad you didint snag the one you tripped across. Do you recall what the imagery was? Or was it of Chaplin himself?
Jeff, It had a large painted image of Chaplin and a few props and some fancy lettering. I think it was for a couple of Chaplin films being shown back to back. Okie
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(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1791/28840657587_d3c3c9465e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KWxUH2)20180801_015119 (https://flic.kr/p/KWxUH2) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/115240604@N04/), on Flickr
Cool self-portrait of Ms.Maier with these wildings. I happened to see this shot on the VivianMaier.com (http://VivianMaier.com) website. You can see her shadow on the left, while she is taking the photo.
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Nice shot by Vivian Meier, I didn't realize that she had done works in color. The documentary that came out a few years ago about how her work, which was never publicly exhibited during her lifetime, was discovered posthumously is pretty great.
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It was truly an exceptional documentary. She had such a unique eye.
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Yeah, most of her film was black & white, which makes her few color shots even more remarkable, IMO.
I think Ms. Maier will be remembered as one of the best photographers, and will continue to inspire many other street photographers to capture fleeting moments in time.
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And there was a great looking poster made for the docu, too, Ben, using one of her self portrait images (re-posting here, in case you hadnt seen the OS):
Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
The fascinating, AA nominated documentary about nanny, Vivian Maier, and her unknown world of street photography. Director John Maloof bought a box of negatives in 2007, when he was looking for photos on a real estate book he was working on. What he discovered was a treasure trove of never before seen or printed works by this rather eccentric woman. Everyone she worked for knew next to nothing about her, as well..
An interesting watch, for sure.
(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q719/spitfire3992/url_zpsi9qkqbyw.jpg)
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Theater enrty way display.
THE MUMMY -- HUGE head display -- and in the left corner, a OS poster for THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS with Charles Laughton. I'm nor sure what movie the 3rd poster on the far left, is for.
The Karloff head looks taller than the doors leading into the theater.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZVZGmB4.jpg)
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Theater enrty way display.
THE MUMMY -- HUGE head display -- and in the left corner, a OS poster for THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS with Charles Laughton. I'm nor sure what movie the 3rd poster on the far left, is for.
The Karloff head looks taller than the doors leading into the theater.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZVZGmB4.jpg)
Incredible, Jeff! Looks like the eyes were also given holes for lights maybe? Amazing poster for The Island of Lost Souls as well. How would you like to have one of those 1932 display frames to show off a one sheet at your house!? Okie
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Awesome looking, imho! clap bed1
(https://i.imgur.com/CuUMeFz.jpg)
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They knew how to do them outdoor displays back then.
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Jeff,
Do you think those four Jekyll and Hyde cast three sheet looking size images are actually three sheets from the studio? Or, do you think locally produced by the theatre? Okie
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Hey Okie,
Here are a couple pages from the pressbook for comparison of the posters:
(https://i.imgur.com/vivd62Z.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Dpu5DTj.jpg)
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Hmmm, looks like those four three sheet sized images may have been locally produced. Thanks for the pressbook images, Jeff. Very cool. Okie
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Jeff,
That pressbook you posted must be from the 1935 re-release, as that insert and WC do not look like what we know to be the original release WC and insert. The logos on the poster also match the lobby cards used for the 1935 re-release.
And just like the lobbies for the re-release do, these posters look much cooler than the original release ones.
And I also believe the Jekyll and Hyde 3-sheets to be locally produced (as was the Island of Lost Souls in the Mummy photo)
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Thanks for pointing that out, Sean. My bad. In looking back, i see that the images above that I posted from HYDE are from the 1935 RR PB. Doh.gif
Do you know if a copy of a first release one sheet, 3 sh (or larger) has ever been sold/auctioned before, anywhere?
Here's a 1931 PB image from HA's archive, showing the various posters that were available (click on the image to get larger size):
(https://i.imgur.com/x2XBvNi.jpg)
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Thanks for pointing that out, Sean. My bad. In looking back, i see that the images above that I posted from HYDE are from the 1935 RR PB. Doh.gif
Do you know if a copy of a first release one sheet, 3 sh (or larger) has ever been sold/auctioned before, anywhere?
Here's a 1931 PB image from HA's archive, showing the various posters that were available (click on the image to get larger size):
(https://i.imgur.com/x2XBvNi.jpg)
Bruce shows he sold the B one sheet in 1994. I don't know of another recent public sale of a large size poster other than middle seventies conventions where I remember seeing one or two, but wasn't aware enough then of which release. Okie
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Bruce shows he sold the B one sheet in 1994. I don't know of another recent public sale of a large size poster other than middle seventies conventions where I remember seeing one or two, but wasn't aware enough then of which release. Okie
That OS is beautiful, no doubt about that.
(https://i.imgur.com/yr0lBdC.jpg)
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Now if only some of the posters could be seen. :-\
But still an awesome shot, showing the spectacle of this movie, when it opened in 1925, in NYC.
(https://i.imgur.com/GL0xy8o.png)
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Wow, that is a nice Phantom shot, Jeff! How'd ole Erik let that flapper escape? Okie
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From what I read about the photo, Okie, the flapper is a comedienne named Wanda Wiley, who made quite a few comedy shorts in the 1920s.
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Great history, Jeff. So, Wickedly Funny Wanda escapes Erik! Okie
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Great history, Jeff. So, Wickedly Funny Wanda escapes Erik! Okie
A better pic of Wanda
(https://i.imgur.com/WWwSRPS.jpg)
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A better pic of Wanda
(https://i.imgur.com/WWwSRPS.jpg)
Wanda looks calm, collected, and lovely. No wonder she out-smarted Erik! Okie
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Wanda looks calm, collected, and lovely. No wonder she out-smarted Erik! Okie
She also has a little bit of that Mary Philbin look... (but MP was a bit prettier, imho).
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I bought this photograph a few years back. The girls are posing in a theater hall, and in the back, argentinean one sheets for: Colleen (1936), Things to come (1935), Ya tiene comisario el pueblo (1936) and The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936).
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7y7l1uGycTk/TkVW0bykSyI/AAAAAAAAAm0/dH7AzsUwZrE/s1600/Lo%2Bque%2Bvendra.jpg)
HI Matias, Your photo with the 1930s Argentinean movie posters in the background is fantastic! You know, I really enjoy the great stone lithos from your country. Do you have any more vintage photos of Argentinean stone lithos on display? My best wishes, Okie
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Sort of in action.
This is a pic of Hammer Films co-founder and British film producer, James Carreras, holding a framed JP poster for (Horror of) Dracula (1958) in his office.
The photo was taken in December, 1964.
(https://i.imgur.com/2B5AVTh.jpg)
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Sort of in action.
This is a pic of Hammer Films co-founder and British film producer, James Carreras, holding a framed JP poster for (Horror of) Dracula (1958) in his office.
The photo was taken in December, 1964.
(https://i.imgur.com/2B5AVTh.jpg)
Looks a couple of additional Japanese Hammer in the background, too!. A fantastic photo find, Jeff! Okie
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Lots of good stuff on display at this theater for RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (1943) devil 2
(https://i.imgur.com/7vXWuIj.jpg)
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Looks a couple of additional Japanese Hammer in the background, too!. A fantastic photo find, Jeff! Okie
(https://i.imgur.com/dlLvDck.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/FRG6Ha6.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/4jZ1nNt.jpg)
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Looks a couple of additional Japanese Hammer in the background, too!. A fantastic photo find, Jeff! Okie
Looks like he had those few (and probably many others) scattered around his office, Okie. I know I would, too. 8)
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Found another cinema (The Elizabeth Picture Theatre) in Brisbane (Australia) with posters in the foyer (Australian 3-sheets and Daybills). (Here are posters in another cinema in Brisbane owned by the same owner (http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,5703.msg202304.html#msg202304)).
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_1_1024.jpg) (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_1.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_2_1024.jpg) (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_2.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_3_1024.jpg) (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_3.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_4_1024.jpg) (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_4.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_5_1024.jpg) (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_5.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_6_1024.jpg) (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_6.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_7_1024.jpg) (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_7.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_8_1024.jpg) (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_8.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_9_1024.jpg) (http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/ElizPicPalace/ElizPicPalace_9.jpg)
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Nice to see a theatre owner in Brisbane who knows from where he came, 50s! Okie
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Great pics thanks for sharing!
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Cool pics there, Steve. Those 3 sheets look nice going up those hall stairs.
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Nice place and shots, Steve. Interesting posters, although I'm more impressed by the architecture that seems to be designed for framed 3 sheets, with the recesses in the walls, and the hand rail.
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I always liked this one.
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c102/skyjackers/Screen%20Shot%202017-03-17%20at%2022.16.04_zpsuuup4vk1.png)
and this one.
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c102/skyjackers/DKRS.jpg)
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Yeah, those are very cool, Skyjacker! I don't miss the big city, though it's fun to see these monster sized posters/advertising. Okie
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What a lovely cinema, in Brisbane. Reminds me of the Everyman chain in the UK that also have vintage posters framed in the foyer.
Love those Inception and Batman billboards. Very inventive.
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Capitol Theater in Dallas, TX
THE INVISIBLE RAY (1936)
(https://i.imgur.com/JmzN4RB.jpg)
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Capitol Theater in Dallas, TX
THE INVISIBLE RAY (1936)
(https://i.imgur.com/JmzN4RB.jpg)
Yes, Jeff!!!! That is an incredible photo! The good stuff, indeed! There's a person wearing the helmet, too. Hot dog! Okie
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man with telescope ;D
how much for these Gilda standees please eyeroll
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2KXEc.jpeg)
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Wow, Redman! That's what I call exploitation! Those life sized GILDA standees would probably go for 2 or 3K each, if they still exist, which they probably don't. The BEDLAM display is typical of what NYC Times Square did at the time. Great! And it looks like the manager who did the ISLE OF THE DEAD / HOUSE OF DEACULA display cleaned out the NSS warehouse! He also mixed in posters from HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN, THE MUMMYS CURSE, and I think PILLOW OF DEATH.
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Some incredible movie paper wall-covering, Redman! Alcide La Flamme is a theatre manager in Albany? Sounds like Rocky and Bullwinkle should investigate that Ritz...
Okie
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Great montage of images there, redman. clap clap.
They knew how to do theater lobbies right, back in the day, thats for sure.
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The Lexington Theater in KY
VERY COOL looking standees and what looks to be a framed 3 sheet, on the right, further back, for FREAKS (1932)
Also on the right, another framed 3 sh poster for the movie, PRESTIGE (1931), with Ann Harding, and on the left, a framed OS for the flick, THE HATCHET MAN (1932), with Edw. G Robinson.
(https://i.imgur.com/gJeZGcf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/te7tBXQ.jpg)
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Just an incredible photo with the Freaks' standups, Jeff! Wow, the juxtaposition of the subject matter and opulence of the venue is sure thought provoking. And, then Jean Harlow with the serpent: how it all seems to make sense somehow. Okie
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Just an incredible photo with the Freaks' standups, Jeff! Wow, the juxtaposition of the subject matter and opulence of the venue is sure thought provoking. And, then Jean Harlow with the serpent: how it all seems to make sense somehow. Okie
Hey Okie,--
The standee with Harlow is for the 1932 flicker, THE BEAST OF THE CITY
(https://i.imgur.com/fcaeEbT.jpg)
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Freaking awesome photo, it made me watch the film- i've had it a while but you know how it is getting round to watching things :-[
An incredible film. Just read that 30 min was cut but is now lost?
Also read about bloke who played Half Boy, Johnny Eck. Imagine being there and seeing this magic act in the 30s:
copied from wiki
In 1937, Eck and Robert were recruited by the illusionist and hypnotist Rajah Raboid, for his "Miracles of 1937" show. In it they performed a magic feat that amazed audiences. Raboid performed the traditional sawing-a-man-in-half illusion, except with an unexpected twist. At first Robert would pretend to be a member of the audience and heckle the illusionist during his routine, resulting in Robert being called on stage to be sawed in half himself. During the illusion, Robert would then be switched with his twin brother Eck, who played the top half of his body, and a dwarf, who played the bottom half, concealed in specially-built pant legs. After being sawed in half, the legs would suddenly get up and start running away, prompting Eck to jump off the table and start chasing his legs around the stage, screaming, "Come back!" "I want my legs back!" Sometimes he even chased the legs into the audience. The subsequent reaction was amazing - people would scream and sometimes even flee the theater in terror. As Eck described it, "The men were more frightened than the women - the women couldn't move because the men were walking across their laps, headed for the exit." The act provided the perfect jolt by frightening people at first but then caused just as much laughter and applause. The illusion would end with stage hands plucking up Eck and setting him atop his legs and then twirling him off-stage to be replaced by his twin Robert, who would then loudly threaten to sue Raboid and storm out of the theater. 8) ;D
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Hey Okie,--
The standee with Harlow is for the 1932 flicker, THE BEAST OF THE CITY
(https://i.imgur.com/fcaeEbT.jpg)
Yeah, wasn't it brilliant, Jeff, to have the Freaks standups and Harlow with the burlesque looking serpent image all on display together! Genius. Okie
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And he fact that this theater was advertising all of these flickers at the same time.
It sure was a way to drum up business, that's for sure.
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Freaking awesome photo, it made me watch the film- i've had it a while but you know how it is getting round to watching things :-[
An incredible film. Just read that 30 min was cut but is now lost?
Also read about bloke who played Half Boy, Johnny Eck. Imagine being there and seeing this magic act in the 30s:
copied from wiki
In 1937, Eck and Robert were recruited by the illusionist and hypnotist Rajah Raboid, for his "Miracles of 1937" show. In it they performed a magic feat that amazed audiences. Raboid performed the traditional sawing-a-man-in-half illusion, except with an unexpected twist. At first Robert would pretend to be a member of the audience and heckle the illusionist during his routine, resulting in Robert being called on stage to be sawed in half himself. During the illusion, Robert would then be switched with his twin brother Eck, who played the top half of his body, and a dwarf, who played the bottom half, concealed in specially-built pant legs. After being sawed in half, the legs would suddenly get up and start running away, prompting Eck to jump off the table and start chasing his legs around the stage, screaming, "Come back!" "I want my legs back!" Sometimes he even chased the legs into the audience. The subsequent reaction was amazing - people would scream and sometimes even flee the theater in terror. As Eck described it, "The men were more frightened than the women - the women couldn't move because the men were walking across their laps, headed for the exit." The act provided the perfect jolt by frightening people at first but then caused just as much laughter and applause. The illusion would end with stage hands plucking up Eck and setting him atop his legs and then twirling him off-stage to be replaced by his twin Robert, who would then loudly threaten to sue Raboid and storm out of the theater. 8) ;D
Gotta love it when older and vintage posters can still pull you in and make you wan to watch a film.
And that's the one aspect I love about this hobby, too. Coming across a great looking poster for a movie that Ive never seen, yet still being drawn to it, and adding it to the collection, PLUS that same poster making me want to check out something I'd never seen before.
It's like a win-win, all the way around.
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These photos are for sale@priceminister. They show Gold Diggers of 1933 posters in Paris
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2L6yX.jpg)
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Wow, Redman, at that size and beauty those huge, leggy Gold Diggers' posters must have caused a few wrecks, even in Paris! Okie
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For WHITE ZOMBIE (1932)
There is a one sheet in a frame, off to the right, up on the wall, too. But I cant tell the flick, only that it was an MGM movie.
(https://i.imgur.com/naez9jq.jpg)
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And this, front and center, a piece (standee? or?) for DRACULA (1931) and a couple standees to the left and right, for HONOR AMONG LOVERS (1931), with Fredric March & Claudette Colbert.
(https://i.imgur.com/BgnEgNF.jpg)
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDA0NDRkYmUtY2ZiMC00NTk2LWI5YjMtZjQxOTlhNWNlMjc5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUxODE0MDY@._V1_.jpg)
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Dracula wins, Jeff! Though, how dare you hide a White Zombie coffin in a post just before it! Okie
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It looks like the DRACULA piece was cut from the 3-sheet. Sacrilege!
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It looks like the DRACULA piece was cut from the 3-sheet. Sacrilege!
Doh.gif sad.gif :'(
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Dracula A.D. 1972:
(https://i.imgur.com/6bxVyo9.jpg)
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Two flicks from 1942, with the cool standee display for THE CAT PEOPLE in the foreground, and a framed poster (a 40x60?) on the far back wall for the Abbott & Costello movie, WHO DONE IT?
And what an amazing and beautiful theater lobby, too!
(https://i.imgur.com/nlSGhoQ.jpg)
3 sheet --
(https://i.imgur.com/RMwvHL2.jpg)
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A three dimensional Cat People display and Zacherly cutting a Drac cake! How are you going to top this in October, Jeff?!
P.S. 48 star Old Glory, too!
Okie
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An original 40x60 for WHO DONE IT. Nice! And the art deco frame it's in ain't bad either!
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An original 40x60 for WHO DONE IT. Nice! And the art deco frame it's in ain't bad either!
Interesting to compare the 40x60 in the theater lobby with the image from the pressbook. Very different imagery and the pb didnt show 2 styles.
This pic is a bit crappy because it was enlarged from a smaller pb photo, but the imagery of A&C can be made out pretty clearly.
(https://i.imgur.com/Nd7svN7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hxB2nhG.jpg)
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THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
For the first 2 weeks of the premiere in NYC, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney appeared live onstage, as part of the extravaganza - 7 days a week. That had to make for an amazing spectacle for audiences, especially as word of mouth spread about the movie, even in those first 2 weeks.
(https://i.imgur.com/wOBQTW2.png)
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THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
For the first 2 weeks of the premiere in NYC, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney appeared live onstage, as part of the extravaganza - 7 days a week. That had to make for an amazing spectacle for audiences, especially as word of mouth spread about the movie, even in those first 2 weeks.
(https://i.imgur.com/wOBQTW2.png)
Fun to see all kinds of hats being worn, and folks dressed up outside the theatre. How close were we to "Dorothy Hardy" do you think, Jeff? Okie
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^ I bet there were a few there who expected to see Mickey Rooney in the film ;D
This pic, from vintag.es, shows "Two men carry the sound and visual tracks for a preview of the film (OZ). A composite print was made after the previews and final edit decisions had been made" infront of Rooney MPs
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2Loms.jpg)
This 1939 review of OZ (from Oz!) has interesting info about the start of colour scene. Hard to believe all the prints were like that?
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2Lomt.jpg)
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Cool standee!!
(https://i.imgur.com/DbfvTYT.jpg)
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(http://funkyimg.com/i/2LrJA.png)
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2LrJv.png)
i want both of these :)
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2LrJw.png)
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Hi Redman, Bob Hope says, "Shhhhh, I just cut up this 24 sheet!"
Fun to see!
Okie
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What looks to be a life-size Frankenstein monster cut out, up on the theater marquee, that's showing a double bill of REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1958) and what looks to be CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961)
(https://i.imgur.com/DdKyI6O.jpg)
Cutout was maybe this, as it looks very similar:
(https://i.imgur.com/pRbcZVM.jpg)
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You have an incredible eye, Jeff! Looks like you nailed the Frankenstein image used on the marquee. Impressive! Okie
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A little standee on display outside a theater (in Japan, I think?) for REVENGE OF THE CREATURE:
(https://i.imgur.com/UdhP3rf.jpg)
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A little standee on display outside a theater (in Japan, I think?) for REVENGE OF THE CREATURE:
(https://i.imgur.com/UdhP3rf.jpg)
C'mon, Jeff! That's just baby kaiju size. Seriously though, it's hard for me to wrap my mind around the Creature image and the street scene together. Mind blowing! Okie
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@emp now
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2RWcK.jpg)
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2RWcL.jpg)
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2RWcM.jpg)
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Redman does the BOF still auction hunting labor for us!? You are naughty, Mr. Redman! Okie
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extra great as two of those are straight from the Exhibitor's Campaign Book
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extra great as two of those are straight from the Exhibitor's Campaign Book
Great sleuthing, Crow! Wonder what they cost originally to make? Some good local painters. Okie
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(http://funkyimg.com/i/2S3XM.jpg)
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(http://funkyimg.com/i/2RWcK.jpg)
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2RWcL.jpg)
(http://funkyimg.com/i/2RWcM.jpg)
These are some AMAZING looking standees.
As well as what is (possibly) a locally produced 3 sheet in the frame, in the back left, of the Nurse standee!! thumbsup.gif
Im sure the top piece over the lobby doors had incredible color, too. Incredible!!
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(http://funkyimg.com/i/2S3XM.jpg)
Do any APF member's local theatres still do great displays like this? The closest I've seen was in the ultra modern theatres in Bangkok where some displays were quite impressive (e.g. full size Iron Man armour displayed alongside huge cardboard displays and gimmicks for sale at the snack bar). Okie
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the photos of the displays for Bride of Frankenstein sold for $726, $526 and $261. i wasn't expecting that!
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the photos of the displays for Bride of Frankenstein sold for $726, $526 and $261. i wasn't expecting that!
Please keep post auction results and commentary/discussion in the board set up for that: http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,237.0.html
Thanks. ;)
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Now that NY has digitized their tax collection photos from the late 30s-early 40s, I am sure we will be able to spot tons of posters in action.
A quick search found this great one of the wall outside the Apollo Theatre with 6-sheets of Meet John Doe and The Flame of New Orleans, as well as 3-sheets for Adventures of Captain Marvel and Sky Raiders.
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Now that NY has digitized their tax collection photos from the late 30s-early 40s, I am sure we will be able to spot tons of posters in action.
A quick search found this great one of the wall outside the Apollo Theatre with 6-sheets of Meet John Doe and The Flame of New Orleans, as well as 3-sheets for Adventures of Captain Marvel and Sky Raiders.
Great news, Crow! It's great fun to see posters in their native habitat and time. It's exciting to ponder what we might see... Okie
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Great photo Sean - thanks for posting
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Thank you Sean and other contributors - this is my favourite subject thread on the forum.
Mark
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I like the SKY RAIDERS poster shown too!
Great image, Sean.
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Broadway in NYC, December 7, 1929:
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Broadway in NYC, December 7, 1929:
Great photo, Jeff! And, look at all those hats! Okie
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April/May '43
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2U57e.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2U57d.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2U57c.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2U57b.png)
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Great pictures, Redman! It was cool to see small Parsons, Kansas, advertisement for Casablanca. That's a really cool Mummy's Tomb larger than life size display, too! Okie
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Oct '41
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2U6tu.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2U6tt.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2U6ts.png)
^ :o imbecile.gif :o
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2U6tr.png)
^ tram in Geneva, Switzerland
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These are superb.
Fair play to you (all) for finding and posting.
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2Udtt.png)
^ NYC
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2Udsd.png)
^ Manurewa, New Zealand
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2Udsw.png)
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UkQo.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UkQp.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UkQq.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UkQr.png)
^ huge mechanical display in Shanghai, China
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UkQs.jpg)
^ Shanghai again
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UuG2.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UuG3.png)
^ Edinburgh, Scotland - this place is still standing but is now a theatre
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UuG5.png)
^ Marivaux Cinema, Paris
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UuG7.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2UuFX.png)
^ thats Busby with the first print of the film, and some tasty standees
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cool1 awesome finds here, redman. Thanks for posting them!!
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Russian premiere of Battleship Potemkin in 1926. All the theater employees were dressed up in navy/sailor outfits and even had posts on the huge battleship prop above the marquee.
(https://i.imgur.com/3TTJems.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Kfio71G.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/x6eLsUW.jpg)
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^ great!
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^ great!
Yes, those are incredible photos from the Potemkin premier, Harry! Such great images. Okie
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V2dS.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V2dW.png)
^ huge jigsaw
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V2dV.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V2dY.png)
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V2e1.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V2e2.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V2e3.png)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V2e4.png)
^ HA has the Ginger Rogers door panel in its next big auction
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FADE TO BLACK. Dennis Christopher as a murderous movie geek who obsesses over old movies and Marilyn Monroe.
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V2dS.png)
So cool to see this 24 sheet in action, Redman! Okie
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FADE TO BLACK. Dennis Christopher as a murderous movie geek who obsesses over old movies and Marilyn Monroe.
Makes sense, eh Cabman? Lugosi obsessed as Drac over a decolletage or two in his day, too! Well, maybe the obsession was a little higher in the "juglaretage" region. Okie
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These are all London in 1931 (late 1930 is possible for a couple i guess)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V3Ch.png)
^ Finsbury Park Astoria, free golf lessons used to advertise Nancy Carrolls latest
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V3Ck.png)
^ Hackney, poster on right is for No No Nanette
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V3Co.png)
^ Stoke Newington
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V3Ci.png)
^ Forest Gate, All Quiet on the Western Front
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V3Cm.png)
^ Leicester Square
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V3Cn.png)
^ Leicester Square
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V3Cp.png)
^ Strand
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V3Cq.png)
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Hi Redman! Can you determine what are the large movie posters on the extreme left side of the Stoke Newington photo? Thanks, Okie
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^ i'm not sure Oakie. upper far left is possibly Min and Bill (Min and Bill is on the illuminated thing by the doors and is painted on the steps). New Moon is shown along with Remote Control and those are the only 3 films mentioned.
another All Quiet on the Western Front, this one in Liverpool
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2V4s7.png)
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2VKBe.jpg)
1930
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2VKBg.jpg)
1932
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Just incredible pictures of UK Frankie and Gold Diggers, Redman! Wow!!! Okie
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one (https://funkyimg.com/i/2WH4d.jpg)
two (https://funkyimg.com/i/2WH4e.jpg)
three (https://funkyimg.com/i/2WH4h.jpg)
^saw these on ebay, didn't bother resizing as that would have made text harder to read
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2YGvQ.jpg)
^detail of rod stewarts train set. turns out he is a better modeler than singer (link (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55063726@N00/3375428734))
i had no clue what a "nash" is but found out they were cars
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2YGvR.jpg)
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2VKBg.jpg)
1932
Wow! Is that a (trimmed) UK 6-sheet for Frankenstein?
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The photo is of a bookshop, long gone now, which would have been not very far from where I live. They were displaying a stack of these:
(https://i.postimg.cc/vDz6VCWW/Frankenstein.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/vDz6VCWW)
This was the Readers Library edition of the novel, priced at sixpence in old money. There were no stills from the film inside the book (with other films they often put eight stills into the text) but it's a great cover. As with any book from that period dustjackets often disappeared fairly quickly so issues with the d/j can be hard to pick up today.
Can't help with the poster at the centre of the display- possibly a cut-out from an English version of the US three-sheet (called a six-sheet in England at that time)?
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/2YUaG.jpg)
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Man, that theatre was beautiful that was showing Nora Prentiss, Redman! Okie
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France '37
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2Znqc.jpg)
^Lyon
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2Znq9.jpg)
^Reims
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2Znqd.jpg)
^Strasbourg
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2Znrk.jpg)
^Roanne
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2Znrm.jpg)
^Chalons s/Marne
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2ZnCV.jpg)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/2ZnCW)
^Marseille
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What a treat, Redman: a 24 sheet right at street level. Thanks for sharing. Okie
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Awesome pics!
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Awesome pics!
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Is this last one painted or printed? It's quite amazing by today's standards that a single theater would have an entire wall to promote a movie. It's probably the back of the theater, since I see doors without knobs there, but still, the amount of work for a single flick (one of the best ever, but I assume they didn't know that yet.)
I want that poster.
T
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Incredible pictures, thanks for posting them. I had no idea that the film was publicised to that level (literally) in France at the time.
The last one is far beyond even 24 sheet size - were these one-off print runs made just for particular building locations?
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Not for a film, but this billboard advertising the BBC's Dracula adaptation is pretty clever. Here is a timelapse video:
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/DangerousDiscreteEasternglasslizard-mobile.mp4
Better photos here:
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/01/02/bbc-erects-immersive-dracula-billboards-with-bloody-stakes-and-haunting-shadows
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Not for a film, but this billboard advertising the BBC's Dracula adaptation is pretty clever. Here is a timelapse video:
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/DangerousDiscreteEasternglasslizard-mobile.mp4
Better photos here:
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/01/02/bbc-erects-immersive-dracula-billboards-with-bloody-stakes-and-haunting-shadows
Relly cool Billboard, Tob! I read about the new Dracula on The Guardian yesterday. Just checked and Netflix in the U.S. may have it starting January 4th! Looks good. Okie
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/31pKH.jpg)
^Cairo
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very cool.
any idea what year?
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^it's from early 1939, it measures 38x26 feet
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^it's from early 1939, it measures 38x26 feet
What a super printing accomplishment in 1939 in the same land that printed/carved such amazing ancient texts and images! Thanks for posting, Redman! Okie
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I don't think this one has been posted before
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I don't think this one has been posted before
Wow, what a great image of Bogie and Bergman! Thanks for posting, Crow! Okie
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Liverpool
(https://funkyimg.com/i/31V3i.jpg)
^Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
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Matinee Idol (1984)
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Matinee Idol (1984)
Trader Hornee!!! Can it really be, 50s?! Okie
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That's fantastic!
I don't think this one has been posted before
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huge MM
(https://funkyimg.com/i/31Yst.jpg)
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huge MM
(https://funkyimg.com/i/31Yst.jpg)
The ole peroxide picket, eh Redman!? What an amazing snapshot in time! Okie
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Trader Hornee!!! Can it really be, 50s?! Okie
Haha, yes Okie. Matinee Idol is a porn film and these old films have the goods in such posters. Sorry peeps, I should have posted it in posters in film and television a game, but I not here much lately and forgot it
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I saw this one on Instagram - looks like someone at Euston Station in London was having a scrape down of posters pasted on top of each other over the years. I wonder if some nice old gems could be recovered if time and care was taken?
(https://i.imgur.com/z4TtsSu.jpg)
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From that scrape, Tob, the answer looks to be "yes"! Okie
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France 1947
(https://funkyimg.com/i/32wkN.jpg)
^The Letter (1940)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/32wkP.jpg)
^All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/32wkR.jpg)
^Ingrid has had better days
(https://funkyimg.com/i/32wkS.jpg)
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Sunray cinema, Jacksonville Florida
(https://funkyimg.com/i/33iMD.jpg)
^Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019) aka Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/35JKX.jpg)
^rare!
(https://funkyimg.com/i/35JKD.jpg)
^love this - grand central terminal nyc 1926
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Very nice to see the Chicago and Felix posters, Redman!
Okie
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Denver 1925
(https://funkyimg.com/i/363H6.jpg)
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Denver 1925
(https://funkyimg.com/i/363H6.jpg)
That's awesome Chaplin, Redman! The closest I've seen to a display like that in recent years was in Bangkok theatres. Okie
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from emp latest auction, France 1947
(https://funkyimg.com/i/38CBE.jpg)
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/38JUu.jpg)
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Manhattan Melodrama poster in the background of this lobby card from The FBI Story
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/yy203/collectiblesgains/poster_background.jpg?width=590&height=370&fit=bounds)
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from emp latest auction, France 1947
(https://funkyimg.com/i/38CBE.jpg)
Hey wait a minute, this has the RKO logo on it and not WDP, so doesn't that mean this picture is from 42?
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from emp latest auction, France 1947
(https://funkyimg.com/i/38CBE.jpg)
Funny, this was my theater growing up in Paris. It's at the bottom of the Champs-Élysées. Probably went there 1000s of times. It has changed quite a lot over the years. Here is a more recent pix.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50671673743_e2b53bb9b6_b.jpg)
T
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from ebay, great quality photos
1925 NYC
https://funkyimg.com/i/39mup.jpg
1916 NYC
https://funkyimg.com/i/39muq.jpg
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/39N86.jpg)
^bottom left is The Gay Divorcee (1934) and top right is Flying Down to Rio (1933)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/ZC5jKWK7/grit.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ZC5jKWK7)
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^ Thumbs up indeed
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/3aAQi.jpg)
^1936 atlanta georgia according to ebay seller
(https://funkyimg.com/i/3aAPF.jpg)
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Love Before Breakfast 24 sheet! Great eye, Redman! Okie
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(https://funkyimg.com/i/3bG95.jpg)
(https://funkyimg.com/i/3bG94.jpg)
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NYC
(https://funkyimg.com/i/3bTyJ.jpg)
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from ebay, Mickey Mouse balloon for Macey's 1934 thanksgiving day parade
(https://i.postimg.cc/76gwRbXz/00-mm-small.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/SRkkbqtv/00-mm-mac-34-small.jpg)
^Million Dollar Legs (1932) + Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/029Nz2MV/0001-Kwiatkowska.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/XYVnY2Pm/0pq.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Gmwx8fnL/0viol.jpg)
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from ebay
(https://i.postimg.cc/k5SyHCxt/peep-tom.jpg)
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Those curving corner building displays are fun to see, Redman! Okie
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London 1947
(https://i.postimg.cc/sDMz4b3F/life-2.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/jdBbgvjD/life.jpg)
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I have never seen those personality images that large before, Redman. Thanks for posting those It's a Wonderful Life photos. Okie
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Paris '46
(https://i.postimg.cc/SxL0vCZX/belle-46.jpg)
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Manchester April 1940 - item now on EMP
(https://i.postimg.cc/CMfzpd2p/z.jpg)
^i know mancland fairly well but had never heard of gaiety theatre/cinema - internet says it was demolished in 1959
(https://i.postimg.cc/JhPRjCdq/z-70.jpg)
^7ts
(https://i.postimg.cc/MTHqD3C8/z-now.jpg)
^now
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I was looking through an old High School yearbook of a school in NYC and came across this photo, anyone know what poster it is with this horizontal orientation? Thanks!
(https://i.imgur.com/A7YvYCJ.png)
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Krakow, 1962
(https://i.postimg.cc/htHHZfnw/krakow-62.jpg)
^upper 2nd left is Lady and the Tramp ❤
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Krakow, 1962
(https://i.postimg.cc/htHHZfnw/krakow-62.jpg)
^upper 2nd left is Lady and the Tramp ❤
That's a great photo. I can feel the sense of intrigue from the kid wondering what each film is about (assuming they're all film posters?)
Paris '46
(https://i.postimg.cc/SxL0vCZX/belle-46.jpg)
Amazing. I'd love to see the colours, I wonder if it still exists somehow and somewhere...
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Don't remember if this has been posted before or not, but it's pretty great.
(https://i.postimg.cc/HVsxs581/20220614-010216.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HVsxs581)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/sfSQbLhk/chantalak.jpg)
^rare!
(https://i.postimg.cc/BQB3KTrL/chantalak2.jpg)
^Chantal had Gilda in her flat
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Paris '46
(https://i.postimg.cc/SxL0vCZX/belle-46.jpg)
Man, and I thought I owned everything that could be own on the title. The search continues hahaha
T
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Redman: Yeah, very cool Beauty and the Beast 24 sheet (or, French equivalent size, eh?). Also, the West End advertising is so much joy to see.
Crow: It would have been a lot of fun to see that Ghost of Frankenstein display in person. Great color photo.
Okie
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(https://i.postimg.cc/DyZxgD19/bjkk.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/vBz6hHPm/Anna-Karina-posters-in-Paris-Metro-February-2020-by-Marcvjnicolas.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/wvhgvMWd/Paris-Pullman.jpg)
^rare blues brothers, cinema is extinct
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1938, available to bid on now at everybody's favourite poster auction site
(https://i.postimg.cc/8Pt6VsJp/8x10-dracula-and-frankenstein.jpg)
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Nice shot
https://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=6730968 (https://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=6730968)