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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #675 on: March 26, 2017, 01:16:02 PM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #676 on: April 16, 2017, 01:26:08 PM »
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:



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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #677 on: May 08, 2017, 12:48:21 PM »

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #678 on: May 08, 2017, 03:16:32 PM »
Notice no-one is giving it a second glance in the photo. Obviously not easily impressed these Japanese folk.

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #679 on: May 08, 2017, 03:17:45 PM »
Maybe they are disappointed that it's not Godzilla.  ;D


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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #680 on: May 10, 2017, 11:40:42 AM »
Wow. Now that's what I call a standee!

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #681 on: May 10, 2017, 12:34:08 PM »
This awesome shot from Okinawa has been making the rounds lately....


Way cool, Matt. Nice find.

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #682 on: May 10, 2017, 07:21:18 PM »
Whoooaaa... That's a standee done right.  And great street photography.

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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #683 on: June 24, 2017, 04:36:37 PM »
Two photos from UK theaters, for The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi



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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #684 on: July 02, 2017, 02:43:01 PM »
Very nice one featuring Ms. Bardot.


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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #685 on: October 18, 2017, 06:27:38 PM »
POTO (1925)

I love the design of this poster and its imagery.  bed1


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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #686 on: October 21, 2017, 12:03:48 PM »
Excellent stuff..
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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #687 on: October 29, 2017, 02:39:01 PM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #688 on: November 09, 2017, 10:33:12 PM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #689 on: November 10, 2017, 12:27:32 AM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #690 on: November 10, 2017, 12:30:27 AM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #691 on: November 10, 2017, 01:27:59 AM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #692 on: November 10, 2017, 02:21:11 PM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #693 on: November 10, 2017, 03:11:56 PM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #694 on: November 10, 2017, 03:24:13 PM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #695 on: November 10, 2017, 04:23:20 PM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #696 on: November 10, 2017, 09:15:45 PM »
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:



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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #697 on: January 18, 2018, 01:41:20 PM »
Frankenstein-Dracula double bill screening, 1938.





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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #698 on: January 18, 2018, 03:30:49 PM »
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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Re: Pictures of posters in action
« Reply #699 on: January 19, 2018, 03:00:11 AM »
I don't find it funny