Absolutely Tommy. What led me to contact them initially were the supposed
Studio Canal connection, the Pinewood business address on the listings, and
that they were selling multiple copies over time. With such an apparently cast
iron provenance, it's understandable that people would tend to
I should just confirm, though, that there is a connection from the seller
to StudioCanal, as I contacted SC before bidding to buy any of the posters,
and they informed me that the eBayers were acting on their behalf.
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 16:56, Tommy Barr wrote:
> Oops - lesson in don't
Oops - lesson in don't believe what you're told for me here. Apologies to
EMP. It was the sellers of the StudioCanal archive who told me that, but
they insisted it was StudioCanal who had informed them.
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 15:47, Paul Gerrard <
I'd generally agree with you Matt, although the block EMI logo starts appearing
on posters from the end of 1970, e.g. Railway Children quad (tho not UK
1-sheet!), Raging Moon quad etc.
Similar situation exists with UK 1-sheets with the Thorn EMI logo. EMI didn't
merge with Thorn until 1979,
The block EMI logo wasn’t used until 1976:
http://www.closinglogos.com/page/EMI+Films+%28UK%29
Keep in mind the person selling the the duo-tone English 1-sheets has no
relation to Studio Canal. So none of this info is “according to Studio Canal…”
— it’s according some some seller on eBay.
In today's auction on emovieposters there are 2 English one sheets for
Scars of Dracula, one listed as the first release and one as an undated
re-release. While there is no doubt that the full colour poster is the
first release, according to StudioCanal who now own the archive for most
English
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