I have to add my cheers for Susan and her restoration genius. I received my Killer Shrews and it looks stupendous! It was in terrible shape and was cracking apart. Now that pump is ready to be hung with no fold lines!
I also got my italian Barbarella and she's so amazing. The colors, artwork and all thanks to our lovely restoration artist Susan Olson!!!!! God I pray your retirement doesn't last too long. The poster world is losing out! Toochis --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --------------------------------- Y'all, I just received my restored and linen-backed poster of Claudette Colbert's THE SECRET FURY (1950) which was done for me by our own soon-to-be-retired Voodoo Woman, Susan Olson. Wowie Zowie, folks! This poster was a true work of art to begin with, but Susan's restoration is a masterpiece. I should have taken "before" pictures... when I received the poster it was in... well, calling it "fragile condition" would have been overly generous. The paper was so brittle that I was afraid to breath on it. Seriously. The first time I unfolded it, large pieces of paper started flaking away. It was scary. But the image was just to good to let it simply disintegrate, as surely would have happened in a few more years. So I sent it off to the Voodoo Woman Intensive Care unit. I honestly didn't know if the poster could be saved. I feared that the cleaning and de-acidifying baths would dissolve it. I paced the halls like a worried father, waiting for Dr. Olson's prognosis. But today I have THE SECRET FURY back home, glorious in all of her old-world movie-house artistry -- with all 1,107 square inches of paper in one piece, the colors fresh and vibrant, the fold lines essentially invisible and the restoration paint work so beautifully and skillfully done that you literally have to get out a magnifying glass to detect it. It is yummy, I tell you what. So, I just wanted to publicly thank Susan for doing such wonderful work on this treasure. I only have a few "permanent" spots on my walls where posters get to stay indefinitely. Most of the other poster display areas in my house and office are designated as "temporary" where the poster gets changed out after a month or two on display. But THE SECRET FURY is going to be taking up one of those prized permanent display spots from now on. It is a double work of art -- first the superbly done original artwork of the poster and now the equally superb restoration. So now I'm really going to have to arrange to finally see this film. Somehow I've missed it during all these years. A review at IMdB says: "Colbert and Ryan give convincing performances in a rare and entertaining, if preposterous melodrama. "The Secret Fury" is often listed as a lesser 'film noir', and that pretty well suits it. Colbert's character is in a very 'noir' situation. But what situates the film firmly in the canon is a well-done night-time episode near the end. This suspenseful and dark sequence begins with the Vivian Vance character and her unwelcome guest. Noir enthusiasts will know when they see this they are in their element." I know that Susan deserves and has earned her retirement from the painstaking work of paper restoration, but I can't help but lament that her artistry won't be available for this kind of critical life-saving poster work in the future. You don't learn how to do this kind of thing from a DVD or even after years of training, this takes real dedication and a huge amount of time and experience to pull off. Thanks, Susan! She's truly lovely. -- JR [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Remembering Marlon Brando... All this Month on Style-b For the full [Style-b] experience log onto the group's web-site at... http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Style-b-list To subscribe to [Style-b] send an email to... [EMAIL PROTECTED] The views expressed in this communication do not, necessarily reflect those of the author, list owner, or any other person... whether living or dead. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Style-b-list/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
