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I just received the Heritage catalogue. Just as a
movie poster book it's an absolute "must-have", with many rare items (as in
rarely seen) among some old auction "regulars".
I'm not going to get into any of this debate
about buyers and sellers premiums (standard for any major auction house)
because all the details are spelled out in the bidding info. Ditto the
FRANKENSTEIN 22x28 restoration issues... there is a description and I don't
think anybody seriously considering a bid on this piece isn't going to ask more
detailed questions about it before dropping $25k on the table... unless of
course they have more money than common sense or are happy with the catalogue
description. But it's all spelled out right there, and there is plenty of
time before bidding ends to find out anything extra one wants to know
before placing a bid.
I was please to see several interesting
Australian items included. Australian collectors and dealers will know
how rare at least one of them actually is!
As an auction offering and catalogue it's a good
job all round. The catalogue will prove a very useful visual reference for years
to come. I think the auction results will show just how much longevity as valued
collectibles some of the older stars featured are outside their iconographic
films.
If you aren't happy with the way any particular
auction house or seller does business, then no one is twisting an arm to make
one place a bid.
As is always the case with any auction run by
anybody, anywhere - decide in advance what the top price is you want to pay for
an item and bid it - at the end.
Regards,
Phil
Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
26 Vista Avenue
Soldiers Point
NSW
2317
AUSTRALIA
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 3:46
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Recording Audio
Just listening to only the soundtrack from the right movie can be loads
of fun. I first discovered this with the original film version of THING FROM
ANOTHER WORLD. I was laid up in bed with a back injury and couldn't turn over
easily. I happened to be lying facing away from the TV when THE THING came on
a late-night local station. I just lay there facing a blank wall and listened
to it and was amazed to discover that the dialog and sound effects were so
strong -- and the directing and pacing so tight -- that it played
beautifully as an old-style radio drama and that I didn't need the pictures at
all.
It's hard for younger people to truly get the idea that it wasn't so long
ago that you could NOT watch any movie you wanted in your home at your whim.
No, it used to be that you either saw it at the theater for the week or
two it was showing in your town -- or just
waited until the movie finally came to TV (which took
about 3 to 5 years from the time a film was released). If you missed
the movie the night it aired on your local station, you were just out of
luck. You had to wait until it aired again... which could be months or
years... if it ever did. That was it -- that was the only way to watch
movies (unless you had your own film projector).
I purchased the very first commercial model VCR the day it hit the
shelves -- and there were no pre-recorded tapes of movies available for it.
None. There was only blank tape (and it was fairly expensive). The idea was
that you would record the shows off-the-air (or cable if you had it). It
actually took a couple of years for them to realize that they could start
selling movies on video tape cassettes to the general public. The first
to appear were incredibly expensive -- priced between $79 and $129 each! For
one movie! Hard to believe, I know, but true. Video tape rental stores took
another year or two to appear in most towns. And this wasn't back in the
caveman days, folks -- this was after STAR WARS was released -- in 1978, a
mere 27 years ago!
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005
19:45
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Recording
Audio
> HI from Joe B.
A friend of mine was a drive-in
theatre projectionist in the 60s. He dubbed the entire soundtrack of
Gone With the Wind onto an eight-track tape for us. You could listen
and be as drawn in as if you were in the theatre. Just like radio
drama.
It just goes to show you the effect a well-performed good script
can have on a listener-- even without the
picture.
Best,
Joe
> From: "Tom A. Pennock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date:
2005/03/11 Fri PM 08:16:40 EST
> To: [email protected]
>
Subject: [MOPO] Recording Audio
>
> Glad to hear someone else
recorded audio soundtracks from television before
> VCR's. I still
have many audio reel to reel tapes of movie soundtracks
> recorded
from many years ago. Boy are the kid's spoiled today!!! They walk into
a
> video store and buy GWTW or The Wizard Of Oz right off the
shelf.
>
> There was a dealer by the name of Buddy McDaniel who
used to sell vinyl LP
> records custom made of movie
soundtracks. They cost about $100.00 per title.
> Those were the
good old days!!!
>
> Buddy, are you on the MOPO server
list?
>
> Best,
>
> --Tom
Pennock
>
>
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