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-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Kusumoto Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 6:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Miracle Worker - Posters Nobody Wants! The notes about "The Miracle Worker" struck a nerve. ** For years I owned the one-sheet. I agree, it's spectacular. But you know what? My wife used to freak out looking at it cuz it's obviously posed without the lead actors, and it looks like a film about insanity, something out of Edvard Munch's "The Scream." To whit: http://tinyurl.com/b5hmk ** Not the kind of thing everyone wants hanging in their house I guess. The one-sheet has a terrifying, ghostly look many collectors like -- but it's also the reason my wife was spooked out looking at it, especially at night. ** So I decided on a paperbacked insert, not as scary, not seen as often, still striking, framed by Sue Heim -- (is there any paper Sue has NOT handled or framed?) It hangs above my corner desk: http://tinyurl.com/a222r ** I've never stopped loving this movie. It didn't hit me right the 1st time I saw it -- and I thought its ending, while spectacular, inconclusive. Upon my second through 200th viewings, I paid closer attention to its script and craftsmanship -- and now understand why it ends the way it does. ** I think the Miracle Worker might be more beloved today had it not gone up against two classics in 1962 -- "Lawrence of Arabia" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." A Best Picture Oscar (for which it was NOT nominated) -- was perhaps the only thing that could've saved this picture, which many consider too harrowing. (I don't.) Yet some Best Pic awards don't help collectibility, e.g., one-sheets to "Marty" and "All the Kings Men." The double-acting Oscars for Bancroft and Duke weren't enough, and some men (who still make up the large portion of this hobby), consider "The Miracle Worker" more of a "woman's" picture where nobody gets killed (there are no male leads). ** Four years ago, I wrote a review about "The Miracle Worker" that remains spotlighted at Amazon.com. It summarizes why I think this film should be viewed as a work of art, despite the fact movie buffs don't list it as among the greatest films ever made (it didn't make the AFI's controversial top 100 list): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000056HEB ** Anyway, this is just a plea to rent or buy this film (AND POSTER). The cinematography is ahead of its time and I think debut director Arthur Penn's work is better here than his more often cited (and overrated) "Bonnie and Clyde," a Best Picture nominee in 1967 (and regarded in its the time as ultra-controversial because of its depiction of violence). To me, Bonnie and Clyde is riveting but borders on being comic; it's the film we discovered what a knock-out Faye Dunaway was and we played out the end ambush scene in our heads repeatedly. The posters for "Bonnie and Clyde" always sell for more $$, but they aren't as artistically striking, in my view, than what's available in "The Miracle Worker." ** As a known fan/amateur historian of my fav film, "The Graduate," I'm obviously also a fan of Anne Bancroft, which is why her death last year hit me harder than the deaths of other celebrities. For a long time I chased a signed 1959 Playbill of her original performance on Broadway, still considered a classic in NYC, starring herself, Patty Duke and Patricia Neal. I finally found mine three years ago: http://tinyurl.com/942xs ** Though better known for her role in "The Graduate," I think Anne Bancroft will forever remain an underrated figure, not an actress considered "collectible." I don't care. Tho I have all I need, there are signed items out there, even at eBay, which are affordable. For ex., there is a signed card avail. from the estate of NY Daily News photographer Harry Warnecke, w/bulletproof provenance: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7583011479 ** I have purchased from this seller in the past and I suspect this card will sell for no more than $40. Match it up w/a restrike b/w photo and voila -- you have something cobbled together that looks wonderful. To whit (again): http://tinyurl.com/cz463 ** Just ponder it and decide whether Annie was good or great, though admittedly not a superstar. I desperately hope she's given a special tribute (beyond part of the usual "In Memoriam" list) -- at the Oscars on March 5. I think she was one of Hollywood's bigger losses during the past year. My fondest recent memory is her beaming face, shown several times on camera -- so proud of her husband Mel Brooks, when he took his Broadway musical, "The Producers" -- to a record clean sweep of 12 Tony Awards in New York's Radio City Music Hall, June 2001. -koose (Miracle Worker and Anne Bancroft nut). ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Analysis of Posters That Nobody Ever Wants! Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:49:51 -0600 Evan, "The Miracle Worker" is one of my favorite posters. I had it linenbacked and it hangs in a very nice frame (via Sue Heim) in my living room. I agree. Sad that it can go for so little at auction. But I give it a good look each day and I'm proud to be an owner of this piece. A great and classic film as well. Saul ----- Original Message ----- From: Evan Zweifel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Analysis of Posters That Nobody Ever Wants! Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 05:36:40 +0000 Your post reminded me of a recent eBay purchase indicating the current sorry state of the hobby. I recently bought a 1 sheet for "The Miracle Worker" for $9.99. This is sad on many levels. This is a true classic film in which both Ann Bancroft and Patty Duke won oscars. And the poster sells for less than $10. The poster image is, in my opinion, awesome. Its dramatic, powerful, and strikingly different from every other poster from the 60s (possibly ever). And its $10. I bought this from a seller who is not a regular poster dealer, in fact they are an eBay drop off store. They take their cut, and the actual owner may get, what $5? Sad. emovieposter.com sells this poster on occaision for between $4 and $48, with the last sale at $31 -- or 3 times what the occaisional seller gets. We could argue for days about why. Even so, sad. The poster arrives, and it has an extra fold -- the seller, not having a correctly sized box, folds it over (not creasing it too badly), to fit in the available box. This is very very sad. So, I think about what to do -- return it? leave negative feedback? email the guy and give him a piece of my mind? I decide to let it slide (its $10, and just not worth the hassle) -- so I forget about it. Until today, when I got email from him requesting feedback -- which I promptly deleted. Heres a link to an image of the poster (not mine): http://carteles.metropoliglobal.com/paginas/pgrande.php?id=90313&caso=2 So here we sit surrounded by piles of beautiful paper, for classic films, with classic stars, almost all of which are basically worthless. EvanZ (the original Evan on this list). 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