Hi, all. This is my first MoPo post. My very first poster dates me back to the 70s as well. It was a one-sheet for Ralph Bakshi's Heavy Traffic. I got it when I was a member of my college film society. I think it was an extra copy we got by accident, otherwise it would've been returned to the distributor. Either that or it was a spare. Anyway, still have it, though it's in pretty rough shape. Gotten a better copy since then.
Hope I did this right. Never posted to a listserv before. Dave Rosen Posteropolis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] What was your very first poster? > Great question Michael...of course it may "date" a few of us... :) > > I'd like to break this down into 2 parts--the 1st poster I ever owned and > the 1st poster I ever paid for. > > My local movie theatre manager started giving me one-sheets when I was in > High School writing reviews for the school newspaper. I "needed" them for > the credit information when I was writing my reviews, or so I told him! (I > hadn't ever heard of a press book at that time, not that my small-town > theatre would have had one anyway!) > > He gave me the one-sheet for "Paper Moon," which I still have today. I > wanted "The Poseidon Adventure" but he'd already given it away. > > The first one-sheet I ever PAID for was "Summer of '42" which I bought via > mail order from Marc Ricci's (sp??) Memory Shop in New York. I think I paid > $2.75 for it. Incidentally, "Sumer of '42" was the first R-rated movie I was > able to see "on my own", so buying the poster seemed logical. Of course the > movie is rated PG today. > > Scott > MoPo List Owner > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List On Behalf Of Michael Danese > Subject: [MOPO] What was your very first poster? > > My first poster was an insert from Bridge on the River Kwai. The cost was > $5. which I thought was a small fortune. I still have it. It was about > 1970 at an antique shop in Philly. That did it for me. I've been adding > ever since! > > Michael Danese > > 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. 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.
