[MOPO] Questions: Hand-tinting of early lobbies...

[Dave Rosen]

Hi, all:   I have a query that some of you may be able to help me with. This isn't my area of specialty, in fact I only own two silent era cards, but still I've wondered...   The two cards I have are the title card and a scene card for the 1922 film The Man From Glengarry. Oddly, the scene card is tinted, the title card is not.   Question #1: How do I tell if a card was in fact hand-tinted? The tinted card doesn't look like it's had water colors applied but I may be wrong. Are there tell-tale signs? Could the colors in fact be printed on?   Question #2: How common would it be for a scene card to be tinted and the title card left b&w? Seems if you were going to tint any card in the set it would be the title card.   Any enlightenment would be appreciated, as always.   Thanks, Dave Posteropolis www.posteropolis.com   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.