Hi Folks,
I still have the "An American In Paris" one sheet and Three Sheet that was
displayed at the Colonial Theatre in Keene, NH, upon it's grand renovation
opening.(early 50's) The film ran for a week which was unusual in those
days. The best films of the day, perhaps would run Sunday through Wednesday
at the most. I'm talking about cities that had two or three theatres; not
sure about major cities.................they perhaps had longer
runs...............Nice memories........Vaughn
At 05:36 AM 3/12/2008 -0700, Joseph Bonelli wrote:
<"Id also like to know if anyone has ever been able to trace the history
of a specific poster that they own all the way to the actual movie theater
where the poster was displayed during the films original run.">
Hi, Tom, from Joe B in New Orleans.
I can't trace this poster's entire history but:
I own a US half-sheet for the Fox CinemaScope epic about the Spaniards in
early California (with Michael Rennie as Father Serra), "Seven Cities of
Gold." I acquired it from New Orleans friend about 5 or 6 years ago.
On the rear of the poster is written in pencil, "Joy Theater, Vicksburg,
Miss." This would be my home town theatre where this film played in the
late 1950s upon its release.
I saw it there as a teenager and, as I used to carefully peruse the poster
display, there is no question that I looked at this particular poster.
So I own a poste I looked at on display over fifty years ago.
Joe
Tom Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
warehouse FIND circa 1980 well. this is 100% TRUE story ... I can
tell you some storys of warehouse finds of all kinds of stuff because
when i started ther wasnt a internet
and we just would list stuff in magazines and call people... it was very
funny now that I think about it..
well one of my largest finds was found on the day Reagan was shot by
Hinckley... I was in Downtown
Toledo at the Hirsh bookstore.. Maury Hirsh was selling out .. He stated
in 1924 with a Model t truck and a street vendor magazine stand.. I still
have a pic of that stand he gave me..
well Maury and his wife had a great toledo legendary Bookshop and he was
quite the businessman.
well I didnt attend the sale to like the last week,,, and when I got there
i noticed losts of old things
and on the counter was a box of 1940s postcards unused lined and some wher
ww2 and some comic cards and some old black racial type and anti
hitler... Most were of scenes of Toledo OHIO
well.. he wanted 35 cents a piece..... I said ILL take em all.....and then
I asked " Do You have any MORE??"
Well he looked and said SONNY come this way..... he took me in some room
and there were 100 unopened boxes of 1000 in each box..... there were
folder postcards you name it......
so he said take all 300 a box,,, I think,,,,,
well they were so heavy when i loaded my van,,, that I blew out a tire in
the middle of downtown
and cold jack the van up so i had to hire a tow truck as I was waiting the
radio announced Regan was
shot.. then my bettery went dead.... so I thought great now what////
Anyways I also bought magazines he had saved from the 30s and 40s UNREAD
like new,..
and some old toys...
What amazed me is that all during the sale this stuff was availible and
none inquired,,,,
I sold these for years and years to collectors and stores and all over...
actually I still have about 1000
First MOPO preson to email me.. Ill pop some in the mail to YOU FREE as
a Hollywood dream Factory® fun surprise for 3-11-08
Joseph Mitch wrote:
I often wonder how the old posters have survived all these years. Im
talking about posters from the 1910s, 20s and 30s.<?xml:namespace
prefix = o />
Who was saving these things? Its not like they were worth any money. The
original owners were probably long gone by the time these posters became
valuable.
Im curious to know if most posters survived mostly because they were in
some movie theater/studio warehouse or if it was just regular people who
had a couple posters in their house over the years
Id also like to know if anyone has ever been able to trace the history
of a specific poster that they own all the way to the actual movie
theater where the poster was displayed during the films original run.
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