Great Susan. there should be many writers on this listgroup that
could complie Biographys
and also memorys of the pioneers like Jose.
I love to hear the history and storys
and it will help the fandom years fron know.
Perhaps a Once a year compiliation BOOK in hardcopy done by print on
demand could
work. I know you work hard and are busy however it would be nice to see
you compensated
for all the research. I would think each library accross USA and abroad
could use the INFO.
Also the gallery owners
To date I found the Poster almanac by John Kisch a great resource and
Perhaps your books could be a merger with
that format along with the main Pubs like Film collectors
world.a.k.a.. MCW. Brian Bukantis along with David K , Morrie, Bruce,
Grey, Fishler, Channing, all the UK guys. aussies. france etc....
Cinevent. and get some sponsors like- Librray of Congress, and some
film studios as all would benifit and could use the project as a
resource guide..
Heim could sell more frames and the like...
and it woud tie neatly with the shows of Morries and also Courts and
Heritage..
Rich and Bruce this would make a great vehicle to offer the sites..
and even if the guide were sold at shows for say 5.00 It would be passed
around forever as a guide.
I imagine a perfect bound style book with 4 color images and ads and
then resources and numbers
to the gallerie and persomal collectors,, Bruce has the experiance of
printingthese type.
there was a magazine years ago called Fandom directory.. It was
great.... forgot his name however I advertised in it,,
I see the opportunities and the system needed.. its basically networking
all the players in a packaged
, detatiled format. easy to read and carry.
restorers, appraisers, printers , storage contatiners and supplies,
lisenseing. many areas.
I know you have much of this already however a Book centered on a
overview of all should be done to refocus the hobby of where it came
from and where its at. In My humble opinion
Lamp is great and keep up the great work.
Tom
Susan wrote:
Tom
Ed and I have been gathering information on the "founding fathers" of
our great hobby with the intent of having a section on LAMP dedicated
to these pioneers. We just haven't had the time to set it up
formally. Ed spoke with Mr. Carpio many years ago and found him to be
very nice, extremely knowledgeable, and he helped answer questions
that we had about the hobby.
We don't have enough information about his history in movie posters to
write a bio fitting of his contribution. HOWEVER, if someone would
submit one to us, we will be happy to put it on the site, with
authorship recognition. We will put an entry to the article on the
home page.
My condolences to his family and friends.
Sue
LearnAboutMoviePosters.com <http://www.LearnAboutMoviePosters.com>
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From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom
Martin
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 11:15 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Jose' Carpio Was A Very Kind Man!
Maybe Ed an Sue Poole could have a Bio area devoted to all these
Poster people Icons and Collectors/dealers like Jose. Carpio and the
like.
It would give collectors a idea of how the hobby was started.evolved,
and who the players where
If each persons story was told.. Imagine the understanding we may have
of the Hobby, and how
it was formed and by whom.
When I hear these storys told,,, its cool as I see a thread. And
while many are still alive it would be good to chronical .. perhaps a
Book could come off it,
Or what about a documentry... visiting the Homes and seeing the
Collections On a DVD, wow
a tape featuring interviews and eye candy/// PLUS more,,,
My son could shoot it and edit it and we take a USA and Euro Tour..
thats a Idea.
sponsors anyone ? :)
Tom
Susan Heim wrote:
I am so sad to hear the news of Jose. I have known him since the
early 1980's. In fact, in those days I worked in film and had access
to many "newer" posters. Most of my vintage collection is due in
large part to trading original rolled Star Wars posters and related
material to Jose. I traded 7 original Star Wars posters for my
Rebecca one sheet. That was one of my first trades with him. My Rear
Window, Bond material and many of my original 40's and 50's vintage
one sheets came directly from Jose. He was the nicest man and funny.
I loved the shop in San Francisco as there just wasn't anything like
it at the time in L.A. Channing was there too. I use to go to San
Francisco all the time in those days as it was only about a 4+ hour
drive up the coast and the first thing I did was go to see Jose. I
still have all my original Cinemonde catalogs. Jose was the one who
turned me onto foriegn posters beginning with many of my Belgian
Hitchcock's and then the French grandes. He was a wonderful and
generous person and he will be missed yet remembered, as Bruce said,
with fondness as one of the pioneers of this hobby.
Sue
www.hollywoodposterframes.com <http://www.hollywoodposterframes.com>
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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 04:28:26 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Jose' Carpio Was A Very Kind Man!
To: [email protected]
Tom. Great story! Channing DID run Cinemonde for years (I first met
him one day when I went to Cinemonde and director George Cosmatos was
there buying posters!), and he is one of the many many old-timers who
were connected to Jose. You also are very correct about his
connection to foreign posters. Back in those pre-Internet days, many
of us (myself included) knew nothing about non-U.S. posters, and Jose
would travel to Europe and come back with all kinds of treasures from
movies we all knew, but in other languages and sizes I had never seen
(his catalogs were always filled with words like "affiche" and
"locandina" and it all sounded so mysterious and exotic to me!
He carried around an address book that had the names and phone
numbers of everybody who was anybody in the hobby, and he knew
exactly what everyone had and what they wanted, and if you called him
that you had some great poster, or were looking for some great
poster, chances were decent he could make a few phone calls and get a
deal going. He used to joke that his address book was worth more than
his gallery.
Glenn, he was such a force in the hobby! In the first years of live
auctions (including my own) he would request a dozen extra catalogs,
and he would mail them to his best customers and would show up at the
auctions with lots of bids from wealthy clients. There is so much
more I didn't mention. One of the greatest early collectors was Steve
Shapiro, who did the first real movie poster book (after the spiral
bound Kobal book) in 1979, called The Movie Poster Book. He had
purchased a lot of his posters from Jose, and when he decided to
sell, he consigned his entire incredible collection to Jose.
There are so many people in the hobby who were closely associated
with Jose. People like Channing, Kirby, Gary Vaughn, Tony Nourmand,
Joe Burtis, Crowell Beech (another major collector/dealer who
recently passed on), myself, and so many others. I doubt there was
anyone who was very active in the 1980s or early 1990s who did not
have dealings with the man.
Bruce
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Glenn Taranto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
I must say, after collecting posters for 10 years now, this is
the first I've ever heard of the man and it sounds as if it were
entirely my loss.
My sincere condolences to all who knew him.
Glenn T.
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From: Tom A. Pennock <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 11:40 PM
Subject: [MOPO] Jose' Carpio Was A Very Kind Man!
Back in 1984 I talked with Jose' on the phone about a
possible James Bond trade. I told him I was coming out to
California to visit my brother there. I told him I would like
to possibly work a James Bond trade with him. I told him I
had an extra one sheet from "Thunderball" and a rolled 30" x
40" from "Diamond's Are Forever". I was interested in a MINT
set of 1964 lobby card's from "Goldfinger" that he had. I
only had about $50.00 in both of those poster's. I set up a
time after the holiday's to come up to San Francisco to meet
with him and discuss a trade. I remember looking for the
shop in San Francisco. I think Channing was the manager
of Jose's store "Cinemonde" at the time. I found the shop and
Jose' was the only one there. It was the day after New
Year's. The prices were so low back in 1985. I still have the
catalog I got from him. Anyway he looked over my one sheet
and 30" x 40" cardboard stock poster and said "these look
fine to me". He went back into the other room and brought out
a "pristine" set of lobby card's from "Goldfinger". I thanked
him very much for trading. He also unfolded a 1964 47" x 63"
French one panel from "Goldfinger" to let me see it. At that
time I had zero money and I wish I could go back now. I
remember the "Thunderball" 1965 "advance quad" he had for
ONLY $190.00!!! He was very kind to do this 007 trade with
me. I have the "set of eight" lobby card's from "Goldfinger"
framed in gold sectional frames now. Everytime I look at them
on my wall I think of Jose and how thoughtful and kind he was
to me. An even trade with no money involved. Very kind and
rare. He also deserves a lot of credit for identifying the
foreign artist's and making the foreign poster's popular.
Liza Minnelli was one of his customer's and yes the French
one panel from "Gigi" is far superior to any other paper on
this title. She purchased her Mom's poster's as well as
poster's from film's her Dad directed. Jose' did a lot to
make these foreign poster's popular. The book "Reel Art" is a
perfect example of this.
Jose' Carpio was definitely a true legend in the hobby
and yes we ALL should be grateful for the awareness he
brought about in the hobby. For what he did for movie
poster's in general. He will be missed!!!
--Tom Pennock
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