Bruce - Many thanks for your informative essay.
Thus far no one has come forward saying they have or have seen any type of one sheet on this title. I think I'm going to consult with eBay's Mrs. Miniver on a price for this! Here is my image... http://home1.gte.net/exit82a/minandbillsmall.jpg Best, Glenn T. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: Glenn Taranto Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] For the experts These are called "rotogravure" one-sheets. Most are from MGM and from the very late 1910s through the very early 1930s. Instead of the full-color style C & D one-sheets they did afterwards (A & C were used for the 3-sheets), in this period MGM did a stone litho full color "regular" artwork one-sheet, and a "rotogravure" one-sheet, with photos (but sometimes cool deco designs). They were called "rotogravure" one-sheets after the "rotogravure" photo sections of Sunday newspapers that were then quite popular (remember the song from "Easter Parade" which said, "In your easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll be the grandest lady in the easter parade. I'll be all in clover and when they look you over, I'll be the proudest fellow in the easter parade. On the avenue, fifth avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure. Oh, I could write a sonnet about your easter bonnet, And of the girl I'm taking to the easter parade."). Most "rotogravure" one-sheets were sepia, but some were blue or other colors, but always a single color. There were around 20 of them in the legendary Dyas collection I auctioned. I also recall Albert McFadden once found a bunch of these and there were a lot in the William Randolph Hearst collection sold by the now defunct Collectors Book Store many moons ago. They are absolutely far more rare than the regular one-sheets (which themselves are quite rare), but I would say it would be very rare for one to sell for anywhere close to the same price (of course, in some cases your chances of getting a regular one-sheet are slim and none, and slim has usually left town). How about an image? I bet most of us have never seen this. Bruce On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> wrote: Here's one for our experts. Some of you might remember a while back I aquired a sepia toned MIN AND BILL one sheet from a collection of posters from 1930. I've been trying to ascertain if anyone has or has seen any other original release one sheets on this title. None of the resources I've checked indicate one ever having been for sale or auction. I'm hoping to find out the true uniqueness of this poster. Grey Smith has told me that the sepia toned one sheets are harder to find than the color ones. As you may know Marie Dressler won the Oscar for her performance in this film. A fact I hope will create even more interest when it's finally auctioned. Any help will be gratefully accepted. Glenn T. 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.
