Bill,
I like Boston Blackie! Who doesn't??!
I mention in Bruce's latest club email that I collect posters that
have radio characters or some radio theme, and the only radio-themed
British quad I've ever come across is from Dragnet starring Jack
Webb. My Dragnet poster is undated, but I'm guessing it's from the
50's. If anyone knows if there were multiple releases of Dragnet in
the UK, please let me know.
I think Bruce should immediately give us a list of all the upcoming
quads. It's not right to tease us and then withhold the titles.
-Roger
On Apr 22, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Bill wrote:
I’ve managed to acquire four Quads from the 1940’s for Boston
Blackie films. I think I’m one of the few collectors of Boston
Blackie memorabilia and I spread a wide net. The really
interesting fact is that I’ve acquired two copies of a Quad for
“Behind Closed Doors” which I believe is actually “One Mysterious
Night”. Both of these posters were printed on the back of a
portion of a larger sized poster. In both cases, the exact same
poster, “First Offenders” from 1939, was used and the same portion
of that poster. I guess a stack of the larger posters from the
earlier film were cut to size and reprinted for the Boston Blackie
film.
Bill
From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Bruce Hershenson
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:44 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MOPO] Britsh Quad rarity!
I will be listing a single owner collection of British Quads,
beginning the 28th, and the collection contains a lot of older
quads, and I am struck by the fact that, in all my years in the
hobby, I have seen just a tiny number of quads from before 1960
(and even most titles from the early 1960s seem to be many times
more rare than their U.S. counterparts).
This collection contains 23 from the 1940s, 228 from the 1950s, 120
from the 1960s, and 116 from the 1970s to present!
I am hoping MoPo members (especially long time collectors/dealers,
and even more so those from the U.K.) can weigh in on the following:
1) Am I correct in thinking that there are virtually no quads from
before 1960 in collectors' hands?
2) In all my years, I have personally only ever seen a handful of
pre-1960 quads before viewing this collection; has anyone here seen
any substantial number of them?
3) If they are as rare as I have stated, WHY is that? I understand
that pre-WWII paper from all European countries is super-scarce,
but in all other European countries you can easily find just about
every post WWII title. Why is the U.K. different from the other
countries? Is it that they had far fewer cinemas?
Any light anyone here can shed on this will be greatly appreciated!
Bruce
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