Craig Did you posters you saw in 1977 have ratings or no ratings?
Bruce On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Craig Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't give you any of the "proofs" you asked for in your message, > Bruce, but as a publicist working at The Star Wars Corporation/ > Lucasfilm in 1977 I can tell you that Style C posters definitely > existed, were sent to theaters, etc. I have no idea how many were > printed, shipped to theaters, etc., as that was all handled by Fox. > > Craig. > > > > At 06:13 AM 2/3/2010, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > > Rick, I have wondered the same thing. I have talked to many poster > collectors who were collecting when the movie first came out, and they say > that this poster did not appear on the collector's market at all in 1977, > and that a year or two later a ton of them appeared (the ones that are > rolled or lightly hand folded). > > Some people I have talked to wonder if these aren't the result of someone > getting the printer to run off a bunch of these at a later date. We know > there WAS such a poster in 1977 with ratings (because printer's proofs have > turned up), and it is also possible that the "no ratings" posters were from > an international release in 1978. > > Can any expert show an image of any theater anywhere that displayed this > poster in 1977? Or can any expert who was collecting back then tell that > they purchased one or more of these in 1977, and not at a later date? > > Bruce > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:32 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not that tremendously knowledgable when it comes to STAR WARS > material, but of the posters from the three original films in the Star Wars > "trilogy", it appears hands down as if the 1977 Star Wars Style C one sheet > is the most difficult to find...definitely more so than the style D and even > more so than Revenge Of The Jedi. (Of course the 'birthday cake" one sheet > tops them all, but I'd put that in a different category altogether) > Anyway, I was searching the results of Heritage's auctions and there must > be 8 or 10 Star Wars Style D one sheets for every ONE style Star Wars Style > C (if that many!). Hey, I know there's a ton of rolled, repro Style C one > sheets out there--but those also DON'T COUNT. I'm talking about original, > authentic Star Wars Style C one sheets. Could some expert on Star Wars > material out there let me know the story on this poster? It's rarity in > relation to other Star Wars posters, etc. Hey, I've seen a helluva lot of > those BOGUS Style C's over the past 10 years, but unlike the Star Wars Style > A and Style D, there NEVER seems to be a genuine Style C listed on > eBay---unless, of course, it's in an eBay store for $1995 or $3995...or an > even higher price. > Can some Star Wars expert out there tell me the approximate ratio of Star > Wars Style C one sheets out there compared to Styles A and D...and what > value they put on each... > Thanks very much in advance, > Rick > 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. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > *Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment [email protected] > *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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.
