Hi,
I'm brand new to this group, but have been collecting film memorabilia,
particularly material related to a 1974 Brian De Palma film called "Phantom
of the Paradise," for about thirty years, and recently acquired an item that
baffles me; I'm wondering if any of you might have any insight you'd be kind
enough to share.
The poster is pictured here:
http://www.swanarchives.org/AJ/mysteryintl.jpg
It's one-sheet sized: 27"x41", and is on the same sort of glossy stock as
was used for American one sheets in the 70's.
While at first glance it looks like a regular Style A one-sheet, (1) there's
no PG logo (suggesting it might be for an international release); (2)
there's no NSS verbiage at the bottom-center and no NSS number (just "Litho
in USA"); and (3) most oddly of all, the copyright notice under the 20th
Century Fox logo says "1978," when the film was released in 1974, and there
was no international release (as far as I've been able to determine) that
commenced in 1978. Also, it has three horizontal folds, but NO vertical
fold, which seems odd to me.
While the relative size of the artwork is correct as compared to the regular
Style A one-sheets, the credits at the bottom are in a smaller font than on
the one-sheet, and are also in yellow, rather than in in the white print
that's found on the one-sheet. (For comparison, you could take a look at
the one-sheet on my site, at http://www.swanarchives.org, at this particular
page: http://www.swanarchives.org/Promotion.asp ) And, if you're
actually interested in memorabilia from this film, the non-American stuff
I've been able to find is here:
http://www.swanarchives.org/Promotion_World.asp
Although I've named the file "mysteryintl.jpg," that's just my own name for
it, and the use of "intl" shouldn't be construed as evidence that it's a
poster for an international release. I was just guessing.
Any help? This is keeping me up at night.
Thanks!
-Ari
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