John, isn’t that the US ‘X’ certificate on the Clockwork Orange - with 17 age limit in small print? (for UK, it would be 18 if shown at all.) The credits on those particular Green Slime stills and the others in Bruce’ s auctions do seem to be specifically aimed at the US market, rather than both countries. UK credits would have a censor certificate; they would tend to show ‘National Screen Service Ltd’ rather than ‘Corp’; and to my knowledge the NSS numbering system has never been used domestically in the UK (shame!). The images seem to be the same as the UK Front Of House sets (except as you’ll know the UK sets usually consisted of 8), so presumably the same animal from the same place to save on costs, but with different credits overprinted. Further to Phil’s and Rich’s useful info on NSS in the UK, and for any distributor-o-philes out there, there’s some more detail in Sim Branaghan’s ever trusty book on British Film Posters. According to his research, the UK branch of NSS only started to take over paper publicity from 1958 onwards (prior to that they handled trailers). His estimates for the switchover are:- MGM 1958; Paramount 1961; Fox 1962; Columbia 1963; EMI and Warners 1969; Disney, Rank, Universal, United Artists 1971. Which ties up with what I’ve seen of NSS disclaimers starting to appear on British material. Congrats again to Sim for an incredible book. Paul _www.movieposterstudio.com_ (http://www.movieposterstudio.com) In a message dated 06/12/2010 03:37:01 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Thanks for the information Phil Just to be sure that we are talking about the same things, the cards I am talking about actually use photographic images/scenes from the movie. Here is one of the Clockwork Orange cards that I am talking about.... _http://www.johnreid.helpinghost.com/CLOCKWORKORANGEFOH10.jpg_ (http://www.johnreid.helpinghost.com/CLOCKWORKORANGEFOH10.jpg) Note that it has NSS information and the British "X" rating. The cards in Bruce's auction are pictured here... _http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1= 2032907_ (http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2032907) Regards John 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.
