I have some pre-war British ones, but most are very disappointing (small, no color, few poster images). A lot more pre-war British pressbooks survive than posters, partly because they were printed on good paper, but more likely because they were exported to the rest of the Empire.
Bruce On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Paul Gerrard <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce, I seem to remember you also own an enviable collection of > pressbooks. As a matter of interest, have you managed to accumulate many > pre-war British ones? Don’t worry, I’m not going to start plaguing you with > requests for images! I was lucky enough to leaf through a reasonable number, > as I once spent time cataloguing various types of movie paper for an archive > - the majority forgotten films, but a few classics. Wish I’d copied them all > now! Not much British material from that period survives, so just curious to > know what else might be out there. > > > > Paul > > www.movieposterstudio.com > > In a message dated 08/12/2010 22:13:44 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I am betting "English trade ad" and in that area (trade ads) I consider > myself somewhat of an expert, > > > 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. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> 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.
