That's right - for small domestic releases you were lucky to get any
images at all. Unsurprisingly the largest variety of campaign material came
with
the major US releases. If memory serves right, 30s MGM pressbooks were
better than most, though some were printed on low-grade newsprint, which
didn't improve their survival chances. Sadly, those tiny black and white
images
are usually all that's left of the posters. Of the homegrown British
product, Things To Come seems to have had quite a sophisticated campaign, and
in
Sim's book there's a pressbook image of posters for weird 1929 sci-fi High
Treason that I'd probably kill for to see in colour.
Paul
_www.movieposterstudio.com_ (http://www.movieposterstudio.com)
In a message dated 10/12/2010 01:59:42 GMT Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
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
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.
