These negs were used to make blowups which were out sized lobby displays for first run theaters in major cities. The photo images were the 60s version of what had been airbrushed lobby art. I worked at Fox during this period and we usually had the large lobby displays printed in Italy, but everything was different with Cleopatra since the company had 35 million dollars and the entire future of the company riding on it. Luckily it broke even and Fox got bailed out by Sound of Music....just as Dr. Dolittle and Star ran the company to the edge of bankruptcy and a throwaway comedy named M.A.S.H. saved our butts. rudy
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:45 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Folks - I plan to list a collection of 4 x 5 color > transparencies > > that werer from The Cleopatra movie with Elizabeth Taylor on Ebay. > > Problem is I never have seen anything like it and not sure what they > were used for > > The envelope was from Toledo Engraving so I assume they made a pale > or perhaps > > printed a book or did large blowups as the 4x5 transparencies would > make > > Huge blowups.. has anyone heard of these before? The shots are very > cool and some > > are of the large scence in the film/ I plan to lay them on a white > acrylic > board to back-light under the board and shoot so people can see the > images.. > > any info would be appreciated so I can describe better. thanks, Tom > > 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.
