Many years ago when I was in the early stages of poster collecting I used
to visit antique shows and flea markets. I found some plaster statues of
Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Bros. and bought them for display in my office
in New York City on a shelf under the three sheet posters of Flying Deuces
and a Night in Casablanca. As time went on I began collecting these
statues as well as the posters. I have a collection of almost 400 of these
statues and of these about 50 are duplicates.
I bought the duplicates for my office but now that I am retired I am
selling them on ebay and also privately. This is a great opportunity for
those
of you that display posters to place a statue of the actor in the poster
alongside the poster. It makes a great display. Go to
_www.claudelitton.com_ (http://www.claudelitton.com)
to see a partial display. I am working on my
web site and will be showing all the statues there in the future.
In the meantime, please go to ebay and look up seller name
clshowroom
and you will find my listings. I will list at least 4 to 10 per week. You
can email me with a want list at the mopo address or for a faster response
at _clshowroom@aol.com_ (mailto:clshowr...@aol.com)
Thanks for looking
Claude Litton
In a message dated 2/1/2012 2:08:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
davidmkusum...@hotmail.com writes:
That's a great story. I've always wondered about that WWII museum ever
since the DVD of Saving Private Ryan came out and enclosed was a brochure
seeking donations. The Pooles and Joe B. deserve medals for hanging in with
their great city, even though it's hot and muggy nine months out of the
year! Thanks for posting, Kirb.
> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:31:24 -0600
> From: ki...@movieart.net
> Subject: NEW ORLEANS
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
>
> I'm back in the office now after a recreational week in The Crescent
City.
> Great people, great resilience, great food, great time. I recommend it
> to anyone seeking a vacation from the routine.
>
> CINERAMA is well imitated, if not alive and well, at the World War II
Museum.
> A great deep curved screen, complete with sixties-style automated
curtain, is
> used to present a 45 minute "film" on the war. It's not actually a film,
but a digital
> hybrid with some "live" special effects thrown in. But it is certainly
successful in
> reminding the viewer in a very visceral way of the thrill of CINERAMA.
Smilebox,
> eat your heart out! You just can't substitute that big screen -- and
this one is very, very
> big -- and wider, if anything, than CINERAMA. Of course, Steven
Spielberg is a big supporter
> of the museum (Tom Hanks also) and his skill at presentation is all over
the museum. We
> spent about three hours there, including the film, and we could not see
it all. And the
> museum is building three new buildings, one to house a gigantic B-47.
>
> Also, I wanted to say that I had the pleasure of having coffee and some
King Cake
> with Ed and Sue Poole at their home - which is, of course, the World
Headquarters of
> Learnaboutmovieposters.com . Their intrepid research goes on and on, and
for that
> we should all be appreciative. Their work is being appreciated now by
institutions
> who are seeing the value in all the research they've done.
>
> Finally, I got to meet one of my fave MOPO members, Joe Bonelli. Joe
spent
> Sunday afternoon with us, giving us a great tour of some of the Katrina
neighborhoods.
> We had brunch with him, and were regaled us with some great stories
about New Orleans
> and about the folks in show business he has met and worked with. Joe was
both gracious
> and interesting; and that made for a wonderful Sunday.
>
> Anyway, I am back in the office at MovieArt.
>
> Best,
> Kirby
>
>
>
>
> Kirby McDaniel
> MovieArt Original Film Posters
> P.O. Box 4419
> Austin TX 78765-4419
> 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net
> mobile 512 589 5112
>
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