Echo that. Very pleasantly surprised for receive the catalogues the other day.
Particularly sweet that the Berwicks have got their own separate catalogue, (which reads more like a slim poster book than an auction catalogue). Invaluable record of a little piece of poster collecting history and one the enthusiast's book collection. On 15 Mar 2012, at 21:12, Neil Jaworski wrote: > Hi Grey > Now THAT is cool and of major significance to anyone interested in classic > noir or screenwriting. > Neil > > PS Many congratulations on your forthcoming auction. Each to their own, but > it is possibly the most exciting line-up I've seen in 10 or 15 years. > > From: "Smith, Grey - 1367" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012, 21:05 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! > > Check this out. > http://entertainment.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7006&lotNo=49247 > > I retrieved this from a man whose father worked at Paramount in the 1940s- > 1980s. > It was in the bottom of a box full of old still photographs. He didn’t know > he had it until told. > I am unaware of another copy. > Preliminary draft of script. > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil > Jaworski > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! > > .....and it could have been a disaster. Sunset Boulevard originally opened > with William Holden's corpse being wheeled through a hospital as he narrates > how he got there: with a mortuary tag on his big toe. Preview audiences saw > this and HOWLED with laughter. The tone was all wrong. The footage was > removed and the rest is the movie history. > > From: Richard C Evans <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012, 20:46 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! > > Genius beginning to a movie, probably my all time favourite lobby card, and > for me best piece for that title. > > On 15 Mar 2012, at 19:17, Neil Jaworski wrote: > > > Great film, great card, great scene. And not only one of the iconic scenes > in movie history, but one of the most ingenious (via filming a mirror that > exactly fit the dimensions of the pool floor). I'd love more of that kind of > American know-how in films these days, rather than yawny-boring CGI. N > > From: peter contarino <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012, 18:59 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! > > Great Film. Great card. Great price! > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Posteropolis > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Sunset Blvd lobby card #2 - Swimming Pool! > > From one of the greatest films ever made, this lobby shows one of the best > (and strangest) opening scenes in a movie EVER: > > A few of the LAPD's Finest fish Joe Gillis' (Bill Holden's) body out of Norma > Desmond's (Gloria Swanson's) swimming pool. > > The only thing that could have beat it, in my mind, would be if they had > printed a card showing the creepy monkey's funeral. But they didn't. > > Have a look: > http://posteropolis.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=46_51&products_id=2811 > > $8 shipping to the US and Canada, insurance included. > > Thanks! > Dave > Posteropolis Vintage Movie Posters > http://www.posteropolis.com/ > > Visit my Facebook page: > http://www.facebook.com/posteropolis > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > > 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.
