Metro often had "dilaogue quotes" on their cards and for quite some time into the 40s - unles I am mis-remmebering here. Not sure whether it had anything to do with a link to silent cinema, though. Phil
-----Original Message----- From: Phillip W. Ayling [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 04:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Question For Dealers I tend to agree with Richard's current and earlier comment. The Great Waltz was originally released by Loews/MGM in 1938. This is less than 10 years after talkies became common. MGM and other studios often printed little bits of dialogue as captions on their Lobby Cards during this time period. You see that on both of the cards in question. This was a legacy from silent films where the audiences was accustomed to reading "titles" within the film and on Lobbies to explain the story. As the "silent" audience aged this dialogue placement disappeared, and is rarely seen on Lobbies after the early forties. The Great Waltz was not re-released until 1947, so I really think that these cards are contemporaneous with the original 1938 release. Whether the cards in question were printed in the US and then shipped to Australia or were printed in Australia for the film's original release is a much harder question to answer given the information that I have seen so far. ----- Original Message ----- From:Richard Halegua Comic Art To:[email protected] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Question For Dealers they aren't Other Company cards they have MGM on them re-issue cards are totally different At 08:58 PM 10/12/2012, Rix Posterz wrote: Hi, Ben. I recently had an original 1938 US lobby card on "The Great Waltz" and the colors were much, much brighter than the colors of the lobby cards in your photos. Also, the card was on regular 30's US lobby card stock paper. I have no idea what you have, but I'm 99.9% certain they're not original 1938 US lobby cards... Good luck in finding out what you have! Rick In a message dated 10/12/2012 8:37:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi all hoping some of you can identify this lobby card I have. Specifically I am wanting to know what year of release it is and from what country ? It measures 11 x 14 inches but has no printers name at the bottom or year of release ? It is on heavy stock and is in not the best of condition as you can tell from the image. I have checked on Bruce and Grey's websites and neither of them have records of having ever sold this and I can't find it on eBay currently or on other web sites on the net (although I may have missed some, please forgive me if I have missed anyone's here). I do have other cards from the same lobby set (in not such great condition, see another link below). http://www.allaboutmovies.com.au/products/lobby-cards/the-great-waltz-1938-luise-rainer-fernand-gravet-title http://www.allaboutmovies.com.au/products/lobby-cards/the-great-waltz-1938-luise-rainer-fernand-gravet-lobby-4 Any help is appreciatedÂ… Kind Regards Ben Wadley All About Movies Website: www.allaboutmovies.com.au 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 ListSend a message addressed to: [email protected] the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe 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 ListSend a message addressed to: [email protected] the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe 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.
