Unless it was an Australian film, where 11x14s were produced locally - usualy using a photographic process and not a litho process - lobby cards came for their country of origin - the US and to a lesser extent the UK (where 11x14s were not usually produced) but where 8x10 front of house cards were.
Why there are vagaries to the difefrence between the original card you have seen and these cards is lost in the mists of time. I know of no "rule" that one can apply. They don't actually look faded, they look like a different inking. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Hershenson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] question for dealers - Great Waltz 1938 If those are snipes (not printed on) then there is no chance those cards are from the first U.S. release in 1938. I have never seen a 1930s Australian printed lobby card for an MGM U.S. movie. I think they only imported U.S. cards. Bruce On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Sales <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all just a quick note to say a big thank you tothose of you that responded to my query on the origins of the "GreatWaltz" lobby cards I mentioned. >From your posts I think it is fair to saythe cards originate prior to the 1946 >re-issue definitely, the colourshave faded due to the passage of time and thus >wear and they are of MGM origins. Three of the four cards have an Australian >censor rating sniped on whichcould have suggested they were first printed in >the US and then sent to Australiabut there is no mention of the printers name >at the bottom right hand cornerlike there is on the 1938 original US release >card. The cards I have do nothave a printers name ?? This leads me to my final >two questions to thisgroup of experts ii - particularly the aussie ones… Who were the Australian printers when itcame to lobby cards in the 1930's and prior to 1946 and did they print lobbycards a lot or was it largely left to the US to send them to Australia? Also would the practise ever be for a cardto be sent from the US without a printers name or for that matter in thatperiod would lobby cards (be they re-issues or not) be printed without theprinters name ? http://www.allaboutmovies.com.au/products/lobby-cards/the-great-waltz-1938-luise-rainer-fernand-gravet-lobby-4 Regards Ben 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 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. -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site our auctions Complete Buyer Protection - No time limit on our guarantees & NO buyer beware Hershenson Help Hotline - Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems Also, please read the following three pages of in-depthCustomer Reviews of our company -Page 1,Page 2,Page 3, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from all others! 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.
