actually during WW2 belgian posters were reduced in format and were very often printed on the back of old maps etc ... They did print german movies , long live the belgian king ! filip Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 06:43:28 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Do you ever wonder WHY movie posters from before WWII are so much more rare than those from after? To: [email protected]
Do you ever wonder WHY movie posters from before WWII are so much more rare than those from after? One big reason is the many, many "paper drives" held during the war, when people would contribute old paper of any sort, which was then recycled into new paper (there were major shortages of many items, like rubber, silk, metal, paper and much more, because the Japanese had cut off most of the normal supply of those items to the U.S.). Here are two cool vintage ads from the time, where patriotic superheroes urged everyone to recycle their paper: So the next time you can't find any movie paper on a pre-WWII title you really like (or the cost is prohibitive), blame Captain America or Superman! -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 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-depth Customer 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! Call Send SMSAdd to SkypeYou'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype CallSend SMS Add to SkypeYou'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 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.
