I agree with Adrian that both campaigns are good, and certainly completely different. And Helmut is completely right when it comes to the times where the art is different. Most times they just used the exact same image, but when they did something different, it is worth a lot more than when it is the same.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Adrian Cowdry < [email protected]> wrote: > Getting off topic a little, while that Man Who Fell to Earth Half Subway > is stunning I personally prefer the Vic Fair art. I think the Fair art is > more apt to what the film is all about as opposed to a silver image of > Bowie. > > Two different campaign images - advertising the film in two different ways. > > > *This Never Happened to the Other Fella....* > > Adrian Cowdry > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> > To: MoPo-L <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 9:32 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] What do you call this size poster? > > As long as the image is the same as the onesheet, I agree with Bruce: > Most collectors might indeed prefer the onesheet. > > However, sometimes the subway campaign used completely different images, > like this Style B poster for THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH: > > > http://www.filmposter.net/movieposters/poster/movie/original/the-man-who-fell-to-earth-16/search/1/pno/0/ > > This image was not used anywhere else, and it's far superior to the > onesheet. Also, sometimes the half subways were printed on flat paper > stock. To some collectors, they may be more attractive than the 'glossy' > onesheets. Which, of course, does not mean they are more expensive. > > Talk about 'rare' formats: Most likely the rarest format of all the US > posters is the 'Subway Window Card', measuring 21x22 in. These were used in > displays inside the subway trains and this is a format that hardly ever > shows up at all. > > Helmut > > > Thanks. I will pass that information along. > > If that is all that you have ever sold (236 records out of 1 million > sales), I would argue that they are fairly scarce. But I am not convinced > (based on the sale prices) that these garner a premium over the > corresponding 1-sheets. Would you agree? > > Evan > > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2014 11:28 PM > *To:* Evan Zweifel <[email protected]> > *Cc:* MoPo-L <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What do you call this size poster? > > It is called a "half subway", and measures 29 1/2 x 45 1/2 or so. Full > subway posters measure 45 x 60. > > In the 1970s and 1980s, studios were creating "subway posters" for many > releases, which were 45" x 60" horizontally-shaped posters that were glued > up on walls all over New York City (hence the name "subway poster"). They > also made these smaller "subway" posters which measure approximately half > the size of a regular "subway" poster (usually around 29" x 45"), and look > like a one-sheet, only bigger, but they have information about one or more > specific New York theaters then-currently showing that movie. > > Here are a bunch of them: > > *http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/search/half%2520subway/archive.html > <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/search/half%2520subway/archive.html>* > > > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Evan Zweifel <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> A friend of mine has this poster from Raiders of the Lost Ark which is >> folded and bigger than a 1-sheet (not a 3 sheet). It has NYC theater >> information on the bottom as well. I have uploaded a picture to the >> internet at: >> >> http://imgur.com/a8Pyt6I >> >> What is this size called? And what is it worth? 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