I tend to use the Bond movies as a guide Last window card Diamonds Are Forever Last Half Sheet A View to a Kill Last Insert A View to a Kill Last Three Sheet For Your Eyes Only Last Six Sheet Moonraker
This is for Bond films and I figure the time of these films is when the poster sizes were being phased out. As for one sheets it appears that an international size was decided upon and phased in, inbyhe last 15 years or so. Lobby cards are now being phased out...and boot leggets are providing new sets! This Never Happened to the Other Fella.... Adrian Cowdry [email protected] On Sunday, May 31, 2015 David Kusumoto <[email protected]> wrote: The compiled reply below is 7 years old; and it only covers the last "known" formats and not the reasons "why" re: their demise - but it's still interesting. Educated guesses aplenty about the end of these poster formats, (antagonists and other can disagree, but I wish Bruce or a few others were still on this list to chime in) - but I think the destruction of first-run movie houses - in favor of multi-screen-plexes during the 1970s - were huge. Six-sheets, three-sheets, lobby cards and inserts? Where would exhibitors display them in places housing smallish auditoriums which, at the time, could accommodate less than 150-200 people each? -d. Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:30:32 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: UPDATE: When did studios stop making 3-sheets? To: [email protected] OK, based on new info offered by MoPoer's since yesterday: Last known U.S. six-sheet produced: 1980 ("Empire Strikes Back") Last known U.S. three-sheet produced: 1985 ("Cocoon") Last known U.S. half-sheets produced: 1985 ("Cocoon" and "Prizzi's Honor") Last known U.S. inserts produced: 1986 ("Dream Lover" - "Youngblood" - "9 1/2 Weeks") ** If anyone has anything in their collections or inventories produced AFTER these dates, please let the group know. -d. -----Original Message----- Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 14:15:16 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: Questions To: [email protected] OK, I have a couple of questions for the group: A: When did they phase out inserts, half sheets. three sheets, and lobby cards? Was it a staggered thing or did they just flush them all down the toilet at once? B: Why did they suddenly make one sheets 27 X 40? What's the deal with the extra inch? The double-sided light box thing I get absolutely, but the extra inch? Why does it matter...except to my wife? Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge. I miss inserts; I can put more of 'em on my wall. Of course, I also miss posters that aren't just boring Photoshopped images, but that's another post altogether. Greg Douglass -- Greg Douglass Guitarist- Lessons, Live Shows, Touring, & Studio Work (760)212-3648 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.
