Think this is a lesson for not putting too much faith in the logic of what's printed on posters.
Quads for Third Man, Fallen Idol, and Small Back Room, have London and Lion logos. Lion logo not on Third Man 1 and 3 sheet. Likewise, Fallen Idol 1-sheet, 6 sheet just the London Films logo. Tales Of Hoffmann quad, no use of London Films logo. Domestic Third Man paper, (recognised domestic 1 sheet, 3-sheet and quad) no censor rating (?) Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Jun 2015, at 13:08, Paul Gerrard > <00000060c3f9be9c-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote: > > David, > It appears Lion International was indeed created in 1955, just after the old > British Lion collapsed with Korda’s London Films and was resurrected under > new ownership. Some brief columns in the Sept 21, Nov 15 and Dec 2 editions > of Motion Picture Daily 1955 describe the set-up of the new firm. These can > be accessed via http://mediahistoryproject.org/ and searching for “lion > international” 1955. > > There’s also a snippet from the Economist Newspaper 1966 on Google Books > http://tinyurl.com/pe7bbce that seems to be tracing the history of those > related companies. > > I can’t find any reference to the name Lion International being used prior to > that point either in the Media History database, in the BFI database, search > engines, or on posters, advertising material etc. The Kinematograph Yearbooks > for 1949/1950 (also in the database) only mention British Lion, London Films > and London Films International. > > This would explain the absence of the London Films logo, which was by then > defunct. The poster must be from a later release then, perhaps corresponding > with the US 1956 release. Despite my slight reservations about Lion > International initially, this still surprised me, as I have to admit I was > still leaning more towards first release purely because of litho number, > print quality, and the Heritage version possibly being a domestic exception > only. > > Whatever the case, I think it’s worth reiterating that any early British > material for The Third Man is exceedingly rare! > > Will be interesting to see if the BFI or British Lion can provide more info > on releases. > > Paul > www.movieposterstudio.com > > > In a message dated 20/06/2015 21:46:09 GMT Daylight Time, > shadow....@gmail.com writes: > I wrote to one of the people I know at the BFI a day or so ago asking if they > could help shed some light, I am waiting to hear back - as an aside, they own > a Quad for the film, not a UK1SH.... > > I also wrote to Peter Snell, CEO of British Lion (yes, I used Google to find > him/the company) but sadly his email bounced back, I do have another option > and have written to him there. > > David > > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
