Now ... this is what I refer to as a "hi-res' pic of a poster. ad
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 5:58 AM, David Rew <da...@bidll.com> wrote: > Just wanted to offer this follow-up. > > As you know I had written to Mr Peter Snell owner of CEO of British Lion > Film in the hope he might be able to help with the puzzle of the poster. > Although he did not respond directly to me he did kindly pass on my email > to Studio Canal to respond. For those who do not know, Studio Canal > actually have just restored The Third Man and it has (just) been released > as well as available to purchase from all the usual online re-sellers; > watch the (restored) trailer here: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yyDEDGlr0. > > Mr. Massimo Moretti who is the UK Library Commercial Development Manager > for StudioCanal answered as follows [some edits]: > > *"... Our company controls the rights to most of the historical British > Lion catalogue. It is a library with a fascinating history, but this is > history is also quite complicated. Please accept my apologies for the > generalizations, but, in essence:* > > *Studiocanal acquired the catalogue as part of the purchase of the Lumiere > Films catalogue in 1994-6. * > > *Originally the British Lion assets were acquired by EMI Films around > 1973. What makes it complicated is that British Lion acted both as a > financier and as a straightforward distributor and the rights situations > are sometimes complex. However, around 1949, British Lion was owned by Sir > Alexander Korda who used the studio facilities at Shepperton and the > distribution arm for his films produced under ‘London Films’. This is where > The Third Man comes into place. At the time The Selznick Organization > acquired North American distribution rights (the title was spelled The 3rd > Man and the poster is very different), while British Lion distributed > internationally."* > > I also asked if it might be possible if he would know the international > re-release history for the film, to which he replied: > > *"I am afraid our records on the International distribution arm are pretty > much non-existent, we end up relying on the BFI library and imdb.com > <http://imdb.com> (which is far from reliable sometimes). It does not help > that when producing artwork British Lion often relied on National Screen > Services and they have also long gone.**"* > > He also kindly (as I did ask), a couple of lo-res images of the > quads...thought you might like to see them...I'm assuming the US (Selznick) > one would have been part of the *USA 1956/57** re-releases* (BTW - the US > poster sucks ass). ;) > > Here are the confirmations of those USA reissues > http://www.archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai78unse#page/n383/mode/2up > > http://www.archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai80unse#page/n347/mode/2up/search/%22third+man%22+AND+%22reissue%22 > > That is all I have thus far, as you know I had written to someone I know > at BFI but as yet I have not heard back. Either way, I think the poster on > BIDLL > is a special and rare one <http://bidll.com/Listing/Details/420722> - > good luck if you are bidding. > > > > > > regards, > > *David Rew [mob] 0402 925 158* bidll.com for serious collectors > <https://www.facebook.com/bidll> [image: Follow us] > <https://twitter.com/bidll> [image: Follow us] > <http://www.pinterest.com/bidll/bidll-for-the-collector/> > <http://www.bidll.com> > > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
