Thanks, Todd. Talk about a total, in-house operation!
Jeff > On Feb 18, 2018, at 1:45 PM, Todd <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jeff, > > From what I understood, some of the larger NSS Exchanges had printing > facilities and distributed the posters to the other exchanges. > > Todd > > > From: Jeff Potokar <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 4:40 PM > To: Todd > Cc: mopo > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Nerdiest question ever.... > > Todd, > > Did the NSS exchanges or regional locations have actual printing plants on > the premises? Or was the physical printing of the posters done offsite and > then sent back to the exchanges, where they were then distributed from? > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > >> On Feb 18, 2018, at 1:31 PM, Todd <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Not a nerdy question at all. >> >> I can't speak for all of the NSS Exchanges but when I had my connection with >> NSS in the mid to late 1970 and early 1980's, my connection was still able >> to get posters going back to the 1930's. >> >> No Casablanca's or Frankenstein's or other possibe Classic titles, but >> definitely posters going all the way back to the 1930's. >> >> Todd >> >> >> From: MoPo List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of MoviePoster Collectors >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 4:17 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Nerdiest question ever.... >> >> Just to clarify, I know they were all printed at the exchanges and then >> distributed.... >> >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 4:12 PM, MoviePoster Collectors >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> Not sure why this percolated into my brain, but did the NSS Exchanges >> systematically purge old posters (i.e.10+ years old) so that by the time >> they shut down in the mid-80s they just didn't have older posters that were >> not - or could not - have been rescued? >> >> I heard an interview explaining that a Canadian exchange one day just tossed >> out its older posters. I also read that somebody visited the Atlanta (or >> Miami) exchange and it didn't have any older posters when it shut down. >> >> If the surviving 1945-75 posters didn't originate one way or another from >> the exchanges, where the he[ck] did they come from? >> >> -- >> Mel S. Hutson >> Charlotte, NC USA >> www.moviepostercollectors.guide <http://www.moviepostercollectors.guide/>: >> Movie Poster Collecting Reference and Showcase >> >> >> >> -- >> Mel S. Hutson >> Charlotte, NC USA >> www.moviepostercollectors.guide <http://www.moviepostercollectors.guide/>: >> Movie Poster Collecting Reference and Showcase >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> <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.
