I should just confirm, though, that there is a connection from the seller to StudioCanal, as I contacted SC before bidding to buy any of the posters, and they informed me that the eBayers were acting on their behalf.
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 16:56, Tommy Barr <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops - lesson in don't believe what you're told for me here. Apologies to > EMP. It was the sellers of the StudioCanal archive who told me that, but > they insisted it was StudioCanal who had informed them. > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 15:47, Paul Gerrard < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'd generally agree with you Matt, although the block EMI logo starts >> appearing on posters from the end of 1970, e.g. Railway Children quad (tho >> not UK 1-sheet!), Raging Moon quad etc. >> >> Similar situation exists with UK 1-sheets with the Thorn EMI logo. EMI >> didn't merge with Thorn until 1979, so that throws up some further >> re-releases from the seller I think you're talking about. I did contact >> them about these things along with lots of evidence, but after initially >> appearing receptive, they finally chose to ignore it and said they weren't >> doing anything wrong. >> >> Paul >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Matt Johnston <[email protected]> >> To: MoPo-L <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:29 >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] English one sheets >> >> The block EMI logo wasn’t used until 1976: >> http://www.closinglogos.com/page/EMI+Films+%28UK%29 >> >> Keep in mind the person selling the the duo-tone English 1-sheets has no >> relation to Studio Canal. So none of this info is “according to Studio >> Canal…” — it’s according some some seller on eBay. >> >> They’ve been listing the Peeping Tom 1-sheets with the block EMI logo as >> original release also. There is a much different (and much more rare) >> day-glo English export 1-sheet that turned up in France that is almost >> certainly from the first release. It uses the Anglo-Amalgamated logo, the >> same distribution company that released Peeping Tom in England in 1960. >> >> http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/11353878.html >> >> My money would be on most/all of those duo-tone English 1-sheets being >> re-release posters. >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 25, 2018, at 8:36 AM, Tommy Barr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In today's auction on emovieposters there are 2 English one sheets for >> Scars of Dracula, one listed as the first release and one as an undated >> re-release. While there is no doubt that the full colour poster is the >> first release, according to StudioCanal who now own the archive for most >> English studios, the bi-colour version is also a first release, but for >> international distribution. I informed emp of that but for some reason, and >> with no other evidence, they are sticking to the re-release attribution. >> There are a number of posters I have identified that exist n a first >> release full colour domestic version and a bi-colour international one, >> among them The Man Who Fell To Earth, Murder On The Orient Express, That'll >> Be The Day, Horrors of the Black Museum and Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD. >> >> Tommy >> >> ------------------------------ >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> 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.
