For those who knew Richard Allen you had to like this gentleman. He was "Old School" . Famous for his book, his love of collecting, that great "Flying Down to Rio" three sheet , his wit, and his slide shows and speeches at Cinevent in Columbus. I would see him at conventions and auctions in Toronto, Canada, a city he and Barbara loved to visit. Every year we lose a few old timers and Richard was at the top of my list. Morrie Everett
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 10:22 AM Susan Heim <[email protected]> wrote: > Mr. Allen was such a kind and generous person. The conversations we had > were always so enlightening and just so nice. I still have my Reel Art > book close at hand. Sorry to hear of this.. > Sue Heim > ------------------------------ > *From:* MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Alan > Heimann <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 2, 2018 3:50:16 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] The world's foremost movie poster collector, > Richard Carson Allen, passed away on September 19th > > Coming across his book in the mid 90’s sparked my interest in poster > collecting ..from what’s been written here he had an amazing life > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:39 PM Diane Jeffrey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I echo everything that has been said here about Richard C. Allen, 100 > times over. > > > > While we had the business of posters in common, my relationship with “Mr. > Allen” (I always called him that) was so much more. We would spend hours > on the phone talking about anything and everything, life, family, politics, > Montclair, NJ ( I am a Jersey girl), stories of when he was in the service, > healthy living ( I am still sleeping on the magnetic mattress, he knew > would be good for me). He had such an impact on my life that I will always > be grateful for. Through the years, we always talked through the changes > in our lives, and I will miss that. > > > > Rest easy my friend, Mr. Allen, you made this world a special place for me. > > > > Diane > > Studio C > > > > *From:* MoPo List <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of * > Posteritati > *Sent:* Monday, October 1, 2018 2:05 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] The world's foremost movie poster collector, > Richard Carson Allen, passed away on September 19th > > > > Ditto that sentiment Kirby. Richard was as lovely a person as you are ever > likely to encounter. His passion & enthusiasm for movie posters & their > history was inspiring & a pleasure to be around. I always felt very > privileged to have the opportunity to talk to him or listed to him discuss > our shared passion. > > > > I am deeply sorry to hear of his passing. 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He was a > wonderful man, and he was so kind to me in the beginning days of my career > selling film posters. He was encouraging. He genuinely loved film > posters, and your assessment of his influence on the hobby is spot-on. The > book he created with Stephen Rebello is a wonderful book, and I’m sure that > it helped to spawn the many books that now exist on the subject, some of > which are quite fine, but none better than REEL ART. > > > > You are quite right about his personality, which was warm, friendly, > inviting, curious, genial, patient. > > > > I was lucky to have known him. My dad died when he was 97 also, and I can > tell you that that in itself is an accomplishment. > > > > Rest In Peace, Richard. > > > > Kind Regards to all on this list, and to you, Bruce, > > > > Kirby McDaniel > > MovieArt Austin > > > > > > > > On Oct 1, 2018, at 1:35 PM, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > It is with much sadness that I report that the world's foremost movie > poster collector, Richard Carson Allen, passed away on September 19th. He > was 97 years old, and he lived a remarkably full life, both personally and > professionally. You can read much about him here: > *https://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?n=richard-carson-allen&pid=190354169* > <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fobituaries.pressherald.com%2Fobituaries%2Fmainetoday-pressherald%2Fobituary.aspx%3Fn%3Drichard-carson-allen%26pid%3D190354169&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7abaf4e561ac4abc6e3308d6281a31b2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636740490299750375&sdata=p8wPYZIzETzBeUIVO4k0UYsatJxIFl0qSKcsn14eYAc%3D&reserved=0> > > I first learned of Richard Allen in 1988 when I saw the massive coffee > table book he had just co-authored with Stephen Rebello, *Reel Art. Great > Posters From the Golden Age of the Silver Screen*. In the mid-1980s I > resumed collecting movie posters (after having stopped for a decade), and > it was this amazing book that propelled my collecting into a much higher > gear (and I have heard the same from many, many, other collectors over the > years since). > > After buying the book, I very much wanted to meet Mr. Allen in person, and > I did so the following year (legendary movie poster dealer Jose Ma Carpio > set it up). Upon meeting Richard (as he insisted I call him!), I was at > once struck by how humble he was, in spite of his many business > accomplishments. And I also met his wonderful (and very supportive) wife, > Barbara, whom he had married in 1943, and who was by his side when he > passed away, after a 75 year marriage and three children. > > Over the next few years we had many business dealings, with my first > auctioning much of his remarkable collection, and later we co-authored a > large number of movie poster books, and later still we formed a partnership > in leasing images of classic movie posters (the Hershenson/Allen Archive), > and through it all, we never had a single disagreement. > > I have accomplished much during my career in the movie poster hobby, and > whenever people ask me how I did it, I remember the words of Isaac Newton, > who said, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of > giants", and I say that in my case, "If I have done more in this hobby than > others, it is by standing on the shoulders of Richard Allen"! > > Incidentally, Richard did not come first come into the movie poster hobby > around the time of Reel Art. Growing up in Montclair New Jersey, he would > attend great 1930s movies, and sometimes he asked the theater for a poster > from a particular favorite, and he still had those when I visited him for > the first time in 1989! When dealers first appeared on the collecting scene > in the 1960s and 1970s, Richard was one of their best customers, searching > out the finest posters from the finest movies. This is why Reel Art > contained the most amazing assemblage of movie posters ever seen, because > the collection had been formed over many decades. > > It is impossible to overstate how influential Richard's book, Reel Art, > has been on the movie collecting hobby. It was the first to treat them as > an art form rather than a collectible, and it is no coincidence that less > than two years after the publication of this book the world's foremost > auction houses were regularly holding major movie poster auctions, and that > this little hobby grew from a few hundred people to many thousands. And for > decades after its publication, Richard remained a "good will ambassador" > for the hobby, traveling all over the country, telling everyone he could > about this wonderful hobby. > > So thank you very, very much Richard, for all you did for the movie poster > collecting hobby. You absolutely were the world's number one movie poster > collector, and every collector the world over owes you a great debt of > gratitude for all you did for our hobby! > > > ------------------------------ > > 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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7abaf4e561ac4abc6e3308d6281a31b2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636740490299750375&sdata=MiR4v2VzNCrmToLl1yack7SCAfMiNTokj9iLmLA52yg%3D&reserved=0> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7abaf4e561ac4abc6e3308d6281a31b2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636740490299750375&sdata=MiR4v2VzNCrmToLl1yack7SCAfMiNTokj9iLmLA52yg%3D&reserved=0> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7abaf4e561ac4abc6e3308d6281a31b2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636740490299750375&sdata=MiR4v2VzNCrmToLl1yack7SCAfMiNTokj9iLmLA52yg%3D&reserved=0> > > ------------------------------ > > 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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7abaf4e561ac4abc6e3308d6281a31b2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636740490299750375&sdata=MiR4v2VzNCrmToLl1yack7SCAfMiNTokj9iLmLA52yg%3D&reserved=0> > > > ------------------------------ > > 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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flistserv.american.edu%2Fscripts%2Fwa-american.exe%3FSUBED1%3DMoPo-L%26A%3D1&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7abaf4e561ac4abc6e3308d6281a31b2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636740490299750375&sdata=MiR4v2VzNCrmToLl1yack7SCAfMiNTokj9iLmLA52yg%3D&reserved=0> > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
