Thanks, Bruce! Much appreciated. All of the FOH stills I have are printed on a thick paper. Thus far I just have one full set of 8 for the 1936 release MUMMY'S BOYS. The earliest FOH stills I have for them are from 1931.
I'm pretty sure none of the Wheeler and Woolsey films were ever re-released. At least I have thus far never seen any proof of this. One thing you have to admit, there's a fascinating aspect regarding collecting movie paper from the 1930's, you don't know what's still out there or when you'll find it. Thanks again as always! Glenn On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 3:46 PM Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Glenn > > The biggest problem with these English FOH LCs is telling first release > from re-releases! They can even fool longtime experts. *So some of what I > write below may be slightly off because I misidentified a few re-releases > as original.* > > But with that being said, yes, English FOH LCs mostly came in sets of 8. > We have seen a handful that seem to surely be from the 1920s, but those > could be unmarked 1930s first releases or re-releases. > > We have had a fair number from the 1930s, but they ARE far more rare than > post-WWII ones, surely due to paper shortages during WWII (as was true of > all European countries. > > The ones from the early 1940s are printed on an unusual paper (apparently > all they could get), and many say ""Not Printed on Sensitized Paper"" or > words to that effect. > > You might wonder when color English FOH LCs, and those first appear in the > very early 1940s and were quite common in the 1950s, for better movies. In > the 1950s, some sets of 10 and 12 appear, and Ben Hur had a 16 card set. > > Finally there is a mystery about some color English stills, mostly from > the 1960s and 1970s. They have "printed in Great Britain" printed at the > bottom, but they also have NSS information and regular NSS numbers. Perhaps > they were intended to be used in both countries. > > *So to answer your question, it is likely that most or all of the Wheeler > and Woolseys played in England, and the ones that did almost surely had > exactly 8 card English FOH LC sets.* > > Bruce > > > On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 4:12 PM Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello all - >> >> Happy weekend... >> >> Over the years I've been fortunate to find some FOH stills for some >> Wheeler and Woolsey films. I've been assuming that they came in a series of >> 8 like lobby cards. Can anyone confirm this for me? Is there any way to >> confirm which movies had FOH produced? >> >> Much appreciated! >> >> Glenn >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_5208762180569691946_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > 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.
