Perfect, Bruce! Fantastic advice! Yes, always on the hunt for more of Bert and Bob!
Best regards - Glenn On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 4:52 PM Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Glenn! You should look up each of the other movies in the imdb and > see if they give a release date for England on each. If they do, the > chances are wonderful there WILL be FOH stills for that film. If they > don't, but they do show release dates for any European countries, then > there probably was also an English release and FOH stills. > > You should also check my Auction History, and the rest of the Internet, to > see what movies if any had any other first release English paper (or > pressbooks), If you find any with ANY first release English paper (or > pressbooks), then again, the chances are wonderful there WILL be FOH > stills for that film. > > Best of luck on your search. I get the feeling you are one of the very > last MoPo members who actively collects any more. A lot are clearly in the > liquidation phase of their collecting. > > Bruce > > > <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_6633547583859545125_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 5:57 PM Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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? 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