Great story, Ira. What years were you at Fox?
What grabbed me was Sue looked at your poster and said it used to belong to her. I cleaned out a 1950’s insert and half sheet warehouse nearly 50 years ago. Would be curious if anyone has inserts or half sheets - with stock numbers written in marker on the reverse , usually the right corner - sometimes the slightest bleed into front - but most good. Anyone out there the beneficiary of something they love that came from that find? Psycho, Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, This Island Earth - There were a few pieces from all the greats. Alan > On Mar 18, 2020, at 11:53 AM, Ira Rubenstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK - > > I will jump in. I was interning for 20th Century Fox theatrical Marketing > and Distribution. I was spending one week out at the Branch office in > Sherman Oaks. They gave the intern the fun job to clean out the closet. > Well, I came across some Return of The Jedi posters and other FOX films and > I asked if I could take them home. YES! And that's what started it. > > From my internship I joined Fox in exhibitor relations and of course my job > was sending out posters. And of course I got to keep a copy or two. > > Then one year I asked NSS people for some posters as a present for my wife. > Winnie The Pooh and some Star Wars. Came in the mail. That really > kicked it into high gear. > > My first significant purchase was a SINGIN IN THE RAIN one sheet. A > co-worker told me about these auctions you could buy older posters. > Again, my wife's favorite film. Got the poster. Took it to Sue to frame. > > > She looked it at it and said. Hey, this was once mine. Never folded > version that hung at MGM in the Art Director's office. __ And Sue and I > have been friends ever since. > > And I now have over 1100 posters in my collection. And no more wall space. > > Ira > > On 3/18/20, 1:52 PM, "MoPo List on behalf of Alan Adler" > <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > > Okay - > > We’ve got all this time - > > We’ve got this great forum. > > Let’s crank it up a bit. > > > Every one of us has a story about the first poster we ever scored and > changed our life. > > > Will start it off - > > I was nine years old - it was 1957 - Asheboro, North Carolina - the > Carolina Theater - > > Would take a cab from elementary school to go to the movies before walking > down the street to my parents dress shop and ride home with them. > > Saw I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and was instantly transformed beyond my ears > into a frothing teenager. > > Begged the manager of the theater for that poster. > > He said they always have to send them back - they cost money - (maybe 35 > cents pack then?) - > > Begged the manager even more. > > He caved and gave me the insert from Teenage Werewolf. > > I was never the same. > > Cobalt ink began to run through my veins. > > Would stop to go through the garbage cans behind the theater before I went > to the movies. > > Ah, the days of trash picking. > > Oddly enough, when I started the Fox Archives - > > Started going through the studio trash. > > My wife began to call me an executive dumpster diver. > > Eventually I curated the Fox Museum - THE HALL OF COOL STUFF - in > Australia. > > It contained nearly six million dollars worth of trash I salvaged and > stopped from being tossed. > > Trash these days just isn’t what it was! > > Alan Adler > Museum of Mom and Pop Culture > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.filmfan.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=QX2OfGk7aRC3kh1nmtbeQQ&r=1ABCRTqq8ZKdvyai6WoqCObnYf2li9myHFS5WHeM88A&m=cPwoRzQt95eK554q-guCea8A21CTJ41hUYaP_kA6cb8&s=n97V7Jont2f-32h5RkNgPbjbRQhA31P44VcLzNH21Jk&e= > > ___________________________________________________________________ > 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. > > > > 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. > 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.
