I’ll play and date myself... My first real theater poster was Wes Anderson’s flick Rushmore... DS US OS. Put pin holes in it and everything. Hung it above my headboard. Still have it!
I was in love with Miss Rosemary too... AND the director was from Texas! Got me into posters. That or Great Expectations - cause I was in love with Ms. Paltrow... Basically the start of a long love affair with leading ladies... Charlie Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Alan Adler <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:51:42 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [MOPO] First Poster Stories 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://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.filmfan.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc10ed1e64f3d4e43935b08d7cb65085d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637201507099115071&sdata=nsY6lrqiBii5GQYHntLdHuXLaBnHhiyZ7qsj8%2Fcb6jM%3D&reserved=0 ___________________________________________________________________ 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.
