Thank you Bruce for that information. Jim On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 9:59 AM Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote:
> From our auctions of these: > > In the 1930s, a constant headache for theaters was being sure of having > movie posters for their current releases. Often, the posters would travel > with the actual film prints, and sometimes the theater before them might > have forgotten to include the poster, it might have been defaced or torn, > etc. If a theater didn't have posters, it was very frustrating! > > Several companies began in the 1930s (Leader Press, the "other company", > Woolever Press, etc) that made posters of their own for new releases, and > they would provide a back up for theaters in case they didn't get a studio > issued poster. Often the posters from these companies (with the exception > of the "other company") were silk-screen posters, but they were often quite > attractive, and virtually always had a completely different design from the > regular studio issued poster. > > It is an absolute fact that posters from these companies are far more rare > than the regular studio issued posters. It is also a certainty that these > posters were issued when the movies were first released. In fact, they were > created PRIOR to the movie's release, so that they could serve as teaser or > advance posters (theaters rarely got the studio issued posters before > receiving the actual movie). We located an extremely rare original > advertisement for Leader Press posters which clearly states that they were > available to theaters a full two weeks prior to each movie's release. > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 7:01 AM James Gresham <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I noticed that Heritage has a Leader Press Invisible Man one sheet. I >> dont really know too much about Leader Press posters. Were they produced >> the same year as the originals? Are there many known Leader Press >> Posters? Do they retain values? If anyone can fill me in on Leader Press, >> I would be interested. TY Jim Gresham >> >> -- >> James Gresham // CEO >> >> Gresham's Seasonal Services, Inc. >> <http://www.greshamsseasonalservices.com/> >> 18501 Henry Ct. Ray, MI 48096 >> Phone/Fax: 888-576-7669 (SNOW) >> >> What Music They Make <https://www.whatmusictheymake.com> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 22 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. Box 874 > West Plains, MO 65775 > Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we > take lunch) > our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> > our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> > > * Complete Buyer Protection > <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg> > - *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware > * Hershenson Help Hotline > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg> > - *Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems > Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer Reviews > *of our company * - Page 1 > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, > Page 2 > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, > Page 3 > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg>*, > which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company > and our auctions so very different from all others! > -- James Gresham // CEO Gresham's Seasonal Services, Inc. <http://www.greshamsseasonalservices.com/> 18501 Henry Ct. Ray, MI 48096 Phone/Fax: 888-576-7669 (SNOW) What Music They Make <https://www.whatmusictheymake.com> 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.
