Re: [MOPO] What's the best movie about your profession?

[MoviePoster Collectors]

I'll start. I was an attorney for 20 years and definitely agree that "My
Cousin Vinny" is the funniest movie about lawyering. It is not realistic in
one sense: Most attorneys never try cases, contrary to popular belief,
because the vast majority settle or are dismissed. (Likewise, in criminal
cases, 95% of the time the defendant plea bargains.)

I actually did second-chair one jury case. We represented the wife who was
suing for divorce, child custody, and . I could write a screen-play
about that crazy case! The husband owned the only porn store in the county
and had ALLEGEDLY buried mountains of untaxed cash proceeds from the store.
We presented lots of sleazy witnesses who described his shenanigans. Our
client was cosmetically "enhanced" to the max and had received $100K in
jewelry from husband. When questioned, she admitted she had condoned and
benefitted from the shenanigans but could not quit working for the store
because "I was the world's best vibrator salesperson!" Eventually, both
parties became convinced the FBI was monitoring the trial and agreed to
settle after four days of trial before they got arrested!

*

Your turn!

On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 2:33 AM, MoviePoster Collectors <
moviepostercollect...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Great article!
>
> "Cal Ripken’s favorite baseball movie, and 24 others on the best film
> about their profession"
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/cal-
> ripkens-favorite-baseball-movie-and-21-others-on-the-
> best-film-about-their-profession/2017/12/25/223c8fb8-e5d0-11e7-833f-
> 155031558ff4_story.html
>
> *
>
> If your profession is discussed, do you agree with the chosen film and
> why? What other films are good choices for your profession?
>
> If your profession is excluded, do "profess" the best film about it!
>
> --
> Mel S. Hutson
> Charlotte, NC USA
> www.moviepostercollectors.guide: Movie Poster Collecting Reference and
> Showcase
>



-- 
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[MOPO] What's the best movie about your profession?

[MoviePoster Collectors]

Great article!

"Cal Ripken’s favorite baseball movie, and 24 others on the best film about
their profession"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/cal-ripkens-favorite-baseball-movie-and-21-others-on-the-best-film-about-their-profession/2017/12/25/223c8fb8-e5d0-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html

*

If your profession is discussed, do you agree with the chosen film and why?
What other films are good choices for your profession?

If your profession is excluded, do "profess" the best film about it!

-- 
Mel S. Hutson
Charlotte, NC USA
www.moviepostercollectors.guide: Movie Poster Collecting Reference and
Showcase

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Re: [MOPO] Pre-internet mail-order movie poster stores?

[Tom Martin]

some of my early poster people where danilowitz in boston..his partner 
was john..poster pix...rcks movie graphics whowas in floricda...marty 
lifshultz in east meadow nwyy york,,there posterexchange in tenn,,, 
poaster la affishe,  ma ny dealers inUK and italy and germany.. armchair 
theater in austrailia,,,greg  eggbert inla... my buddy in texas , a few 
la dealers...and the studios,,,i worked fora co suposedly owned part by 
bob dylan that did deroit poster striping or wild posting and so i got 
mostly tristar,acannon, cbs, columbia and the likeso lots of norris 
one sheets and some likeironeagle...and othertitles..they would send me 
100s of posters like3 400 rool boxes at a time...andi just needed to do 
like10-20 visable spots...so i could get rid ofthe excess... it was a 
dangerous gig as itwas detroit in rough areas..likewoodward..i also did 
concer posters for pine knob shows..lieksantana, and others...the 
printers where likegotham ,gore and the top printers of movie 
posters..many where printed inOHIO at continental litho in clecland 
andold posters many where done here liketookerand more as we had stone 
litho printers...chicago and east coastalso did many...i think they did 
multiple runs in otherplants toexplain preess runs.better..as many think 
its bootleg whenitwas just theold school plate tergistaion was done by 
colorkey targettson metal plates,,now the digital is better 
regsoalao the copies are sharper nowthatswhy printing is so 
cheap as they an gang run liekvistaprint ectand do offshore printing 
also...the weight is still a issue...sa me with books and all...weight 
...the standard now is coated enamel stock paper butsome get varnish 
like a remeber the spawn was coated whith a clearcoat..a friend does it 
on boak covers and looks great super glossy,,but i always liked veryflat 
old poster inks onstone litho best..as theink pops..and so did the 
art...all posters are just a cool, art formand theartwork on monster 
model boxes was also cool.on aurora.kits,,,
 If you love poster art the magazine art of 20,30 40  is just out ofthe 
world good,,thepainters likeJc leyandecker, and thechesecal giutys and 
movie magazine artist likechristy, and othersand the ones that did 
fortune and collliers, sate st, womans mags..and others just knowck the 
socks off...same withtinlithotous,,and robots...amd space 
toys...wow.popculture of baby boomers was a great period... but now 
we are all almost 70s and 80s.so now what??? pass them on to the 
kids i say and keep the memories going...otherwise they end up like 
taiders ofthelostark.




On 2017-12-26 09:18, Michael Danes wrote:
Movie Poster Place and  Cinemafantistique got a lot of my cash in the 
70s-80s.


Thanks,
MD

On Dec 25, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Tom Martin 
 wrote:


hi i think you may have ben thinking cinema city in mich also there 
was ccs inlivonia.. andricks movie graphics in gainsvill florida..also 
poflake in illinois


Jerry Ohlingers in NYc(he is stillon ebay as JOMMs has been a 
longstanding one and most closed the brrick and morter 
shops,,likerandy ay collectors warehouse in cleveland[ebay Bradburied


remember when -dallas sheron herndon, i belive closed movie madness 
washington dc /geaortown closed ..as many bought from me diringthe 80s 
and we all tradeded..bill luton Movie posetheaterexchenge and many 
more havegone back tomailorderdo to high costs ofretailstors plus the 
slowdown insales and also the commercial reprint market has slwed as  
noone wants thetitles they did in the 80s..so there are fewer reprints 
out there,andfewere interest,,,i just told anotherdeaalerits been 
years since anyone even ask ed for theda Bara ad the younger people 
dontcare abutbogi, gable and all..soa few marilyns is about itand 
monster stuff andforawhielscarface was hot but that all gone..


so just the auction people seem to do ok on hot old posters...since in 
ever sold 100k posters i never knew those buyers..i sold to 
everybody..
papercatalogs where costlyand got utdated fastand the supliers  could 
be sold out so unless you could afford mass quatities it was a waste 
of time to inventory most posters..and havediversity and wheninternet 
stared everyone had same titlesso they where not hard to get and 
thepacking costs heep going up...so many postersupliere did affiliate 
programs and so the same posterwas being offered by10 vendors butmost 
didnteven stock it so it was anyone guess iftwould ship..


to see whos in buiness i suggest get classic images ,,bob kingwill 
send youa free copie ifycal oremal...good publicationand most dealers 
on mop and ebay are inthere.. as the small dealers like me...im on 
thenet and ebay however i have been ill for sevela years ao unless 
someone calls me oremails me i  just list on ebay or tell people,,ive 
ben in busines sice 1977 and still have stuff from when i started... 
but its all over the place and i sell all kinds of stuf like 

Re: [MOPO] LAT: Even with 'Star Wars' surge, moviegoing could hit 22-year low. Blame bad sequels, rising ticket prices and streaming

[allen day]

Thanks Mel.

Interesting read.

ad

On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 7:57 PM, MoviePoster Collectors <
moviepostercollect...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hollywood is celebrating the end of 2017 with astronomical sales from
> “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” which is on track to soon exceed $1 billion in
> global ticket sales and eventually become the biggest movie of the year.
> But that won’t be enough to write a happy storyline for the industry.
>
> Although movie ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada are expected to dip
> just below last year's record of $11.38 billion, the number of tickets sold
> is projected to drop 4% to 1.26 billion — the lowest level since 1995,
> according to preliminary estimates from studio executives.
>
> The falloff in ticket sales can mostly be explained by a handful of movies
> that flopped, especially during the dreary summer season that posted the
> worst results in more than two decades. Even such massive hits as “Wonder
> Woman,” “Thor: Ragnarok” and “It” couldn’t make up for a lackluster summer
> lineup populated by rickety franchises (“Alien: Covenant”) and poorly
> reviewed retreads (“The Mummy”).
>
> *However, the long-term decline in attendance reflects systemic challenges
> facing the industry. Audiences are spending less time going to the movies
> and are consuming more entertainment on small screens and through streaming
> services such as Netflix and Amazon that are spending billions on original
> video content.*
>
> At the same time, while higher ticket prices have helped to offset
> attendance declines, they have made consumers pickier about what movies
> they’re willing to go see. And those increasingly discerning consumers turn
> to social media and Rotten Tomatoes to decide what’s worth their time and
> money.
>
>
>
> “You cannot pull a fast one on the audience,” said Greg Foster, chief
> executive of Imax Entertainment. “The tools that are available for
> consumers to decide how and where to spend entertainment dollars are so
> vast. Consumers know what works and what doesn't long before the product
> becomes available.”
>
>
> Challenges at the box office are helping to fuel a wave of media
> consolidation. Walt Disney Co. this month announced a blockbuster deal to
> buy entertainment assets from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox for $52.4
> billion.
>
>
>
> Murdoch’s surprise decision to sell the bulk of his media empire was at
> least partly motivated by concerns about the future of the movie business
> in a world dominated by streaming, analysts said.
>
>
>
> Cinema chains also are bulking up to better compete. Regal Entertainment
> Group, the nation’s second-largest theater owner, last month agreed to sell
> to British theater company Cineworld for $3.6 billion.
>
>
>
> For studios, the box office has become a land of princes and paupers, with
> a handful of movies and a couple studios increasingly dominating the
> business. As of Dec. 17, Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. accounted for 40%
> of domestic market share. In 2012, the top two studios (Sony and Warner
> Bros.) only took up 30% of the industry total.
>
>
>
> Of the 165 wide-release movies this year, the top 20 claimed 51% of ticket
> sales in 2017, representing a 2% increase from last year, according to
> estimates from distributors. Five years ago, the 20 biggest movies
> accounted for about 40% of annual grosses.
>
>
>
> “It's a really binary business between the haves and the have-nots,” said
> Jeff Goldstein, head of domestic distribution for Warner Bros.
>
>
>
> Nowhere was that trend clearer than last weekend, when the animated Fox
> movie “Ferdinand” opened against Disney’s “The Last Jedi.” The $111-million
> kids’ film about a fighting-averse bull opened with a pitiful $13 million,
> due to a lack of audience interest in the story and competition from
> Pixar’s hit computer-animated movie “Coco.” By contrast, the new “Star
> Wars” opened with $220 million — nearly 17 times “Ferdinand’s” debut
>
>
>
> Hollywood’s lack of fresh ideas also dampened ticket sales. Consumers
> clearly rejected aging franchises and retreads of old concepts and
> characters, especially during the summer months. Few people wanted to see
> Paramount’s R-rated “Baywatch” revival or Universal’s reboot of “The
> Mummy,” which was supposed to kick-start a series of monster movies. Ditto
> for the fifth “Transformers” movie.
>
>
>
> “The films that underperformed were the fifth or eighth in the franchise,”
> said Eric Wold, an entertainment and media analyst with B. Riley FBR Inc.
> “Those franchises were already on the decline, so you can't expect people
> to go run to them.”
>
>
>
> Originality and quality really pay off
>
>
>
> On the other hand, movies with the right combination of originality and
> quality scored big numbers.
>
>
>
> Disney’s well-reviewed live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast” and
> Warner Bros.’ “Wonder Woman” scored with audiences, grossing $504 million
> and $412 million, respectively in the U.S. and 

Re: [MOPO] Pre-internet mail-order movie poster stores?

[Tom Martin]

yes they are nice i have some i dont think i everadvertised in it but i 
did in baby boommer owned by krause. thecomic buyers guide, and 
goldmine..andall the ariouse spin off also famgoria..if you lok inbck 
issue imin many fromthe late70sto thelayet80sselling everything from 
myarmor, neatles, adam west  books,movie mags and posters i also putads 
intarde mags likedecor thatwent toall theframers inua and soldtodeck 
thewalls a franchise..iffred a lt of reprints to get teminto movie 
posters thenwhlsale onesheets andotherstuff...my prducttwherea 
accidentas i did thenational stationary show inNYC and the 
motivationshow in chicago numerous times..i got to meet everyone 
fromHerrods inLondo toDisneysceo...and many huge vendors ofall kids,,,my 
f\products where a rush to fill out thebooth my original idea wa  kiosk 
ofalltypes of memorabilai a mini Hollywood dreamfactory® with mugs 
tshirs kchaiins street sighs answering tapes anything hollywood and 
motion picture related andthe main focus was posters..i added stills and 
my moie eallclock and clapbuards and movie lights to fill it out but 
people loved mystuff..so next i know i wa supllyingall the movie 
studios...they just wanted stuffwitha logo,,,i said nole me makea 
memorable things as i lve this industry andknow theback story..andso 
pros inthe industryliked it as much as new bies as myclapboards 
functioned and all USA made..theones ontheinternet copied myart 
,mydesignes..but theni didnt invent it i modified it jsutas allwriters 
and filmmakers do too we all get inspire bythose thatpredate usand 
whenyou find out that they had heros to you see its like a 
family..theold guys who talked to metold methere stories like i tell 
mine..and on mope its guys likehershendson and adler, evverett,and 
mcdaniel..heck kib andi dring thesame coffe Mcdanield...funnyeh??? 
amdwheni hear yourstories of people inthis crazy biz i wonder how any of 
us lived to be here..so much is lost in info andby now way do i calim to 
be a authority or a pro but if a pro is someone thats done it 40 years 
and is stillaround i guess iam by default...lol which is funny..so many 
ofthe authors taught melikeher bridges,, james parrish andothers as they 
where alsoauthors and knew the details..so are thedealers who turned me 
onto tostuff...i dont know buta minor part but linewood dunnwho putking 
kongon the empire andlloyd berman bot lked me and said keep doingwhat 
yourdoing we had some cool conversations as well as arthurhatch 
president ofstrong who saw my mini museum and said youreally love this 
stuffdont you??? i said yes but its a crazy bisalsotheactors all 
know whensomeone is just not in it for the passion but just the money or 
being cool... and theywhere oncelike  me broke and stupid..but they had 
the passion andthats all i ever look for ina collector..i dontcare ifyou 
spend 50cents or 50thousand  ifyou love motion picture we are buds...if 
you careabot ever creae inthe poster you willmake me nuts as itsnotabout 
that..perfection eludes aus all..but the passion is what fuesl me and 
others and always imho is whatmatters thats why some movies flop as some 
peolejustdonthave thesame passions...butwhenis shared man is 
itfun??andunity?and beautiful..likea christy movie mag cover orHurrell 
photo?? i got tospeak togearg anditas one ofthe best times i had as he 
was genuimne...he used tomake baby sounds lieka baby pghotog to get the 
models all unstressed..he was humble..i sad what do you collect?he said 
nothinhg imalways shooting...
cinefex was one of myfavei gave them to myson...they rock..andi think i 
had a ad in one ortwo..iforget...


On 2017-12-26 09:18, Michael Danes wrote:
Movie Poster Place and  Cinemafantistique got a lot of my cash in the 
70s-80s.


Thanks,
MD

On Dec 25, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Tom Martin 
 wrote:


hi i think you may have ben thinking cinema city in mich also there 
was ccs inlivonia.. andricks movie graphics in gainsvill florida..also 
poflake in illinois


Jerry Ohlingers in NYc(he is stillon ebay as JOMMs has been a 
longstanding one and most closed the brrick and morter 
shops,,likerandy ay collectors warehouse in cleveland[ebay Bradburied


remember when -dallas sheron herndon, i belive closed movie madness 
washington dc /geaortown closed ..as many bought from me diringthe 80s 
and we all tradeded..bill luton Movie posetheaterexchenge and many 
more havegone back tomailorderdo to high costs ofretailstors plus the 
slowdown insales and also the commercial reprint market has slwed as  
noone wants thetitles they did in the 80s..so there are fewer reprints 
out there,andfewere interest,,,i just told anotherdeaalerits been 
years since anyone even ask ed for theda Bara ad the younger people 
dontcare abutbogi, gable and all..soa few marilyns is about itand 
monster stuff andforawhielscarface was hot but that all gone..


so just the auction people seem to do ok on hot old posters...since in 
ever 

Re: [MOPO] Pre-internet mail-order movie poster stores?

[Michael Danes]

Movie Poster Place and  Cinemafantistique got a lot of my cash in the 70s-80s. 

Thanks,
MD

> On Dec 25, 2017, at 11:27 PM, Tom Martin 
>  wrote:
> 
> hi i think you may have ben thinking cinema city in mich also there was ccs 
> inlivonia.. andricks movie graphics in gainsvill florida..also poflake in 
> illinois
> 
> Jerry Ohlingers in NYc(he is stillon ebay as JOMMs has been a longstanding 
> one and most closed the brrick and morter shops,,likerandy ay collectors 
> warehouse in cleveland[ebay Bradburied
> 
> remember when -dallas sheron herndon, i belive closed movie madness 
> washington dc /geaortown closed ..as many bought from me diringthe 80s and we 
> all tradeded..bill luton Movie posetheaterexchenge and many more havegone 
> back tomailorderdo to high costs ofretailstors plus the slowdown insales and 
> also the commercial reprint market has slwed as  noone wants thetitles they 
> did in the 80s..so there are fewer reprints out there,andfewere interest,,,i 
> just told anotherdeaalerits been years since anyone even ask ed for theda 
> Bara ad the younger people dontcare abutbogi, gable and all..soa few marilyns 
> is about itand monster stuff andforawhielscarface was hot but that all gone..
> 
> so just the auction people seem to do ok on hot old posters...since in ever 
> sold 100k posters i never knew those buyers..i sold to everybody..
> papercatalogs where costlyand got utdated fastand the supliers  could be sold 
> out so unless you could afford mass quatities it was a waste of time to 
> inventory most posters..and havediversity and wheninternet stared everyone 
> had same titlesso they where not hard to get and thepacking costs heep 
> going up...so many postersupliere did affiliate programs and so the same 
> posterwas being offered by10 vendors butmost didnteven stock it so it was 
> anyone guess iftwould ship..
> 
> to see whos in buiness i suggest get classic images ,,bob kingwill send youa 
> free copie ifycal oremal...good publicationand most dealers on mop and ebay 
> are inthere.. as the small dealers like me...im on thenet and ebay however i 
> have been ill for sevela years ao unless someone calls me oremails me i  just 
> list on ebay or tell people,,ive ben in busines sice 1977 and still have 
> stuff from when i started... but its all over the place and i sell all kinds 
> of stuf like books and things so how we did itback in0s and 80sis a person 
> would ask waht do you have onand then came or title andi would say i 
> havethis ormakea package dealast f stuff..i have many things yjay mpoperes 
> ask for but i have tolocate beforeillacept theorder as sometimes i 
> remebersomethingisold already on onesies...or sometimes itmayhavewear  asi 
> havenotseen it in 35 years lol;;anyways.whenwe started back in 77 most 
> posters costus 2.99-6.00 then went to6-10 and then episode 1s were the 1st 
> that came out wholesale as 100.00 and discusted me as they could have made 
> more...the late 80s was when repos came out butalso there was many fins 
> inlots as nationscreen service closed down..butmanypeople like me and others 
> stocked up on good title like movie gallery in east meadow new york and 
> others...there were a few la dealers that stocked up..were all getting old 
> now some in 70s...so thats another reason im 61 and was like 20 when i 
> started in this crazy biz..
> buyere interest have changedbecause ofage...the access is easy to see and 
> thegraphics have stopped beong like the painters of the pre 90s..so there are 
> great artists still but far and few..imho
> 
> my stire that is currentlymailorder is DreamFactory id on ebay 
> andHollywooddreamfactory,comHollywood deam factory® since 1977 i 
> haveadverstised in Bigreel, starlg,fangoria,PREMIRE, movie collectors world, 
> Rollingstone, americancinemaographer, and countless motion picture realted 
> magazines likein-synce, and my products where featured inthe Disney 
> catalogand stores and theemeparks,Universalthemeparks, Paramount pictures 
> catalgs, warnerbros, and the musicaland store like suncoast picture, oncue 
> and manymuseums liekgeaorge eastman house, NBc 30rock,old tuscon,British film 
> inst, useum ofthemoving image, cinciart museum.La museum, chicago museum 
> ofscence and industry, cosi, and manymanyvideo companys likeVPD,commtron, 
> savoy films, paramount,home video... I supllied poster to themgm 
> disnetstorein Fla,,,to various tvshows foredirect sale..for 
> theacademyawards,mtv movie awards, vanity fair, AFI, Mary pickford 
> institute..cituoforange ,inanihiem,  and manyad agencys that had film related 
> projects...I preetty much saw the whole things except thehigh end poster 
> thatbruce and heritage and cghristies and sothebys and others inuk sld but 
> looked at thecatalogs,,,LOL on many//iam happy withreprinst on mosti also 
> sold comics toys and pops autograhs,actual films and cameras and still 
> havethe same type stuffi 

Re: [MOPO] Pre-internet mail-order movie poster stores?

[Tom Martin]

great well ther was also a guy in nyc-jeffsomething who had subway 
poster, 30 x40s and the larger french and italian  and quads...we used 
to get those for15.00 each..and there was a big find inwashingtostate of 
huge 3 sheets and 6sheets ,,it was called kensington gardens..andi 
bought -zombies of thestratsophere, and dick tracy and randolphscott 
andmany others again they were like15-20 each and i had a few in myshop 
but believe it or not back in 79s80s people were veryreluctatnt to 
buy,,1/sheets, or 30x40s or large posters  the popular ones where 
1sheets...
however when the late 80s came many posterswhere sold inall sizes and 
whentheinfamous mintyy white popped up..ther where some rerinst and 
itmuddied the water however ther was also a couple of finds from 
nationalscreens closed offices as i knew a guy who bought them that why 
ther were so many of good titles andther was also some lousy ones like 
hanky panky... many dealreswould trade what they found with others 
who had quanitiy s of titles that wat tou could have diverse inventory 
and they could get titles you had...for instandce i came into video one 
sheets as the largest midwest distributor was in Toledo VPD..they 
supllied all the blockbusters and big chains,...semi loads of vhs,dvd 
etc..so my deal was i had to buyalltheposters at end of month or 
theywent tolandfills..the deal was i could getsomegreat stitesl 
liekthesearchers,casablanca, conmntact,pulpfictin,clse 
encounters,,andthen some you bneverheardof i had to take 
all..sightunseen,,i would get maybe like5000  a month..so itadded up 
quick ,,13 pallets  5foothight wheni got reoide iof them and the 200 
footwarehouseand pallet racks i neeeded,,most i would sell todealers 
ortradde...anditwas alot ofwork as they came in tubes of 50 
bulk200flats, and 400triangle boxes..if you never lifted those amounst i 
tore chest muscles as someone would ask for 20 ofa title inthe middle fa 
stack so i had to move like60 boxes of 200 to get to it...the studios 
used sometheatrical omne sheets likewarner bros so some where the same 
as us theatrical bec by then theindusrywent to27 x 40 as the norm and so 
all weherrolled or shipped flat...wheni sold thelot it was over 100,000 
posters..


so movie galery, and collectors waarehouse and a few guys in la and 
eastcoast would basically tradebecause no one had everything..disney 
always tried to keep them offthestrest with numbers and codes...and 
holographic marks...same with lucasfilm andthe jeffkillian posters i 
stocked up on liek star wars syle d 15 th anniversary...
 I used o get French beautiful posters from Montreal..canada andalso ira 
pickerat Poster pix in Cambridge mass...great guy.thre are cubby 
holes of posters everywhere...the hard part is the cost to 
move,sort,store and organize lots ofworkand retraivalas many title 
you may seellone in 10years...so volume is vanity and profit is santy 
unless your me and you love what you do then its all non profit..lol:)
the reprints dontsell to the tat elite colectors  as they want to find 
vintage ..however my thoughgtwas there are millions of no elite peple 
hat love mvies and plus the few that are want you to find the lost ark 
will always be the same...and sometimes i fumbled and found some cool 
vintage like Flnn or a set of lobbies forPhantom of theopera..orsome 20s 
rolled harold lloyd, ora window card ..as i had some quantity 
ofthose...andwhats funny is these 50s 60s 70 80s ssome have appreciated 
and some are thesame as wheni stared so i sold a john carpenter one 
sheet for 99cents on ebay because i think people assumed itwas a 
reprint..but the stuffis mint fromwheni bought thenm inthe late 70s , 
80s...many people are so paranoid and there are crooks all overselling 
fake stuff,,i do my best to say whatand wheni got it..recently im told a 
poster i got the surf movie is collectible thatwas a coommercial poster 
made by personalitie posters and thats like30x40 so they did make 
reprints largerthe europe posters where wehnthey started soing them 
just like us one sheets in netherlans,uk, Italy ,germany, and others..i 
never had luck wuth aussie daybills or with many of the other various 
japean s,belgium  etc..i love theart and they are justsmaller..lobby 
cards have been ok,,and inserts where always softer then 1sheets...then 
people stared asking for rolled vs folded,,,but then after time now they 
ask for foled as many got reprinted...the cool part is thedigital 
printing made bluryposters obsolete..sotheyall look great,,older posters 
however havethe flatpaperstock from pre 70s ormatte..and inthe stone 
litho is rag stock paperon many...so its funto look at how they 
cjhanged..in eprints the kingwhere the portal pubs incorte madera 
ca,,,they stared with bullfighting posters and thenbrahced out 
theearlyone wher on veryflat stock and people assume they aregenuine as 
they put the date of copyrighton them i had a black cat in my office and 
shirley temple 

Re: [MOPO] Pre-internet mail-order movie poster stores?

[MoviePoster Collectors]

Ha, thanks, yes it was cinema city, now cinema-city.com, in biz since '75.
They would periodically update their catalog and mail revised copies to
their customer base.

In the late 80s/early 90s I don't recall understanding/appreciating
"originality." Maybe full-size repros were uncommon then.

When I (accidentally) rejoined the hobby in 2009, I visited a few MP stores
in NYC and London, now all physically closed.

On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 11:27 PM, 
wrote:

> hi i think you may have ben thinking cinema city in mich also there was
> ccs inlivonia.. andricks movie graphics in gainsvill florida..also poflake
> in illinois
>
> Jerry Ohlingers in NYc(he is stillon ebay as JOMMs has been a longstanding
> one and most closed the brrick and morter shops,,likerandy ay collectors
> warehouse in cleveland[ebay Bradburied
>
> remember when -dallas sheron herndon, i belive closed movie madness
> washington dc /geaortown closed ..as many bought from me diringthe 80s and
> we all tradeded..bill luton Movie posetheaterexchenge and many more
> havegone back tomailorderdo to high costs ofretailstors plus the slowdown
> insales and also the commercial reprint market has slwed as  noone wants
> thetitles they did in the 80s..so there are fewer reprints out
> there,andfewere interest,,,i just told anotherdeaalerits been years since
> anyone even ask ed for theda Bara ad the younger people dontcare abutbogi,
> gable and all..soa few marilyns is about itand monster stuff
> andforawhielscarface was hot but that all gone..
>
> so just the auction people seem to do ok on hot old posters...since in
> ever sold 100k posters i never knew those buyers..i sold to everybody..
> papercatalogs where costlyand got utdated fastand the supliers  could be
> sold out so unless you could afford mass quatities it was a waste of time
> to inventory most posters..and havediversity and wheninternet stared
> everyone had same titlesso they where not hard to get and thepacking
> costs heep going up...so many postersupliere did affiliate programs and so
> the same posterwas being offered by10 vendors butmost didnteven stock it so
> it was anyone guess iftwould ship..
>
> to see whos in buiness i suggest get classic images ,,bob kingwill send
> youa free copie ifycal oremal...good publicationand most dealers on mop and
> ebay are inthere.. as the small dealers like me...im on thenet and ebay
> however i have been ill for sevela years ao unless someone calls me
> oremails me i  just list on ebay or tell people,,ive ben in busines sice
> 1977 and still have stuff from when i started... but its all over the place
> and i sell all kinds of stuf like books and things so how we did itback
> in0s and 80sis a person would ask waht do you have onand then came or
> title andi would say i havethis ormakea package dealast f stuff..i have
> many things yjay mpoperes ask for but i have tolocate beforeillacept
> theorder as sometimes i remebersomethingisold already on onesies...or
> sometimes itmayhavewear  asi havenotseen it in 35 years
> lol;;anyways.whenwe started back in 77 most posters costus 2.99-6.00
> then went to6-10 and then episode 1s were the 1st that came out wholesale
> as 100.00 and discusted me as they could have made more...the late 80s was
> when repos came out butalso there was many fins inlots as nationscreen
> service closed down..butmanypeople like me and others stocked up on good
> title like movie gallery in east meadow new york and others...there were a
> few la dealers that stocked up..were all getting old now some in 70s...so
> thats another reason im 61 and was like 20 when i started in this crazy
> biz..
> buyere interest have changedbecause ofage...the access is easy to see
> and thegraphics have stopped beong like the painters of the pre 90s..so
> there are great artists still but far and few..imho
>
> my stire that is currentlymailorder is DreamFactory id on ebay
> andHollywooddreamfactory,comHollywood deam factory® since 1977 i
> haveadverstised in Bigreel, starlg,fangoria,PREMIRE, movie collectors
> world, Rollingstone, americancinemaographer, and countless motion picture
> realted magazines likein-synce, and my products where featured inthe Disney
> catalogand stores and theemeparks,Universalthemeparks, Paramount pictures
> catalgs, warnerbros, and the musicaland store like suncoast picture, oncue
> and manymuseums liekgeaorge eastman house, NBc 30rock,old tuscon,British
> film inst, useum ofthemoving image, cinciart museum.La museum, chicago
> museum ofscence and industry, cosi, and manymanyvideo companys
> likeVPD,commtron, savoy films, paramount,home video... I supllied poster to
> themgm disnetstorein Fla,,,to various tvshows foredirect sale..for
> theacademyawards,mtv movie awards, vanity fair, AFI, Mary pickford
> institute..cituoforange ,inanihiem,  and manyad agencys that had film
> related projects...I preetty much saw the whole things except thehigh end
> poster