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(Quote) Elvis shall never die.
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(Quote) Did you ever find anything more out, when you looked at you poster more up close?
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Flora Robson was one hell of an actress, too.
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Love the colours on this one.
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If you have ever seen vintage circus posters of ferocious, snarling lions or tigers, they are meant to create a sense of danger, to help attract the crowds, comprised of both young and old.
And I did say I was only guessing. But I do thi… -
And benito is describing it as a poster for the 1956 Swedish movie, called Gorilla Safari. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049272/combined
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Perhaps it was produced as part of a series of circus posters, that highlighted the different animals? Maybe placed under a larger banner type, that had the circus's name? (This is a pure guess, tho).
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How was this Spanish poster known to be for the same movie, without any studio information or actors listed, and especially Karloff's name?
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Airbrushed (painted over) folds would be easy to see, held in bright light. If you see no evidence of either actual, physical paper folds or airbrushed (added) paint, then this is likely a 1980's reproduction that was discussed a few posts ago.
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The fact that a French 1P, supposedly from 1962 and NOT ever folded (rolled) would/should be a huge RED flag, I would think.
Even today, French 1Ps are still folded.
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So if that's the case, that originals all had darkening fold lines, then it looks like the copy that L'Imagerie Gallery is offering could also be one of these unfolded, "questionable" copies, as the image on the site shows NO fold lines either. (Of…
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Both issues reflect how it was printed at the time. This isn't later damage or fading. To cover it over is covering part of its history. I say leave it as is.
in How much restoration would you order? Comment by papergatherer May 2016
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Turns out the Metropolis 3 sheet is just one the S2 re-creation copies. This was confirmed by Grey Smith.
Bummer. I thought another uber rarity had been found.
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That's a nice looking Chaplin daybill and a sharp looking framing job, too.
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