{"id":3183,"date":"2013-06-28T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/?p=3183"},"modified":"2013-06-27T18:50:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T01:50:32","slug":"british-synopsis-sheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/british-synopsis-sheets\/","title":{"rendered":"British Synopsis Sheets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 179<\/h3>\n

\"Molly<\/a><\/p>\n

Movie posters come in many shapes and sizes and they can vary from country to country. Over in Britain, they had something called a synopsis sheet which is similar to the American herald<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0but is slightly larger, running around 8 1\/2 X 11″.<\/p>\n

\"Crooner<\/a><\/p>\n

When I was in London back in September 2002, I was able to visit a few movie memorabilia shops, all of which I believe are now closed. One of the shops called Flashbacks had a few British synopsis sheets from Ann’s 1930s Warner Bros. films. I bought every one they had and I think they were only 5 or 10 pounds a piece.<\/p>\n

\"Love<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the interesting things about British synopsis sheets is that they bear no resemblance to the American artwork, so I am not sure who was actually designing these.<\/p>\n

\"Friends<\/a><\/p>\n

Another point of note is that British releases sometimes altered the titles of American films. In Ann’s case, Side Streets<\/strong><\/a> became A Woman <\/strong>in Her Thirties<\/strong> and Bright Lights<\/strong><\/a> was released as Funny Face. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Side<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bright<\/a><\/p>\n

For some reason, my favorite of the bunch is the sheet from Massacre<\/strong>.<\/a> I guess the red really jumps out, and I have used this on numerous occasions for various posts about the film.<\/p>\n

\"Massacre\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Murder in the Clouds<\/strong><\/a> is a close runner-up for cool imagery.<\/p>\n

\"Murder<\/a><\/p>\n

These are items that I have had for so long, that I have come to take them a bit for granted. Now that we’re revisiting them, I have to admit they are cool pieces of cinema and Ann Dvorak history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 179 Movie posters come in many shapes and sizes and they can vary from country to country. Over in Britain, they had something called a synopsis sheet which is similar to the American herald\u00c2\u00a0but is slightly larger, running around 8 1\/2 X 11″. When I was in London back in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collection-spotlight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t