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Prices Realized on Movie Bus Passes with Conclusions and Strategy

April 17, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

A follow-up to a previous post about World War II era Bus Passes featuring Movie Advertisements. With actual Prices Realized plus strategies for both buyers and sellers on eBay.

Filed Under: News - Notes

Today in 1994 – Birth of Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

April 14, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Happy birthday to our very dear friend, Turner Classic Movies (1994 – ). How Cablevision on Long Island made me wait so long for TCM. Plus a nice Gone With the Wind movie card illustrating the article.

Filed Under: News - Notes

Search for Beauty (1934) starring Ida Lupino and Buster Crabbe

April 13, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A review of Paramount’s Search for Beauty (1934) starring Buster Crabbe and Ida Lupino. One of six films featured in the Pre-Code Hollywood Collection, and the first one I chose to watch … a mistake.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, buster crabbe, Gertrude Michael, Ida Lupino, James Gleason, Paramount, pre-Code, Robert Armstrong, Toby Wing

Collecting Matchcovers in 1950

April 9, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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Collecting matchcovers as covered by The American Magazine in 1950 and beyond into today. Fifties collectors Sam Rosen and Doc Wilson. Plus the Lindbergh and Mendelson covers.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: matchbooks, matchcovers, mendelson opera cover, phillumeny, rathkamp matchcover society, sam rosen, the american magazine

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Oz in The American Magazine

April 9, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

I found this beautiful full page color ad for The Wizard of Oz while paging through the September 1939 issue of The American Magazine and cribbing contents for its sales listing.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: ads, advertisements, bert lahr, Billie Burke, Frank Morgan, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, magazine ads, ray bolger, wizard of oz

Viewing The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) for Leslie Howard’s Birthday

April 3, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 7 Comments

Happy birthday to Leslie Howard (1893-1943) today. I celebrate with a viewing The Scarlet Pimpernel and sharing my thoughts on both the film and Howard in this space today, all illustrated by movie cards and collectibles.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1934, amazon, gone with the wind, joan gardner, Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Movie Reviews, netflix, pygmalion, Raymond Massey, roku, the petrified forest, the scarlet pimpernel, video on demand

On Ephemera, Collectibles, Value and Specifically World War II Era Movie Star Bus Passes

March 27, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

What started out as a post specifically about several World War II era bus passes featuring movie star images turns into a definition of ephemera, collectibles, and value.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: ephemera, movie bus passes

Collecting the Toronto Star Weekly

March 22, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 69 Comments

An introduction to a complete article about collecting the Toronto Star Weekly including opinion on collecting the Sunday magazine sections of old newspapers.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Magazines, newspapers, supplements, toronto star weekly

Larceny, Inc. (1942) starring Edward G. Robinson and Jane Wyman

March 19, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Previewing Larceny, Inc. (1942) which airs on TCM tonight at 6:15 EST. Star-studded gangster comedy stars Edward G. Robinson and Broderick Crawford with Jane Wyman.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1942, Anthony Quinn, Broadway, Broderick Crawford, Comedies, Edward Brophy, Edward G. Robinson, Fred Kelsey, Gangsters, Grant Mitchell, Harry Davenport, Jack Carson, jackie gleason, Jane Wyman, joe downing, Lloyd Bacon, sj perelman, TCM, Warner Bros.

Today in 1898 – Birth of Dorothy Gish

March 11, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Happy birthday to Dorothy Gish (1898-1968), the little sister who was a big star herself, with a gallery of Dorothy Gish collectibles plus The Unseen Enemy (1912) shown in its entirety.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: comediennes, D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, movie cards, movie collectibles, orphans of the storm, Silent Film, silent stars

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