Dooley, mi amigo, you have some first rate memorabilia and the techno capability to post them. I salute you. Poor Lady Hawk has unsuccessfully tried to hammer some posting basics into my iron cast noggin, but I still am physically incapable of submitting any images. I promise to apply myself, because I have some good stuff that I would like to share. Nothing like Larry's or Mike's collections, but I do have some things of interest.
This is a personal quirk, based upon nothing but Philistine ignorance, but the idea of lobby cards that are basically (badly) colorized black and white stills has always puzzled me. All the photos were originally shot in color film, so why would the studios tint them so badly?
They are highly collectible and I love them, but I can't figure out why the studios just didn't release color 8x10s to post in the theater. Most of the lobbies are 11x14s and contained an image along with the title and cast, but the color is often jarringly incorrect and downright shoddy.
If anyone has some input into the origin of these lobby cards, I would really be appreciative of any input.
We deal in lead, friend.
