Learn About Movie Posters Newsletter April, 2003

WELCOME TO OUR
NEW SPONSORS

We are pleased to announce two new sponsors of our website:

Funny Face Productions
Hollywood Dream Factory

Funny Face has more than 15 years experience in the art of poster and paper restoration. They are master linen backers and well-known around the world for color matching and painting expertise. Investors Business Daily calls FUNNY FACE PRODUCTIONS " the preeminent poster restoration studio in the country." For more information, click HERE.

Hollywood Dream Factory is a premiere source for vintage and current movie memorabilia. PLUS design, development and manufacturing of motion picture related items and collectibles. They offer Movie Memorabilia, Movie Posters, Movie Star Photos, Autographs, Props, Film Books & Magazines, Filmmaking Equipment, Film History, Vintage Cameras, Projectors, Films:16mm, Super 8, 8mm, Theatre Seats and More! From pre-cinema to Current! Anything related to the MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY. For more information, click HERE

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NEW ADDITIONS
TO L.A.M.P.

As many of you may have noticed, we have made some changes to the entrance of our L.A.M.P. website. These were made to accommodate some new areas that we are introducing. These are in addition to the L.A.M.P. Movie Poster Data Base (see article on right).

LEGENDS

This new section will highlight legendary film stars, including bios, accomplishments and filmography. Our first such LEGEND is dedicated to BOB HOPE, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday.

POSTER OF THE MONTH

This new article will highlight unusual posters that have been released through the years. Our first entry is the poster issued in 1978 for the film BILLY JACK GOES TO WASHINGTON.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

This new section will highlight some of the questions about posters that we receive each week. We will feature the commonly asked questions -- so if you have a question, please e-mail it to us. You may see it featured on our Question of the Week.

UPCOMING EVENTS

HERITAGE AUCTION'S
VINTAGE MOVIE POSTER AUCTION JULY 15-20, 2003

This year, Heritage is the official auctioneer of the world's largest popular culture convention, Comic-Con International. Click on the photo to the left to see a brochure displaying just a small sampling of the 400+ rare and beautiful collectibles to be offered in San Diego as part of Heritage Signature Auction.

VINTAGE HOLLYWOOD POSTERS VI

Bruce Hershenson has announced that he will be holding his 15th major auction, the Vintage Hollywood Posters VI in mid-December. NOW is the time for anyone wishing to submit their high quality movie poster items for this very special auction to allow time to prepare it for auction.

Bruce has announced that, as with his previous major auctions, he will self-publish a full color catalog. He will also send out 25,000 full-color flyers promoting the sale, so that every poster collector the world over is aware of this sale.

L.A.M.P.'S MOVIE POSTER
DATA BASE UPDATE

If you haven't heard about or been to the L.A.M.P. Movie Poster Data Base (MPDB) -- shame on you! The MPDB is designed to offer one location for movie poster collectors and dealers to (1) learn about movie poster collecting; (2) conduct research on specific movie posters; (3) access a movie poster archive and (4) buy or sell movie posters in a "safe" marketplace. (If you want to read about the MPDB and/or take an interactive tour, click HERE.)

Here is a brief update on the status of the MPDB:

PHASE 1 – List all the movies issued to English speaking countries (US, Canada, Australia and UK. STATUS: DONE…We have about 85,000 titles listed

PHASE 2 – Put movie information records in a database structure with basic info. STATUS: DONE – we have them structured with title, year, director (for identification) and genres.

Because of the size of this system, it was necessary to move the entire database into a SQL server and to increase in storage size. After debugging, the system is now secure in its new SQL server with larger storage capacity!

PHASE 3 – Attach images of posters and other info. STATUS: IN PROCESS…. We already have 4-5000 photos in and adding rapidly.

PHASE 4 – Attach listing program for dealers to add posters that they have available for sale. STATUS: We just finished testing the program AND IT WORKS GREAT!!!!!! We now are working on the login and password program and contract and instruction programs that we have to attach to it….we should be testing these in the next couple of weeks.

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NEW ARTICLES AND PRE-SELECTED SEARCHES

We are working on adding new articles and pre-selected Data Base searches to the LAMP website. The new article "GENRE" lists the most commonly used terms for determining film genres. These terms are then attached to a pre-selected search screen. When you click on a particular "genre", the Data Base automatically sorts and lists the movies in the Data Base that meet that selection.. If you would like to check out this new article, click HERE.

We are also working on updating and adding pre-selection searches to our major studio articles. For example, if you go to the Universal Studios article, you then have the option to click on the FILMS to see which Universal films are currently listed in the Data Base. If you would like to look at this article, click HERE.

We're in the process of adding additional articles that will have the pre-selected criteria for data base searches. Examples of these would be documentaries, black cast films, X-rated films, animation, shorts, silents etc.

We will announce in future newsletters as these articles are added.

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CHECK OUT OUR INVENTORY SALE AT SUSIE'S CORNER

Be sure to check out our inventory liquidation sale in Susie's Corner. We will be adding new items weekly. Many of you may have noticed that some of the package deals go quick -- so be sure to act when you see something you like.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME ....