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Zekidk · 2024-01-28 08:51:59

As many probably know, lobby cards have been around since 1913. In addition to movie posters, there came a need for photographic images to promote the movie. A set of four to eight photos were nicely placed beneath the movie poster at the entrance - or in the lobby - when moviegoers went to the cinema. Lobby cards were actual photos shot during the production, Some were taken between takes, some weren't. This is an example of the latter There is an interesting four-part piece written about the …

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Gerard

April 27 Posts: 5,828

I'm a bit surprised, to tell you the truth, to see lobby cards for the more recent Bond films. I can't remember when I stopped seeing them in theaters lobbies in France, and I thought they had gone the way of dinosaurs and dodos, in the 1990s at best. So, how did you get them ?

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