Friday, November 26, 2010

Sells & Gray TIGER (1963) One-Sheet Flat

From Chris Berry

Tigers and circus posters have gone hand-in-hand since the late 19th Century, and considering some of the other posters that were used in the early 1960s this particular one-sheet is a gem. This stock image is quite striking and very nicely integrates the Sells & Gray title into the composition.

Posted by Buckles at 11/26/2010 06:35:00 AM

7 comments:

Ole Whitey said...

Chris: You know the terminology. You're right: that is a "one-sheet flat" not a flat one-sheet or a horizontal full sheet. It is not a broadside or a placard or a circular or a billboard and certainly not a billposter, as I have seen one or more described. And those things we pasted along the bottom were tails, not snipes and not banners and not streamers.

In a few years everyone who cares will be dead and the young collectors (if there are any left by then) can call this sort of thing by any words they chose and all we old billers will be able to do is roll over in our graves.

26 November, 2010 11:52
FRANK CURRY said...

To OLE WHITEY,

In the mid-50's on RBBB, a one- sheet was 28x42 inches.

I have heard that,currently,movie one-sheets are 27x41 inches.

What are your memories?

26 November, 2010 18:10
Anonymous said...

The newer smaller than one-sheet posters are called panels. Why do we have to keep changing the size and name all the time? Maybe Dave and me are starting to grow old.
However, maybe in a few years this site will be the final answer for the younger crowd.
Bob Kitto

26 November, 2010 18:12
Anonymous said...

28 x 42 is a standard size sheet of paper. The movie posters were this size and un-cut sheets of baseball cards were also this size.
Bob Kitto

27 November, 2010 08:26
Ole Whitey said...

I think sometime in the 1910s the 28 by 42 standard one-sheet came in; prior to that they were on the order of 30 by 40. These were always approximations and varied slightly between printing houses.

Frank- I dunno about movie posters, sawry. Call me next time you're in town.

27 November, 2010 09:15
Harry Kingston said...

Dave and Bob,
What I call a panel is 14 by 42 size.
I wish you two would tell us fans more stories about billing and your experiences.
As when you two are up there in heaven playing a harp who the hell will answer all our questions.
Guys how about the Cristiani bastard posters.
Posters sizes today are all messed up as very few match the sizes they were years ago. Circuses have cut back on posters and sizes and you cannot see them like the old days and billing is just about gone with the wind.
Ralph Giffored is just about the olbly biller left.
Harry in Texas
You two have a great Holiday season and hang in there guys.

27 November, 2010 17:50
Anonymous said...

Harry,
C%B refers to the regular size posters they use a panels. The 3 panel elephant long moumt is not a 3 sheet, but something smaller as are most of their posters.
Bob Kitto

27 November, 2010 19:11

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