Found a movie advertisement of sorts from 1951

[SGVALLEYMAN]

Back early from an out of state trip, I asked fellow t-net'r Bruce huffington if he wanted to try a site near my house that has some serious history from early California..With the affirmative we hit the original site of the san gabriel mission, long since been used as a picnic area(close to the river rio hondo) and swimming hole back in the 40's and 50's...and what we soon found out was also evidently a dumpsite for all kinds of things..
After many hits with our detectors, mostly finding nails and such.. we found a metal plate that is measures 4" wide by 6" long with print in reverse..quickly brushing off the dirt we realized it was a movie printing plate from years ago
Once home I cleaned with soap and water and this is what I found.
this advert was from the movie "the company she keeps" starring Lizabeth scott. The Company She Keeps (1951)
Feature film debut of Jeff Bridges. His older brother, 'Beau Bridges', and their mother, Dorothy Dean Bridges, also appear in the film.
When this film was made, Howard Hughes owned both RKO, which produced it, and TWA, whose logo is featured prominently on the airplane in the airport sequence.
Hope you like the photos.

 

[colorado14ers]

very cool find!!!!!

 

[Indiana Digger]

Congrats SG!

I LOVE finding those plates. Although yours trumps mine in size many times over.



This one was only 1 x 1 3/8.

Thanks to some of the WhizKids here on Tnet, they found a "true add" printed with one of these plates.

The date on the newspaper was 1932.

Yours is a great find!

~Indiana Digger~

 

[SGVALLEYMAN]

Thank you..we had a blast out there...I wonder if those type of plates are used for newspapers or magazines ?
Thanks for viewing and the nice comments.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

That's a really good find!

 

[SGVALLEYMAN]

Congrats SG!

I LOVE finding those plates. Although yours trumps mine in size many times over.




This one was only 1 x 1 3/8.

Yours is a great find!


Thank you..That is a neat plate you got there..what date do think that may been from?

~Indiana Digger~

 

[Indiana Digger]

Thank you..we had a blast out there...I wonder if those type of plates are used for newspapers or magazines ?
Thanks for viewing and the nice comments.

I believe yours and mine are both strictly newspaper plates.

~Indiana Digger~

 

[SGVALLEYMAN]

ah ha,
Thanks for the reply...it had me puzzled..first time I've ever seen one of these.

 

[WilliamBoyd]

Don't forget the co-feature "Hunt the Man Down" with Gig Young.

 

[SGVALLEYMAN]

AH, Thank you William for the movie info..I did'nt know that.
I did check out your site and That was very cool..Lots of info and very neat stuff.

Scott