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<p class="ydpa1d07258MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank you, Adrian
for posting this.</span></p>
<p class="ydpa1d07258MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none"><span lang="EN-GB">What struck me was the prominent
bi-lingual character of this marketing, despite the very limited penetration of
star-led Japanese film in the 30s into the english-speaking world.</span></p>
<p class="ydpa1d07258MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Have you anything on the
provenance of these tins ? Have any been found outside Japan ?</span></p>
<p class="ydpa1d07258MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;layout-grid-mode:char;mso-layout-grid-align:none"><span lang="EN-GB">Roger</span></p>
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On Tuesday, 3 December 2024 at 22:52:44 GMT, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280"><div>These are amazing. Thank you! On first glance, I see #8 is Takamine Hideko. Love the modernist katakana signature. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>Markus<br clear="none" id="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 3, 2024, at 2:06 PM, William M. Drew via KineJapan <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu> wrote:</div><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>
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<div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280userEdit"><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">I believe the last one in this group, no. 11, is Denmei Suzuki (1900-1985). A very popular star who also did some directing, he was a former athlete who was unusually tall (5'10") for a Japanese male of that era. He was often paired with Kinuyo Tanaka and they became a kind of Japanese counterpart of Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. Suzuki, it should be noted, was a good friend of the legendary Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., an admirer of the prewar Japanese cinema who, in the '30s, attempted to obtain distribution of Japanese films in the West. </span></span></div>
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<br clear="none">In a message dated 12/3/2024 7:35:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu writes:
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<div class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280WordSection1"><p class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Hi,</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">I have a collection of Japanese gramophone needle tins which feature Japanese Kinema Stars from the 30’s & 40’s. Each one features their image and signature. Here is an example.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"><span id="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280cid:VRvPZXqMh3Co37VtWO4d"><image002.jpg></span></span></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">What I am trying to do is identify who they are so that I can write something about them in a book I am planning to write. This is where I need your help!</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have. <a shape="rect" href="https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars</a></span></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Cheers</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span><br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Adrian </span></p><div> <br clear="none" class="ydp40be8c8byiv5129790280webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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