<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Adrian,</div><div>These are really gems. I think the ones with the faces on the verge of fading away are really evocative.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial">Earl Jackson<br></div><div style="font-family:arial">Professor, Emeritus<br></div><div style="font-family:arial"><div>National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan</div></div><div style="font-family:arial">Associate Professor, Emeritus</div><div style="font-family:arial">University of California, Santa Cruz<br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 11:34 PM Adrian Ransom via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4195354342080272375">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><img width="270" height="166" style="width: 2.8125in; height: 1.7291in;" id="m_4195354342080272375Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_1938ebbed5e5b006a1"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">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!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Here is a link to all the tins in the series I currently have.  
<a href="https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars" target="_blank">https://www.thetincollector.com/kinema-stars</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Cheers<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Adrian <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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