Antiquarian Movie Poster Reference

Christie's East - New York Hollywood Posters III 1992 * Vintage * Hollywood + Foreign * * Posters * Lobby Cards *

see other SCANs, below

Author/s	Publisher/City	Year	Printer/City
Christie's	Christie's East, New York (NY - USA)	1992	Christie, Manson + Woods International, New York (NY - USA)
Pages	Binding	Illustrations	Size (l x w - cm)
un-paginated (80)	heavy stock paper [see SCAN - above]	350+ in colour	26.7 x 21.0 cm
Condition	Language/s	Shipped Via	Weight (grammes)
EXCELLENT+		USA - Priority Foreign - Global Priority	291 g fits in the USPS Priority Flat Rate mailer

About This Antiquarian Book

This exceptional Antiquarian LONG OUT OF PRINT auction catalog lists and describes 318 Lots, ALL of which appear to be illustrated, of really vintage classical Movie Posters, Standees and Lobby Cards for American and Foreign Films ! "Prior to the advent of televison, posters were the primary method of movie advertising. Fueled by stiff competetion for patrons' hard-earned nickels, posters displayed exaggerated virtues and situations sometimes more interesting than the film itself. The movie poster proved so successful a publicity tool that the studio advertising departments aggressively promoted their films by creating spectacular and sensational myths on paper, These posters promised a temporary diversion from reality, an hour or so of glamour, romance, escape and excitement. And thus began America's love affair with the movies, perhaps leading to out current passion for coveting and preserving small bits of its history through poster collecting." Movies represented -- those in the header and -- The Wizard of Oz, The Walking Dead, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Scarlet Letter, Rebel Without a Cause, Romeo and Juliet, Pinocchio, , and MANY others! WOWSERS! Now here is a real find! Advertising (one page) art for some of the most memorable flicks made during the last century -- in just about every imaginable genre, American and international -- western, horror, comedy, animal performers, space fantasy, film noir, etc. Historical notes on movie posters and advertising add very informative details to this marvelous book -- as well as notes on some of the greatest stars of the silver screen -- Boris Karloff, Hoot Gibson, Mae West, Lillian Gish, Marlene Dietrich, Marx Brothers, Three Stooges, and MANY more! If you are also among the computer-literate and have already started a personal computer interactive relational database of these incredible cinematographic masterpieces, you will find many new things to add to it, in photos as well as in text. Special Glossary, extensive Hollywood Posters III Index [by film title]. Profusely illustrated ! Antiquarian Book in EXCELLENT+ Condition!! Return to Books List

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