Antiquarian Movie Poster Reference

Christie's East - New York Hollywood Posters V 1993 * 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)	1993	Christie, Manson + Woods International, New York (NY - USA)
Pages	Binding	Illustrations	Size (l x w - cm)
un-paginated (72)	heavy stock paper [see SCAN - above]	313 in colour	26.7 x 21.2 cm
Condition	Language/s	Shipped Via	Weight (grammes)
EXCELLENT+		USA - Priority Foreign - Global Priority	293 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 282 Lots, ALL of which appear to be illustrated, of vintage highly collectible classical Movie Posters and Lobby Cards ! "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 -- Forbidden Planet, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Shall We Dance, Son of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and MANY others! WOWSERS! T his is a real gem! Advertising (one page) art and other forms of ads for some of the most memorable flicks made during the last century -- in just about every imaginable genre -- animated cartoon features, western, horror, comedy, foreign posters, space fantasy, detective, 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, directors, film studios and characters of the silver screen -- Pathe, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Mouse, Frank Capra, Afro-American actors, James Cagney, Mae West, United Artists, Buck Jones, and MANY more! If you are also among the computer-literate and have already started a personal relational database of these incredible extremely highly collectible cinematographic masterpieces, you will find many new things to add to it, in photos as well as in text. Special Glossary [defines different types of posters, lobby cards, etc.], extensive Hollywood Posters V Index [by film title]. Profusely illustrated ! Antiquarian Book in EXCELLENT+ Condition!! Return to Books List

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