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Hollywood Movie Posters
Miles Barton
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Description for Hollywood Movie Posters
Num Pages: 224 pages, 404 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1602.
Everyone loves the movies, and the movie posters in this book provide a colorful visual history of the movies, from the early silent days to the big blockbusters of recent years. The evolution of the dream factory is charted through spectacular graphics used by individual studios to advertise their movies. Posters, like the films they represent, demonstrate stylistic developments, in response to changing social and political conditions, throughout the 20th century. The glamour, pathos and sheer drama of Hollywood through the decades is colorfully brought to life in over 400 illustrations of rare and collectible movie posters. This book provides ... Read more
Everyone loves the movies, and the movie posters in this book provide a colorful visual history of the movies, from the early silent days to the big blockbusters of recent years. The evolution of the dream factory is charted through spectacular graphics used by individual studios to advertise their movies. Posters, like the films they represent, demonstrate stylistic developments, in response to changing social and political conditions, throughout the 20th century. The glamour, pathos and sheer drama of Hollywood through the decades is colorfully brought to life in over 400 illustrations of rare and collectible movie posters. This book provides ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764320101
SKU
V9780764320101
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Ref
99-50
About Miles Barton
Miles Barton has worked for both Sotheby's and Phillips auctioneers in London initiating regular specialist sales of film posters and memorabilia. A lifelong collector of all things historical and interesting, he currently operates his own art and antiques business in London.
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