Reel art

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rhe General, Casablanca. Gone with the Wind. Top Hai—if you love movies, you Icnow tliey jusl don't mal<e films like these anymore. Connoisseurs of movie posters also know they've quit making the masterpieces of graphic art thai promoted such movies—B/rf/j of a Nation. King Kong. G-Men. Gilda. and other classics (not to mention llie memorable bombs) from the golden age of the silver screen.
The Late Show and the VCR have resurrected many of the great films, and now Reel Arl: Great Posters from We Golden Age of the Silver Screen also brings to life the billboards, lobby cards, and posters that originally trumpeted The Jazz Singer. The Maltese Falcon. The Informer. Mutiny on the Bounty. The Philadelphia Story, and other gems made between 1910 and 1950.
Those four decades were an era in which wonderful films were promoted by great graphics created by the diverse likes of Al Mlrschfekl, Thomas Hart Benton, Norman Rockwell, Alberto Vargas, Howard Chandler Christy, James... Tovább

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rhe General, Casablanca. Gone with the Wind. Top Hai—if you love movies, you Icnow tliey jusl don't mal<e films like these anymore. Connoisseurs of movie posters also know they've quit making the masterpieces of graphic art thai promoted such movies—B/rf/j of a Nation. King Kong. G-Men. Gilda. and other classics (not to mention llie memorable bombs) from the golden age of the silver screen.
The Late Show and the VCR have resurrected many of the great films, and now Reel Arl: Great Posters from We Golden Age of the Silver Screen also brings to life the billboards, lobby cards, and posters that originally trumpeted The Jazz Singer. The Maltese Falcon. The Informer. Mutiny on the Bounty. The Philadelphia Story, and other gems made between 1910 and 1950.
Those four decades were an era in which wonderful films were promoted by great graphics created by the diverse likes of Al Mlrschfekl, Thomas Hart Benton, Norman Rockwell, Alberto Vargas, Howard Chandler Christy, James Montgomery Flagg, as well as a small army of "unknowns" whose acquaintance readers will make exclusively through this book. It was a time when big studios often lavished a fortune on poster campaigns—from the modest "one-siieets" posted on a neighborhood fence, to the gargantuan "forty-elght-sheels" that usurped entire sides of multistory buildings. Studios knew that the right Image couhl seduce millions past the box office and into the theater. Today, such graphics fetch five-figure prices from collectors seeking a Casablanca or a King Kong.
To be sure, movie poster collections have been published before—but never befoi'o by a great arl book publisher. Each of the 300 posters included in Reel Art has been reproduced to the uncompramlsing standards of all Abbeville's luic art books. And while meticulous production and design would be enough lo
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