Vintage poster of 1952 movie Don't Bother to Knock starred Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft, and was directed by Roy Ward Baker. link
Showing posts with label Vintage Posters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vintage Posters. Show all posts
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Don't Bother to Knock - Marilyn Monroe's Vintage Movie Poster
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sauze Freres Perfumes of Paris Vintage Poster Art
Fleurs de Mousse. De sauze freres parfumeurs Paris. Le Grand parfum a la mode. (in English: Flowers of Moss. Sauze Freres perfume Paris. Grand perfume fashion). A beautiful vintage Sauze Freres French perfumes poster art from Posters & Art Superstore. (link
Monday, March 8, 2010
Suzy Deguez Dans Ses Danses D'Art Vintage Poster
A nice addition to your home decor, the art dance girl dancing Suzy Deguez Paris French vintage poster from Wonderfulitems are printed on heavyweight professional matte paper using giclee technique. Image size 11" X 30"; paper size 14" X 36". (link
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Houdini Water Iron Can Death Defying Magic Magician Vintage Poster
Reprint of Houdini's water iron can death defying magic show. 14x21 image with a white border. (link
Vintage Cycling Poster - Reprints of 1938 World Championship Poster
Reprints of Classic world championship poster from the 1920's -1950's. Posters printed on heavy duty 111 lb weight paper. (link
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Rolling Stones - London 1965 - Vintage Rock Poster
Stuff from the past: The Rolling Stones, London 1965 Vintage Rock Poster
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Moulin Rouge Nightclub, Paris, 1930 - Art Poster Print
A black and white photo of the Moulin Rouge nightclub, Paris, from 1930. The poster measures approx. 24 x 36 inches. Makes a great gift and easy to frame.
Central Park (1961) Vintage Architecture Poster Print
Central Park, NY, in 1961: a great architecture poster print from Art.com (size 24x36 inches)
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Norman Rockwell's Four Freedom Series from 1943's The Saturday Evening Post
The Four Freedoms series was made for reproduction in The Saturday Evening Post in 1943 during the height of World War II. The theme was derived from the 1941 State of the Union Address by United States President Franklin Roosevelt delivered to the 77th United States Congress on January 6, 1941. The first Freedom painting published was Freedom of Speech, which appeared in the February 20, 1943. The Series continued with Freedom to Worship (February 27), Freedom from Want (March 6) and concluded with Freedom from Fear on March 13, 1943.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Seven Year Itch Vintage Movie Poster (1955)
Starred Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, The Seven Year Itch (1955) contains one of the most iconic images of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe standing on a subway grate as her dress is blown above her knees by a passing train. The film was listed at number 51 on the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 American comedy films of the past 100 years. Tom Ewell won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Marilyn Monroe: Various Vintage Posters
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes. I am out of control at times and hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
(Marilyn Monroe)
(Marilyn Monroe)
She's a Golden Globe-winning, critically acclaimed American actress, singer, model, Hollywood icon, cultural icon, fashion icon, pop icon, film executive and sex symbol. She is known for her beauty, comedic acting roles and screen presence. Marilyn Monroe was one of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s and early 1960s and became the object of unprecedented popular adulation. During the later stages of her career, she worked towards serious roles and her fame surpassed that of any other entertainer of her time. She remains one of the 20th century's legendary public figures and archetypal Hollywood movie stars.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
WW2 (Series E) War Bond Posters
As a purpose of both financing military operations during times of war and make civilians feel involved in national militaries, war bonds issued by government and are made available in a wide range of denominations to make them affordable to all citizens.
In the fall of 1940, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. began planning a national defense bond program. Morgenthau sought the aid of Peter Odegard, a political scientist specialized in propaganda, in drawing up the goals for the bond program. On the advice of Odegard the Treasury began marketing the previously successful baby bonds. Series E, F and G bond, would be introduced, of which Series E would be targeted at individuals as "defense bonds". The name of the bonds was eventually changed to War Bonds after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941, which resulted in the United States entering the war.
World War 2 Bond rallies were held throughout the country with famous celebrities to enhance the bond advertising effectiveness. The Music Publishers Protective Association encouraged its members to include patriotic messages on the front of their sheet music like "Buy U.S. Bonds and Stamps". Over the course of the war 85 million Americans purchased bonds totaling approximately $185.7 billion.
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"YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS EITHER"
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Vintage Movie Posters Found Their Way Into the Hands of Collectors
Movie posters were originally produced for the exclusive use by the theatres exhibiting the film the poster was created for, and the copies of the posters were required to be returned to the distributor after the film left the theatre.
Between 1940 and 1984, a nation-wide operation called the National Screen Service (NSS) in the United States printed and distributed most of the film posters for the studios. American film studios began taking over direct production and distribution of their posters from the National Screen Service in the 1980s, which make the process of making and distributing film posters became decentralised in that country.
At the time, the NSS regularly recycled posters that were returned, sending them back out to be used again at another theatre. Movie posters which were not returned were often thrown away by the theatre owner, but some film posters found their way into the hands of collectors - as a result of market demand.
Some of the more popular older movie posters have been reproduced either under license or illegally. Collectors began seeking out original advertising material, and the classic one sheet film poster became the pinnacle object to own for any given film. The record price for a poster was set on November 15, 2005 when US$690,000 was paid for a poster of Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis from the Reel Poster Gallery in London.
Below are some vintage movie posters that are still soughted by collectors:
CITIZEN KANE - VINTAGE ITALIAN MOVIE POSTER (link
GONE WITH THE WIND ~ RHETT & SCARLETT (link
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KING KONG - VINTAGE MOVIE POSTER (link
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METROPOLIS - FRITZ LANG - VINTAGE MOVIE POSTER (link
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MICKEY MOUSE DISNEY VINTAGE MOVIE POSTER (link
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BUS STOP - MARILYN MONROE - VINTAGE MOVIE POSTER (link
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MOULIN ROUGE - VINTAGE MOVIE POSTER (link
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THE WIZARD OF OZ VINTAGE MOVIE POSTER (link
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