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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Cinema posters collection
Identifier/Call Number: 2615
Physical Description:
440.688 Linear Feet
104 boxes
Date (bulk): 1950s-1990s
Abstract: This collection consists of promotional cinema posters for motion pictures from around the 1950s through the 1990s.
Language of Material:
English.
This collection consists of cinema posters for motion pictures from the around the 1950s through the 1990s. These posters
are mass produced posters for cinematic releases. These include the movies "Can-Can" (1960) featuring Frank Sinatra, "Caveman"
(1981) featuring Ringo Starr, "Mad City" (1997) featuring John Travolta, "Freddie as F.R.O.7" (1992) an animated film, "Invasion
U.S.A." (1985) featuring Chuck Norris, and many more.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from various studio publicity departments, circa 1980s-early 1990s.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Cinema posters collection, Collection no. 2615, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture posters
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources