Motion Picture Posters Collection, 1924-1996, bulk (bulk 1952-1996)

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Summary

Title:
Motion picture posters,
Dates:
1924-1996, bulk (bulk 1952-1996)
Abstract:
Motion picture posters have been used to publicize movies almost since the beginning of the film industry. The collection consists of primarily American film posters for films produced by various studios including Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, MGM, Paramount, Universal, United Artists, and Warner Brothers, among others.
Extent:
58 map folders
Language:
Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Motion picture posters (Collection 200). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of film posters dating from ca. 1924 to 1996, with the bulk of the collection dating from the early 1950s-1996. The collection consists of posters for primarily American released films and includes 1,200 plus film titles. The posters represent a variety of film genres which were produced by various studios including Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, MGM, Paramount, Universal, United Artists, and Warner Brothers, among others.

Biographical / historical:

Motion picture posters have been used to publicize movies almost since the beginning of the film industry. Poster designs have become permanently associated with the films they promote, often acting as symbols of the films for collective memory. Frequently film posters outlive thier intended marketing purpose and assume the role of iconic images in film history and culture at large. (Based on: The origin and development of the American moving picture poster by Gary Don Rhodes; Film History: An International Journal, Volume 19, Number 3, 2007)

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by film title.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed Arts Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth Graney and Julie Graham.
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; frontmatter gathered from MARC Record. Date of source: 020507.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Motion picture posters (Collection 200). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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