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Finding Aid for the Collection of Motion picture posters, 1924-1996 (bulk 1952-1996)
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Title: Motion picture posters,
Date (inclusive): 1924-1996
Date (bulk): (bulk 1952-1996)
Collection number: 200
Extent: 58 map folders
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.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
[Identification of item], Motion picture posters (Collection 200). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
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)
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.
Arranged alphabetically by film title.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Film posters, American -- Archival resources.