Sunday, February 01, 2009

Movie Poster Art

I love movie posters from the 1930's. They have a style, half photographic and half painted, that visually appeals to me. I have been tempted to buy certain posters, even when I think the movie is only so-so, just because I love the artwork. Some examples:


One of my favorite Harlow posters. Not my favorite Harlow movie.

My all time favorite Crawford poster. I thought the movie was blah. Look at that hair! And I like the script at the top.

I love the look of her face, although not the skin tone.

I love the poster and the movie in this case. Ann Sheridan is just beautiful.

A little over the top, but still gorgeous.

I just like the yellow, and the heads of the cast members.

3 comments:

Sam [Also known as Harry] said...

Beautiful posters, great art. You really have a keen eye...

Chris Hewes said...

You and my partner would get along famously...1/2 our house is covered in framed movie posters from the 30's and 40's!

Jennifer M. said...

I have a small collection of reproductions I got on eBay. The real ones are too expensive for me.