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Now playing : hand-painted poster art from the 1910s through the 1950s / Anthony Slide, with Jane Burman Powell and Lori Goldman Berthelsen.

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Now playing : hand-painted poster art from the 1910s through the 1950s / Anthony Slide, with Jane Burman Powell and Lori Goldman Berthelsen.
Author
Slide, Anthony
Publication
Santa Monica, Calif. : Angel City Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Berthelsen, Lori Goldman.
  • Powell, Jane Burman.
Description
159 p. : ill. (some col.); 37 cm.
Summary
"Now Playing is a magnificently illustrated book that opens a door to another time. Dramatic artwork and detailed text tell the groundbreaking story of hand-painted movie posters commissioned by the nation's local theaters and created by local artists who were free to play by their own rules, creating unique visual advertising to seduce moviegoers"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
Film posters, American
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Sid Ganis -- Introduction / Jane Burman Powell and Lori Goldman Berthelsen -- The posters of Edwin Isaac (Ike) Checketts -- A history of original motion picture poster art -- The posters of Edward Augustus Armstrong -- Palette and technique -- The posters of various artists -- But is it art? -- Batiste Madalena -- Biographical sketches of other poster artists -- The honor roll.
ISBN
  • 9781883318536 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 188331853X (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2007006851
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library