Film Posters of the 50s: Essential Posters of the Decade from the Reel Poster Gallery Collection

by Graham Marsh (Editor), Graham Marsh (Editor), Tony Nourmand (Editor), Reel Poster Gallery Staff (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.45

  This work includes the best, the sexiest, the coolest film posters from the 1950s: from Some Like it Hot to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ; from La Strada to Roman Holiday . The superb posters in this book present the full range of images-from stark to sizzling-that enticed international cinema audiences in the 1950s. Faced with the new challenge of television, studios conjured up a host of new attractions: Cinemascope, Vista-Vision and 3D, the curves of Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch and Some Like It Hot and the moody figure of James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause . And then there was the elegant Cary Grant, at his peak in films like To Catch a Thief and North by Northwest . The New Wave was starting to break-with such European imports as La Strada and Black Orpheus . This was also the era of the great science fiction film: The Day the Earth Stood Still , Invasion of the Body Snatchers , and Forbidden Planet . With more than 250 full-color posters from all over the world and commentary by two leading experts on poster art, Film Posters of the 50s is a must have for all film buffs as well as anyone interested in graphic design and advertising.