Re: [MOPO] U.S. Movie Poster Milestones, 1896 to 1920

2020-07-19 Thread Tom Martin
Thanks Bruce..the book i have by q david Bowers -1986 has back to nickleodeon's..I guess they had made sings on sheets and sandwich board signs in the start..like 1910 and 1913/ On 2020-07-19 06:52, Bruce Hershenson wrote: The very first "movie posters" appeared at the same time movies were

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[MOPO] U.S. Movie Poster Milestones, 1896 to 1920

2020-07-19 Thread Bruce Hershenson
The very first "movie posters" appeared at the same time movies were first made, around 1896. They were small posters with a vertical format, advertising the machines and the process, rather than individual movies! Here are more important milestones in the early history of movie posters (I am just