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We asked an experienced restorer, Diane Jeffrey, of Studio C in Vista, California to give a brief overview of the linen-backing process for a one sheet poster. Linen-backing does not actually involve real linen of any kind, although at one time conservators did use it. Today most restorers working with film posters use an acid [...]
Questions of condition are basic to movie poster collecting. People describe condition differently. I’m not going to try to define these labels like “very fine”, “good”, “near mint” etc. The fact is: What is very fine to one person may be only very good to another. A poster described casually as being in good condition may be very fine to you. The best way to assure that the poster is in the condition you require is to see it.
This is Part Two in a series by Kirby McDaniel of MovieArt for Jon Warren’s “Movie Poster Guide”. It is reproduced here as a service to collectors with Jon’s permission. Click here for Part Three. U.S. 30 X 40 and 40 X 60 inch posters These posters are printed on card stock, generally, and are [...]
Producers have been advertising the films they produce by every means conceivable since the first producer decided to splice his footage together, load it onto a projector, set up a screen and some chairs and sell tickets. Film trailers, handbills, heralds, radio and TV spots, sneak previews and the revered publicity stunts of the great showmen of the past have all played a role in getting the attention of the public when a film needed selling.