Movie Posters

Movie Posters Are The Way To Go

Amazingly, in a country where fads change like the weather, movie posters continue to be a huge attraction for the American consumer. Movie posters are well known to be the all time favorite since the past and up to the present and thanks to the internet can now be found quickly and with affordable prices. Today, movie posters are a hot commodity. One of the reasons of there ongoing popularity is movie posters help to trigger our memories. Like a pair of lovers favorite song, movie posters work in much the same way. The memories I'm talking about are not necessarily about watching the movie itself. It's about who you were with or what was going on in your life during that time in your life.

When I see a movie poster of "Gone With The Wind" it triggers memories of an old girl friend of mine. We went to Radio City Music Hall in New York City to see the amazing film. When I see that movie poster with Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh, I'm not seeing visions of the "ole South" up in flames, I'm remembering of how much I was in love with my ex-girlfriend and how good it felt. (If my wife reads this, I'll be up in flames!)

Movie Posters - "Born In The Golden Age of Hollywood"

Movie posters began as promotional items that were created by Hollywood film studios to advertise feature films. Today, movie posters are still being designed by studios to build awareness about a film. Movie posters are prominently displayed in the lobby of your local movie theater, in magazines, on billboards, on the sides of buses, and even on the on the internet. Movie posters can even be found in the towns and villages of countries all over the world. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who boasted that they had "more stars than there are in heaven," set the industry standard for movie posters. Theirs was a starker, no-frills style of movie poster which was often dominated by a photo montage design. Columbia Pictures used a fake color process to colorize their movie posters. This turned their posters into movie poster art. This process was quickly copied by all the other studios. With their stable of top stars, Paramount using a minimum of text, produced sleek and witty posters. In the earlier days, promotional posters often featured a still from the film with the entire cast or a particularly memorable scene. Today's modern movie posters usually contains a memorable image which defines the underlying theme of the film, such as C3PO and R2D2 from the Star Wars series or the "S" symbol from the Superman movie franchise. But I think that movie posters have become more than just promotional ads for the Hollywood film industry, in some cases they're beautiful works of art.

Collecting Movies Posters Both A Hobby And An Investment

Collecting movie posters of popular Hollywood films and movie stars is very popular. Collecting movie memorabilia has become a fun hobby for many movie fans, but it is also a way of owning your own piece of movie history. Collecting movie posters has also become an investment to some. More and more movie fans are now also considering this aspect when buying a poster. Movie posters are now prized as combinations of fine art and popular culture. Star Wars and Star Trek movie posters are one example of very popular posters of both hobbyists and collectors. Horror movie posters are a frequently collected item among horror buffs. Fans and collectors both purchase western movie posters because of their beautiful background scenes and the action packed photography. Some of the most popular movie posters at the moment are Star Wars movie posters. And now Spider-Man 3 movie posters are now available for hobbyists and collectors to purchase. Vintage movies posters have been a fan and collectors favorite because they offer an excellent opportunity to have your favorite movie or movie star in your home.

Movie Posters Are One Of Our Favorite Gifts

Now that you know a little more about movie posters and movie poster collecting, go ahead and start collecting. For those hobbyists that don't like the idea of having to plan on making a profit because it takes the fun out of collecting movie posters, why worry? Go ahead and collect them because movie posters are a real delight and they are a visual treat with which you can adorn your walls and doors with posters of favorite stars and movie scenes. Movie posters are one of our favorite gifts because people of all ages are particularly fond of movie memorabilia. Movie Posters are one of the few things you can hang on your wall that have a greater potential to increase in value. Movie Posters are the way to go.