Download or read book 50 Great Comedy Film Posters written by Norman Clark and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Great Comedy Film posters are selected from the many hundreds of comedies produced worldwide in the past 100 years or so. Chosen for their impact and design values- and not necessarily on the film quality! Great Comedy Stars some remembered, many now almost forgotten. When Comedy was King, but now only the posters to remind us of just what this meant.

Download or read book Comedy Movie Posters written by Bruce Hershenson and published by Bruce Hershenson. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fabulous series of pictorial movie encyclopedias spanning the early days of the movie industry to the present. Drawn from the author's research and personal archives, this book presents movie posters as an art form as well as a slice of America's history. High quality, all colour reproduction and accurate text makes this book excellent for reference, while movie lovers will delight in the opportunity to remember their favourite film.

Download or read book The Ultimate Classic Comedy Teams Movie Poster Book written by Greg Lenburg and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were (and still are) the kings of movie comedy teams: Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Martin and Lewis, The Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges. Today, new generations continue to discover their antics for the first time, thanks to reruns of their films on cable channels and the release of them on DVD, Blu-ray and streaming video. The Ultimate Classic Comedy Teams Movie Poster Book celebrates their legacies by presenting, for the first time together in one book, 100 full color movie posters originally used to promote their films (20 posters for each team). In addition, there are chapters containing sample posters for foreign releases and re-releases of their films, compilation films and film festivals, and solo films. If you're a fan of movie comedy teams or love collecting their posters, then The Ultimate Classic Comedy Teams Movie Poster Book is right up your alley. One hundred posters included by comedy team: Abbott and Costello: Buck Privates, Hold That Ghost, Keep 'Em Flying, Ride 'Em Cowboy, Pardon My Sarong, In Society, The Naughty Nineties, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, The Time of Their Lives, Buck Privates Come Home, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Africa Screams, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, In the Foreign Legion, Comin' Round the Mountain, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy. Laurel and Hardy: The Lucky Dog, Duck Soup, Two Tars, We Faw Down, Bacon Grabbers, Big Business, Liberty, Another Fine Mess, Brats, The Music Box, Helpmates, Sons of the Desert, Babes in Toyland, Our Relations, Block-Heads, Flying Deuces, A Chump at Oxford, Jitterbugs, The Bullfighters, Utopia. Martin and Lewis: My Friend Irma, My Friend Irma Goes West, At War With the Army, That's My Boy, Sailor's Beware, Jumping Jacks, The Stooge, Scared Stiff, The Caddy, Money From Home, Living It Up, 3 Ring Circus, You're Never Too Young, Artists and Models, Pardners, Hollywood or Bust. The Marx Brothers: The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Room Service, At the Circus, Go West, The Big Store, A Night in Casablanca, Love Happy, The Story of Mankind. The Three Stooges: The Big Idea, Uncivil Warriors, Three Little Beers, Playing the Ponies, So Long, Mr. Chumps, I Can Hardly Wait, Gents Without Cents, Booby Dupes, Out West, Pardon My Clutch, Dunked in the Deep, Self Made Maids, Pardon My Backfire, Booty and the Beast, Musty Musketeers, Husbands Beware, A Merry Mix-Up, The Three Stooges in Orbit, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules, The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze.

Download or read book 50 Years of Movie Posters written by John Kobal and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 50 Great Horror Film Posters written by Norman Clark and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horror films often inadvertently became comedy films. Posters were almost be definition - misleading and 'over-the-top, but they often carried masterful illustrations where techniques and treatments were literally works of art. This collection of posters for horror films makes no judgement on the film quality, and concentrates on the artwork involved. Even when confronted with the most ludicrous stories, notably in earlier presentations, the creative artists worked wonders. Horror film presentations changed as technology improved, and plots moved moved more to the psychological and more removed from the physical. The selection reviews and reveals the development.

Download or read book 50 Years Of movie Posters written by David Ro and published by . This book was released on with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 50 Laurel Hardy Movie Posters written by Abby Books and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "50 Laurel & Hardy Movie Posters" is a colorful collection of movie posters from the films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Hollywood's greatest movie comedy team. From 1926 to 1950, Stan and Babe (as he was affectionately known) appeared together in 106 films, both two-reelers and features. The collection in this book is a sample of movie posters from the team's silent and sound films, as well as compilation films and foreign versions. Printed in color on white paper, movie posters are presented in the order of the year of release. Each movie poster has been restored to its best possible reproduction quality. In a few cases, reproduction quality may vary, due to the condition of the original posters. But every attempt was made to improve the quality of each poster contained in this book. The book is intended to be only a sample of the movie posters used to promote many of the team's films. It does not contain information about their films nor biographical data about the team. The following is a list of the movie posters contained in the book, in the order they are published. In a few cases, window cards were substituted where one-sheet posters were unavailable. 1927: Why Girls Love Sailors, Second Hundred Years. Do Detectives Think? 1928: Leave 'Em Laughing, From Soup to Nuts. 1929: Wrong Again, That's My Wife. 1931: Pardon Us, Beau Hunks (French). 1932: Any Old Port, Pack Up Your Troubles. 1933; Fra Diavolo (French), Midnight Patrol (Swedish), Sons of the Desert. 1934: Hollywood Party, Babes in Toyland (Italian). 1935: Thicker Than Water, Bonnie Scotland. 1936: The Bohemian Girl (Italian), Our Relations. 1937: Way Out West (German), Way Out West (Swedish), Pick a Star, Pick a Star (Swedish). 1938: Swiss Miss, Block-Heads (Australian). 1939: The Flying Deuces, The Flying Deuces (Danish). 1940: Sons of the Desert (Re-Release), A Chump at Oxford 1941: Great Guns. 1943: Jitterbugs, The Dancing Masters. 1944: Nothing But Trouble, The Big Noise. 1945: The Bullfighters. 1946: A Chump at Oxford (Re-Release), 1947: Way Out West (Re-Release). 1954: Bogus Bandits (aka The Devil's Brother (Re-Release), Utopia. 1958: The Golden Age of Comedy (Compilation). 1960: When Comedy was King (Compilation), Block-Heads (German). 1964: MGMs Big Parade of Comedy (Compilation). 1965: Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20s (Compilation). 1967: The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (Compilation), The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (Compilation). 1970: 4 Clowns (Compilation). 1975: That's Entertainment Part 2 (Compilation)

Download or read book 50 Years of Movie Posters written by John Kobal and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 20 Laurel and Hardy Silent Movie Posters written by Abby Books and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting 20 Laurel and Hardy Silent Movie Posters, a collection of original one sheet posters from selected silent short subjects starring the greatest comedy team of all time. Included are poster reproductions from Why Girls Love Sailors (1927), With Love and Hisses (1927), Sugar Daddies (1927), Second Hundred Years (1927), Do Detectives Think? (1927), Leave 'Em Laughing (1928), Flying Elephants (1928), Soup to Nuts (1928), Habeas Corpus (1928), Liberty (1929), Wrong Again (1929), That's My Wife (1929), Big Business (1929), Double Whoopee (1929), Bacon Grabbers (1929) and Angora Love (1929). Rounding out the collection are posters from two Laurel and Hardy compilation films from the Boys' silent comedy shorts: Laurel and Hardy's Laughing '20s (1965) and The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967). Printed in color on white paper, posters are organized by year of release. Each poster has been restored to its best possible reproduction quality. For Laurel and Hardy fans, 20 Laurel and Hardy Silent Movie Posters is the perfect companion to 50 Laurel and Hardy Movie Posters and the newly published Laurel and Hardy Movie Poster Art Book.

Download or read book Film Posters of the 50s written by Tony Nourmand and published by Overlook Books. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifties was the unforgettable decade in which movies exploded on the screen, more colorful, sexier, and wilder than ever before. Faced with the new challenge of television, the studios conjured up a host of irresistible attractions: Cinemascope, Vista-Vision, and 3D; the sexy Marilyn Monroe and voluptuous Jayne Mansfield; the moody figures of Paul Newman and James Dean; and the emergence of the sci-fi and horror genres. With more than 250 full-color posters from all over the world, "Film Posters of the 50s" is a must-have for all film buffs as well as anyone interested in graphic design and advertising.

Download or read book Fifty 50 years of movie posters written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Great Silent Comedians Movie Poster Book written by Jake Lenburg and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Great Silent Comedians Poster Art Book" is back with a revised, second edition and a new title! Retitled “Great Silent Comedians Movie Poster Book” by Jake Lenburg, the book spans nearly a quarter of a century, containing nearly 75 movie posters and lobby cards from the classic films of Hollywood's legendary silent film clowns: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Laurel and Hardy, and Charley Chase. Compared to the original book, the revised edition has a new design and layout. Thanks to the new size, each poster is full page in size. Best of all, nearly 20 posters have never been published before and were not included in the original book. Looks like collecting movie posters of the great silent comedians just got even better!

Download or read book 50 Great Historical Film Posters written by Norman Clark and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic films cover places and people and events. Invariably with a romantic interest thrown in. This collection concentrates on films using events that happened before the 20th Century which are covered separately. Again fact and fiction were mixed, and few stood up to real examination historically. This was not important as above all the films were for entertainment more than education as general rule. History based films offered great opportunities for the filmmakers, and also for the designers of Posters enticing the paying public into the cinemas. This collection also shows how several films were presented in different countries, and the superb artwork that was invariaby used.

Download or read book The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time written by Kathryn Bernheimer and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Monty Python to "The Full Monty, The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time" presents a critical retrospective of a century of screen humor and serves as an homage to the colorful personalities behind the comic creations. 50 photos.

Download or read book Mighty Movies written by Lawrence Bassoff and published by Lawrence Bassoff Collection. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The splendour, savagery and spectacle of the screen epics that staggered the world! Mighty Movies chronicles the age of the classic Hollywood blockbuster (1932--1970) by presenting and evaluating 200 authentic movie posters, lobby cards, and related memorabilia items from 100 film examples. A special appendix features an additional movie poster retrospective of the muscleman-driven 'sword and sandal' costume spectacles produced in Europe from 1957 to 1965. Originally displayed in movie theatres, these rare, ravishing, and valuable movie posters and lobby cards also illustrate the in-house movie poster styles and printing processes utilised by the major Hollywood studios of the day.

Download or read book American movie posters 1925 1950 written by Serge Zreik and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Harold Lloyd Movie Poster Book written by Abby Books and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research says he was one of the most popular and influential film comedians of the silent film era, best known for his bespectacled glasses character. His films frequently contained "thrill sequences" of extended chase scenes and daredevil physical feats, for which he is best remembered today, including hanging from the hands of a clock high above the street. He was Harold Lloyd, an American actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter. Between 1914 and 1947, Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and "talkies." The Harold Lloyd Movie Poster Book celebrates Lloyd's long film career by presenting over 50 one sheet posters, lobby cards and other poster art from his silent and sound films. There are also samples of one sheet posters from foreign releases of some of Lloyd's films, and even poster art from Lloyd's compilation films, Harold Lloyd's Word of Comedy and The Funny Side of Life. Harold Lloyd Movie Poster Book is a fitting tribute to one of Hollywood's greatest silent clowns. The following is a list of movie poster art contained in this book: One Sheet Posters: Lonesome Luke Promotional Poster (1916), Luke's Washful Waiting (1916), Follow the Crowd (1918), Bees in His Bonnet (1918), Harold Lloyd Comedies Promotional Poster (1919), Captain Kidd's Kids (1919/1925 reissue), Pathe Promotional Poster (1920s), High and Dizzy (1920), Among Those Present (1921), Never Weaken (1921/Exhibitor Book Ad), Grandma's Boy (1922), The Freshman (1925), For Heaven's Sake (1926), The Kid Brother (1927), Speedy (1928), Welcome Danger (1929), Feet First (1930), Movie Crazy (1932), The Cat's Paw (1934/Midget Window Card), The Milky Way (1936), Professor Beware (1938), Mad Wednesday (1947) and Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy (1962). Lobby Cards: Bumping into Broadway (1919), From Hand to Mouth (1919), An Eastern Westerner (1920), I Do (R-1920s), Now or Never (1921), Girl Shy (1924), Hot Water (1924), For Heaven's Sake (1926), The Kid Brother (1927), Welcome Danger (1929), Feet First (1930) and Mad Wednesday (1947). Foreign Release Posters: Safety Last! (1924), Girl Shy (1924), Speedy (1928), The Cat's Paw (1934), Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy (1962), Harold Lloyd Film Festival (1976) and The Freshman (1977 reissue). Compilation Films: Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy (1962) and The Funny Side of Life (1963).