Downloadable movie posters from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s (hrc.contentdm.oclc.org)

This reminds me, so many films, so little time.

I confess, I like the style of a lot of the earlier movie posters.

I was looking to add a few posters to my room, and this came at the right time. The only one that interested me was: Colossus: The Forbin Project, as I love Michael Colombier's OST in that. Other than that, it's hard for me as a 23-year-old to find movies I've seen here. The earliest I can think of is Indiana Jones, and The Rocketeer, and those are in the 90s.

On a vaguely related note, two accomplished film poster artists passed away in the past month: Renato Casaro [1] and Drew Struzan [2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Casaro

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Struzan

Anyone know of a similar site for mid-century Airline and Train travel posters?

This is cool. I found:

North by Northwest. https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll...

Goldfinger / Dr No. https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll...

Ten Commandments. https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll...

Different subject matter (space), but if anyone has recommendations, I would love love love the chance to see a poster form childhood.

It was sometime around international space year ish (1992), and was a poster of a hybrid ship, part Space Shuttle and part large sailing ship, a gallon or what not.

I kept it for many years as it fell apart but ultimately got rid of it. I love the motif, the idea of endless exploration. Every now and then I do a little web-searching for it, but no luck. Any suggestions welcome!

Tangentially related: https://www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/bizarre-movie-poster...

Very cool

I really want to see The Shoemaker and the Elves!

Good find, already added Shaft in Africa to my wallpaper.

How much is a large digital picture frame,I guess just mounting a tv sideways could work.

I honestly feel like switching to photography imperceptibly destroyed the art of the poster compared to elaborate detailed posters (theater, circus, ads) of the 19th century. And this continues to this day.

“The Soul of - “, who now? My lord, different times for sure.

who's gonna train a model on these?

If you’re ever in Manhattan and you like this stuff, I recommend https://www.posterhouse.org/

Fantastic graphic art and poster museum. Not focused on movies per se but we had a great time there.

Great website also.

Very cool stuff. Brings back a lot of memories from my youth spent in movie theaters on Saturday afternoons watching the sci-fi/horror double features. I have several posters printed by the S2 Art Group (they used to have their lithograph machine in the Paris hotel in Las Vegas), one of my favorites: https://www.cinemasterpieces.com/62014/s2frankteaser.jpg the eyes follow you everywhere.

No 2001, Star Wars, Godfather..

Many of them seem to be trying to exploit women’s or men’s sexuality.

How boringly US centric :(

What's the best open weights AI upscaler?

How can I have a rotating version of this in a poster-sized digital frame in the easiest possible way?

Only been able to find one movie that was done on Mystery Science Theater 3000:

The Beatniks: https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll...

Couldn't find 12 Angry Men on it :(