Hollywood Movie Posters: 1914-1990: 1914-1990

This collection of movie posters provides a colorful visual history of the movies, from the early silent days to modern day blockbusters. The evolution of the dream factory is charted through spectacular graphics used by individual studios to advertise their movies.

Posters, like the films they represent, demonstrate stylistic developments, in response to changing social and political conditions, throughout the 20th century. The glamour, pathos and sheer drama of Hollywood through the dec...