Rare Movie Posters | Vintage And Rare Movie Poster Collections

Ever since the advent of real home theaters, the collecting of rare and vintage movie posters has come more into vogue.  There’s just something cool and very nostalgic about having posters from the golden age of movies.  Especially, if you can do it up in a nice vintage frame, like the theaters of old used to use.  If your good at the garage sale and flea market circuit, then you may luck out and find the perfect setting for your posters.

The nice thing about collecting old movie posters, is there’s so many genres to choose from.  The variety makes it pretty easy to find something that will reflect your personal tastes.  It really doesn;t matter, whether it’s old campy “B” grade horror flicks, something more romantic like an old “Affair To Remember” poster with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, or a classic Kubrick Space Odyssey 2001 poster.  Maybe your a foreign film buff?  There all great images, and show to get you in the movie viewing mood, or simply impart on your visitors (loyal patrons?) what kind of movies you find interesting.

Don’t forget to take into account the decor and style of the other physical surroundings in your home theater.  Or maybe it’s the other way around.  How about finding your favorite movie posters, and then designing your movie room to match the posters.  Perhaps a southern plantation style if your a big fan of Gone With The Wind.  Perhaps Science Fiction is where your tastes take you?   How about a few Captain Kirk style chairs to view the latest space operas available.  All you Lord Of The Ring fans must have a room completed in the Rivendell motif, that Lord Elrond would be proud of.

Perhaps your just a movie poster collector.  That’s fine to.  I’ve known plenty of movies that were dreadful, but created some great rare movie posters.  Sometimes, it’s better to save $10 plus price of admission and just buy the poster.

Have you ever noticed how some movie posters seem strangely familiar.  The el cheapO Hollywood marketing crowd often rehashes good movie posters to save a few bucks.  The just change the characters, names and a few colors and all of a sudden, instant movie poster marketing magic.  Althought sometimes they’re just leveraging previous movie success.  How many sci fi films came out after the success of Star Wars that were strangely reminiscient of the original posters from Star Wars?  Did they really think they could fools us that easily.

Whatever movie posters you end up adding to your collection, be sure to have them taken care of.  Truly original movie posters were usually printed on some pretty cheap material.  They weren’t really meant to last for a long time.  There are proper ways of framing, storing and displaying these prints that will prolong their life span.  Keeping them out of direct sunlight is just one of them.  But there are others.

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