Sepia Saturday

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 Movie Posters


This week Sepia Saturday bloggers are inspired to share photos inspired by this image of Marlene Dietrich . I went to the Library of Congress site to see what they have. Many of their images, even ones that should be public domain weren't available for download. I did find an assortment of photos with movie posters and some posters themselves. 

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Lee, R., photographer. (1938) Children looking at posters in front of movie, Saturday, Steele, Missouri. United States Missouri Steele Steele, 1938. Aug. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017737211/.


LBSCB01-093a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

Forman, H., (ca 1941) TitleSingapore, children in front of movie posters and movie theater.




Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946) in Italian



Mary Pickford in Coquette (1929).





Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1929)





Kurosawa's Drunken Angel (1959)

Comments

  1. La NightingailJuly 24, 2021 at 9:40 AM

    A great match to the prompt and thanks for including all the videos! Mary Pickford's was really fun - OMG! :)

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  2. KathyJuly 24, 2021 at 5:17 PM

    Your selections have a nice range of style and emotion. Don’t get involved with glamorous Gilda!

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  3. Barbara RogersJuly 24, 2021 at 5:39 PM

    Great take on the prompt...when I have a bit more time I'll come back to see the clips...they look great!

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  4. Molly's CanopyJuly 25, 2021 at 9:36 AM

    Excellent idea to go one step removed from the movie photos. Those are great pictures -- and the Harold Lloyd clock poster and video is still hair-raising. Yikes!

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  5. Mike BrubakerJuly 25, 2021 at 11:39 AM

    Great idea for the theme! Once upon a time, for those of us who remember, a movie poster was the main medium for attracting our attention to a film. Sadly that artform is gone and even the square image on a DVD box has disappeared too.

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