University of Arizona. Library. Special Collections
Collection Name:
Movie Poster and Associated Materials Collection,
Inclusive Dates:
1908-1977
Physical Description:
30 Linear feet
Abstract:
This is an artificial collection comprised motion picture posters and related materials which include press kits film scripts, and still photographs, and advertisements for western goods and depictions of western life in the 20th century. Motion pictures filmed in the American Southwest is the central theme to the majority of the materials.
Collection Number:
MS 528
Language:
Materials in English,Dutch,
French,
German,
Italian,
and Spanish.
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
Historical Note
In the early 20th century, movie studios used the poster as a commercial tool to publicize a movie and draw audiences into theaters because they were mobile, conveyed an immediate and understandable message to mass audiences, and were cheap to produce. Posters created during this period were lithographs on cheap paper, and subsequently few examples from the early period of film history survive today and the ones that do are usually in poor condition. Between the 1930's-1940's Hollywood studios printed approximately 7,000-20,000 posters per movie, depending on the promotional budget for the film. Usually studios rented or sold posters to exhibitors for a minimal fee who displayed them in theaters. Exhibitors employed frames to display posters which lead to creating standard sizes for posters which included one-sheets, half-sheets, three-sheets, inserts, and lobby cards. Between 1940's to the mid-1980's, most major studios handed the production and distribution of all movie paper advertising to the National Screen Service (NSS ) which distributed an estimated 90 percent of movie posters in the United States. By the mid 1980's movie theaters with individual screens were replaced by multiplex theaters which used multiple theaters to screen a variety of films. Promotion of individual films gave way to promotion of multiple films in a limited space. This resulted in the phasing out of various sizes of movie posters including half-sheets, three-sheets, inserts, and lobby cards.
Scope and Content Note
This is an artificial collection. The collection has eight series and contains movie posters, lobby cards, promotional still photographs, press books, and scripts relating to movies produced by American Film companies that were filmed in Southern Arizona, more specifically Old Tucson, or were set in the American Southwest. The collection also contains posters of advertisements of western goods and depictions of western life in the 20th century. Many of the movies are from the western genre from the late 1940's – 1960's, but the biker, film noir, science fiction, and thriller genres are also represented. Some of the posters and other associated material were part of the international distribution of films and come from Spain, Belgium, France, Germany, England, Mexico, and Denmark. Most traditional promotional poster sizes are represented including one sheets (27x41"), half sheets (22x28"), insert cards (14x36"), and window cards (14x22"). Materials are in English, French, Spanish, German, and Danish.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish
from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record,
the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The
user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the
University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all
claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Movie Poster and Associated Materials Collection (MS 528). Special
Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Processing History
The processing of this artificial collection of posters began in 2003 but was not completed. Processing resumed in 2014 with materials related to the University of Arizona added.
This series contains posters that are mounted on canvas as well as posters that are shrink wrapped with foam core. This series includes movie posters and two advertisements of depictions of western life in the 20th century. All posters are one sheet in size (27x41").
drawer
folder
5
1
Misc. Western Posters – Stetson (hat) advertisement, undated
5
1
Misc. Western Posters – Mail Pouch Tobacco advertisement depicting the Arizona Camel Corps, undated
5
1
Arizona, 1908 Canvas Backed
5
1
Arizona Frontier, 1940 Canvas Backed
5
1
Arizona Stage Coach, 1942 Canvas Backed
5
1
Montana Frank Shows, 1910 Canvas Backed
5
1
Santa Fe Railroad Posters "Indian Detours, On the Way to or from California", undated Shrink Wrapped with Foam Core
5
1
The Arizona Cowboy, 1948 Shrink Wrapped with Foam Core
5
1
Gunsmoke in Tucson, 1958 Shrink Wrapped with Foam Core
5
1
Jesse James the Missouri Outlaw, undated Shrink Wrapped with Foam Core
5
1
A Texas Ranger, undated Shrink Wrapped with Foam Core
5
1
The Wildcat of Tucson, 1940 Shrink Wrapped with Foam Core
This series is arranged alphabetically by film title and contains standard size movie posters that are not mounted on canvas or foam core. Movie posters contained within the series come in various and sometimes multiple sizes. Sizes included are one sheet (27x41"), half sheet (22x28"), insert card (14x36"), window card (14x22"). The container list denotes poster style. Materials are primarily in English, with some titles in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Danish, and German. Posters with foreign titles are listed under the American title when determined.
drawer
folder
6
1
3 on a Couch, 1966 one sheet
6
1
7 Men from Now, 1966 one sheet
6
1
40 Guns to Apache Pass (40 Fusils Manquent a l'Appel), Belgium, 1966 window card
This series is arranged alphabetically by film title and contains oversize posters. Poster sizes represented in this series include two sheet (41"x81"), three sheet (81" x 81"), and six sheet (three sheets of 81" x 81"). Posters with a foreign title are listed under the American title when determined.
drawer
folder
oversize 2
1
Apache Drums, 1951 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Apache Gold, style A, 1965 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Apache Gold, style B, 1965 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Apache Rifles, 1964 6 sheet
oversize 2
1
Apace War Smoke, 1952 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Arena, 1953 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Arena, style B, 1953 6 sheet
oversize 2
1
Arena, 1953 6 sheet
oversize 2
1
Arizona Cyclone, 1941 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Arizona Raiders, 1965 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
The Arizonian, style A, 1951 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
The Baron of Arizona, 1950 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Cattle Empire, 1958 2 sheet
oversize 2
1
Chicken Every Sunday, 1949 2 sheet
oversize 2
1
Coogan’s Bluff, 1968 2 sheet
oversize 2
1
Deadly Companions, style A, 1961 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Deadly Companions, style B, 1961 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Deadly Companions, 1961 6 sheet
oversize 2
1
Devil’s Canyon, 1953 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Distant Trumpet, 1964 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Firecreek (Les 5 Hos La Loi), France, 1968 2 sheet
oversize 2
1
Geronimo, 1962 2 sheet
oversize 2
1
Geronimo, 1962 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Grand Canyon, 1949 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Hombre, France, 1967 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Lilies of the Field, 1964 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
One Foot in Hell, 1960 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
The Plainsman, 1966 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
The Purple Hills, 1961 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
The Purple Hills, 1961 6 sheet
oversize 2
1
Rider from Tucson, 1950 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
The Rounders, 1965 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
Shadows of Tombstone, 1953 3 sheet
oversize 2
1
The Silencers (Matt Helm, Agent Tres Special), Belgium, 1966 3 sheet
This series contains promotion press books and press kits. The press books are typically 8 ½" x 11" and are approximately 20 to 30 pages stapled. Press books typically contain the film's full cast listing, major star biographies, a complete story line, and full credit information. Press kits typically come in a standard sized folder and contain a press book as well as various promotional materials. This series is arranged alphabetically by film title. Posters with a foreign title are listed under the American title when determined.
drawer
folder
8
1
40 Guns to Apache Pass (Gewehre Zum Apachen Pass), German, 1967
This series contains lobby cards (11" x 14") which typically come in sets that give a pictorial synopsis of a film's plot. This series is arranged alphabetically by film title. Posters with a foreign title are listed under the American title when determined.
drawer
folder
9
1
8 on the Lam, 1967 8 items
9
1
40 Guns to Apache Pass, 1967 8 items
9
1
Alias Billy the Kid, 1946 2 items
9
1
The Animals, 1971 8 items
9
1
Apache Country, 1952 2 items
9
1
Apache Drums, 1951 1 item
9
1
Apache Gold, 1965 8 items
9
1
Apache Rifles, 1965 8 items
9
1
Apache Territory, 1958 7 items
9
1
Apache Uprising, 1965 1 item
9
1
Apache War Smoke, 1952 8 items
9
1
Apache Woman, 1955 8 items
9
1
Arena, 1953 8 items
9
1
Arizona, 1940 1 item
9
1
Arizona Bushwackers, 1967 8 items
9
1
The Arizona Cowboy, 1950 1 item
9
1
Arizona Manhunt, 1951 8 items
9
1
Arizona Raiders, 1965 8 items
9
1
The Arizona Ranger, 1948 2 items
9
1
Arizona Territory, 1950 9 items
9
1
The Arizonian (re-release), 1951 13 items
9
1
The Ballad of Cable Hogue, 1970 8 items
9
1
The Battle at Apache Pass, 1952 8 items
9
1
Beyond the Purple Hills, 1950 3 items
9
1
Billy Jack, 1973 8 items
9
1
Black Eagle, 1948 8 items
9
1
Brighty of the Grand Canyon, 1967 8 items
9
1
Cancel My Reservation, 1972 8 items
9
1
Canyon City, 1943 7 items
9
1
Canyon Raiders, 1951 8 items
9
1
Canyon River, 1956 8 items
9
1
Carson City Raiders, 1948 3 items
9
1
Challenge of the Range, 1949 8 items
9
1
Cheyenne Autumn, 1964 8 items
9
1
The Conquest of the West (La Conquesta del Oeste), Spain, undated 10 items
9
1
The Cowboy and the Indians, 1949 1 item
9
1
Cyclone Prairie Rangers, 1944 8 items
9
1
Day of Anger, 1969 8 items
9
1
Deadly Companions, 1961 8 items
9
1
Death Valley Manhunt, 1943 1 item
9
1
The Desert Horseman, 1946 7 items
9
1
Desperados of Dodge City, 1948 7 items
9
1
Devil's Canyon, 1953 8 items
9
1
Doc, 1971 8 items
9
1
Firebrands of Arizona, 1944 1 item
9
1
Fort Bowie, 1957 1 item
9
1
Galloping Thunder, 1946 1 item
9
1
Gauchos of El Dorado, 1941 3 items
9
1
The Gay Ranchero, 1948 4 items
9
1
Geronimo (re-release), 1949 1 item
9
1
Grand Canyon, 1948 8 items
9
1
Grand Canyon Trail, 1948 2 items
9
1
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Duelo de Titanes), Spain, 1957 12 items
9
1
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, 1957 8 items
9
1
Gunning for Vengeance, 1946 2 items
9
1
Gunplay, 1951 1 item
9
1
The Hawk of Wild River, 1952 6 items
9
1
Hellfire, 1949 6 items
9
1
Hombre, France, 1967 18 items
9
1
Horsemen of the Plains, 1928 2 items
9
1
Hour of the Gun (Die Funf Geachteten), German, 1967 22 items
9
1
Indian Agent, 1948 7 items
9
1
Law of the Golden West, 1949 1 item
9
1
Lilies of the Field, 1963 7 items
9
1
MacKenna's Gold (El Oro de MacKenna), Spain, 1969 12 items
9
1
MacKenna's Gold (El Oro de MacKenna), Spain, 1969 12 items
9
1
Marshal of Cripple Creek, 1947 1 item
9
1
Mule Train, 1950 3 items
9
1
Mule Train, 1950 3 items
drawer
folder
10
1
The Old Frontier, 1950 8 items
10
1
Outcasts of the Trail, 1949 4 items
10
1
The Phantom Stagecoach, 1957 3 items
10
1
Quick on the Trigger, 1948 1 item
10
1
Renegades of the Sage, 1947 7 items
10
1
Rider from Tucson, 1950 8 items
10
1
Riders in the Sky, 1949 1 item
10
1
Ridin' on a Rainbow, 1941 2 items
10
1
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail, 1950 6 items
10
1
Robin Hood of the Pecos, 1941 3 items
10
1
The Rough, Tough West, 1952 8 items
10
1
Shadows of Tombstone, 1953 8 items
10
1
Sheriff of Tombstone, 1941 5 items
10
1
Smoky Canyon, 1951 4 items
10
1
Song of Arizona, 1946 2 items
10
1
Stage to Tucson, 1950 8 items
10
1
Stagecoach Kid, 1949 6 items
10
1
Star in the Dust, 1956 4 items
10
1
The Storm Rider, 1957 2 items
10
1
Sundown Valley, 1944 3 items
10
1
A Time for Killing (La Poursuite des Tuniques Bleues), France, 1967 10 items
This series contains miniature posters which range in size. These posters typically duplicate the image of a film's one sheet and were commonly printed as advances to generate interest in a film and were usually given away at premiers or special screenings. This series is arranged alphabetically by film title. Posters with a foreign title are listed under the American title when determined.
