Fantastic post Bruce thank you great history I like what you and Ed
poole and Sue poole do
The book I have an early posters is called Nickelodeon theaters and
their music by David Quincy Bowers from 1986 I actually supplied vintage
movie magazines to him when he wrote the book and I bought them back
early 1913 motion picture news prior to the movie magazines it was
theater magazines the first started announcing motion picture apparatus
like the projectors from the 1890s and then by 1910 companies like
Powers and Vitagraph where around in the book Nickelodeon theater some
music that the first posters were actually sheets and I always assumed
maybe that's why they called it one sheets or two sheets or three sheets
but I'm not sure
I bought 400 copies of Dave's book when he stopped printing but then he
released it again but I have the first edition hardcover and some soft
bones I've sold it for years for 2995 and I've given a many away and I
told Dave that it was my mission to share the book with others because
it was such a great book on the musical instruments used in the movies
projection I made a directors megaphone to commemorate April 23, 1896
the koster and bials music hall in NYC where the 1st projected movie 2
KOSTER AND BIALS MUSIC HALL IN NYC 0 NOW MACYS
Only one newspaper ran my press release in Carmel California most
newspapers would not run my press release I think because there's been
an argument where the first movie was shown IN theater remember most of
the movie theaters were actually prior legitimate theater buildings and
I was also told that they would have to buy or borrow seats from the
undertaker to hold the Crowne
Amazing for a business only started in the 1900s well keep up the good
work Bruce and lamp
Bless you all
TOM
HOLLYWOOD DREAM FACTYORY®
SINCE 1977
On 2023-07-20 21:37, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
The very first "movie posters" appeared at the same time movies were
first made, around 1896. They were small posters with a vertical
format, advertising the machines and the process, rather than
individual movies!
Here are more important milestones in the early history of movie
posters (I am just writing these off the "top of my head", and I
welcome any additions or corrections):
c.1898 - what is believed to be the first poster for a specific movie
is seen, for the comedy short "Watering the Gardener"
c.1901 - the first traditional one-sheets for single movies appear
c.1909 - the first one-sheets with actors billed appear
c.1909 - the first exhibitor magazines appear
c.1910 - the first three-sheets appear (printed on 3 one-sheet sized
pieces, hence the name)
c.1912 - the first 8x10 stills appear
c.1913 - the first six-sheets appear (printed on 6 one-sheet sized
pieces, hence the name)
c.1913 - the first 14x22 window cards appear
c.1914 - the first souvenir program books appear
c.1915 - the first 11x14 lobby cards appear (the very first ones are
vertically oriented)
c.1916 - the first pressbooks appear
c.1917 - the first 22x28 half-sheets (called "displays") appear
c.1920 - the first 14x36 inserts appear
c.1920 - the first 24-sheets appear (printed on 24 one-sheet sized
pieces, hence the name)
c.1920 - the first studio yearbooks (also called "campaign books")
appear
ATTENTION ALL YOU POSTER HISTORY BUFFS! As I said above, the above
chart was created in minutes, and I welcome any additions or
corrections. I would LOVE to greatly expand it, and I would especially
like to add similar dates for every movie poster producing country!
Please email me if you have information to help make this a reality!
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