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Call Number:

PN1995.9.P79 C55 1989

Cinema pressbooks from the original studio collections   

Reading, Berks : Research Publications

Format:

MICROFILM

Subject Category:

History US, History US West, Music, Theater, Women's Studies

Collection Dates:

01/01/1919 - 12/31/1949

Location:

UNLV Microforms

Summary:

This 37 reel collection is a rich source for basic background movie information, including promotional campaigns, publicity blurbs, posters, still reproductions, actor bibliographies, and full technical and promotional details. A total of 1700 pressbooks are reproduced covering the following studios for the following respective years: United Artists, 1919 - 1949; Warner Brothers, 1922 - 1949; and Monogram Pictures, 1937 - 1947. These pressbooks are a unique and detailed record transition from silent movies to "talkies"; and the Golden Years of Hollywood in the 1930's and 1940's.

Finding Aids:

Cinema Pressbooks from the original studio collections, Reading, Eng ; Woodbridge, Conn.: Research Publications 1988 (MICRO PN1995.9.P79 C55 1989 v.1 and v.2).


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