Film Posters of the 60s: The Essential Movies of the Decade

By Graham Marsh, Tony Nourmand, Reel Poster Gallery

Book Overview

Alfred Hitchcock's style was unmistakable, and his films more than ever are revered the world over. Any list of the greatest films of all time is sure to include titles like Psycho, Dial M for Murder, Vertigo, and North by Northwest.In this lavishly produced book, Wolff and Nourmand have collected all the best promotional art -- including posters, lobby cards, and other promotional materials -- of Hitchcock's entire career, including material so rare that the copy photographed for this book is the only one known to have survived. Among the treasures displayed: an American poster for Woman to Woman, the 1923 film for which Hitchcock wrote the screenplay and served as assistant director and art director; a poster for the first film he directed, The Pleasure Garden of 1925; and material from classic films like Strangers on a Train and To Catch a Thief. Hitchcock Poster Art provides a fascinating look at the international scope of the master's influence and appeal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879519347
• ISBN13: 9780879519346
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.8" x 11.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years

Customer Reviews

posters book

The book was in excellent condition. Quite interesting in that it also features posters for European movies. Recommended.

A lost art - beautiful vintage poster art

This is a wonderful book in the series with wonderful reproductions of the posters of the decade. Makes a wonderful gift for someone who loves movies as well as a great coffee table book. Highly recommended

this is great.

it's very inspirational for designers to keep this handy. these posters are as good or better than the films.

Buy the entire decades series, they are all great!

Like the other decade books in this series Film Posters of the 60's is a sensational buy. You could either keep it intact as a collection of posters in a book to show and discuss with friends, or cut the book up and actually have a vast number of posters up on your wall. This book is about a third the size of your standard film poster and most movies are full page colour. Any of them would look great up on the wall.The 60's bought Sean Connery as James Bond to the screens. Rock stars like The Beatles also made movies. Films like Cool Hand Luke, The Graduate, Dracula, Night of the Living Dead, The Endless Summer, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Ocean?s 11 along with a heap of Westerns and World War movies like The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape have stood the test of time. Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman and others went up on walls for the first time in the 60's and you can put them up again today.I wasn't born in the 60's but I still know most of these great movies. Buy this book.

An excellent review of the great film posters of the '60's

Tony Nourmand's "Film posters of the 60's" is a wonderful and colorful coffee table style book that is a great treat to look through. There are many of the classic film poster images of the French New wave, the films of Stanley Kubrick and the classic 007 posters, just to name a few. Film poster collecting is a great adventure and this book reflects that enthusiasm. This book was lovingly organized with great detail. A superb value! Looking forward to future editions.