In honor of the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival, which returns for its 18th annual event in sunny Palm Springs, May 11-14 at the Camelot Theatres, I decided to highlight Crime Scenes: Movie Poster Art of the Film Noir, The Classic Period (1941-1959).
The Foreword has an interview with Robert Wise and the book itself is filled with images from the collection of film-art buff Lawrence Bassoff—171 movie posters, lobby cards, and pressbooks, which are used to tell the development and history of the film genre and movie poster printing processes. There are images, including many rare editions, for 100 classics such as The Maltese Falcon, You Only Live Once, Out of the Past, This Gun for Hire and Double Indemnity. Bassoff even includes price ranges for aspiring collectors (in 1997 terms).
From the foreword with Robert Wise.
A spread from the "fifty stars of the film noir rogues gallery" section.
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