We recently unearthed a large collection of mainly hand rendered film posters
from a defunct Pennsylvania art movie house.  We're accessioning between half to
two thirds of the roughly 400 odd posters into our permanent collection, so we
now need to find an appropriate repository for the remainder.  Most of the
posters that will be available date between 1945 and 1955 and include many
foreign film titles, including works by neo-realists like Rosellini.  I should
also add that many are oversize:  there are roughly 40-50 marquee sized posters
(4' x 9') along with several dozen narrow door panel posters (6' x 2') and more
conventionally sized posters.

We've checked with the usual suspects:  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, the Smithsonian and Library of Congress, UCLA Film Archive, etc., but
this particular genre seems beyond their collecting scope.  Ideally, we'd like
to offer these posters to a museum that specializes in foreign film and would be
in a position to care for paper objects such as these.  Any folks familiar with
European film museums?

Would appreciate any and all suggestions.

I can be contacted off list at: [log in to unmask]

Curtis Miner
Curator of Popular Culture

The State Museum of Pennsylvania
PO Box 1026
Harrisburg, PA  17108                           FAX  (717) 783 4558

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