Starstruck:
Vintage Movie Posters from
Classic Hollywood
By Ira M.
Resnick
Foreword by Martin Scorsese
For more than four decades film historian Ira M. Resnick has
been amassing a world-class, never-before published collection
of 2,000 movie posters and 1,500 stills. Starstruck: Vintage
Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood features the best of Resnick’s
collection, with vivid reproductions of 258 color posters and
28 black-and-white stills from a golden age of Hollywood, from
1912 to 1962.
In Starstruck Resnick relates how his lifelong passion for film
translated into a career as a collector and the founder of the
Motion Picture Arts Gallery in New York City, the first gallery
exclusively devoted to the art of the movies. Resnick’s lively,
firsthand account of the evolution of his collection is accompanied
by thoughtful descriptions of the stars and films shown on the
pieces he collected. Starting at the birth of cinema with silent
films and continuing up to Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Resnick provides
an entertaining tour of cinematic history.
Starstruck is organized chronologically—showcasing several posters
for each movie star, such as Lillian Gish, the Marx Brothers,
Marilyn Monroe, John Barrymore, Humphrey Bogart, and Audrey
Hepburn—and thematically, with later chapters devoted to horror
films, important directors, and lesser-known movies with fantastic
graphic posters. Bonus material includes a moving and insightful
foreword by movie-poster fan Martin Scorsese, a list of Resnick’s
fifty favorite one-sheets, helpful tips for the collector, and
a glossary of terms and poster sizes.
Starstruck offers a beautifully illustrated, personal tour of
a bygone age of the motion picture industry that will appeal
to film buffs and art collectors alike.
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