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Movie Poster Archives, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2016 domiciled in New Orleans, Louisiana. The mission is preservation, research, education, and exhibition.

Growth[edit]

200,000 in 2016 400,000 in 2019.^[1]

As of December, 2021, the archives contained 1,000,000 paper artifacts including movie posters, production stills, lobby cards, celebrity portraits, and presskits.

Exhibitions[edit]

In 2020 the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation awarded Movie Poster Archives a grant to create the Louisiana Movie Poster Virtual Museum which launched on January 16, 2021. Additional funding was provided by the New Orleans Entertainment Coalition.

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Movie Poster Archives presented an exhibit entitled Backdrop Louisiana! curated by Ed and Susan Poole of Hollywood On The Bayou that premiered in January 2020 at the Slidell Cultural Center.^[2]

Mutual Support[edit]

Through a gift from Chicago-based collector Dwight Cleveland, Movie Poster Archives returned a collection of 13 rare British posters to the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter. Posters featured stars in Britain and USA in the 1920s: Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge, Constance Talmadge, Ivy Duke, Alma Taylor and Annie Laurie.^[3]

Movie Poster Archives donated 5,000 studio-issued promo cards featuring Star Wars characters to Rancho Obi-Wan, the world's largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia.^[4]

Vitascope Hall Marker ^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Stacks on stacks on stacks". Retrieved November 22, 2021.
^ report, Staff. "A red carpet event in Slidell: Exhibiting posters and movie memorabilia from Louisiana-made films". NOLA.com. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
^ "Rare British Posters donated to the museum from the USA". Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. Retrieved November 21, 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Star Wars Characters Land at Rancho Obi-Wan". Movie Poster Archives. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
^ writer, MIKE SCOTT | Contributing (OCT 16, 2019). "Vitascope Hall marker to be unveiled on Canal Street". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] "Stacks on stacks on stacks". Retrieved November 22, 2021.

[2] report, Staff. "A red carpet event in Slidell: Exhibiting posters and movie memorabilia from Louisiana-made films". NOLA.com. Retrieved November 22, 2021.

[3] "Rare British Posters donated to the museum from the USA". Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. Retrieved November 21, 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "Star Wars Characters Land at Rancho Obi-Wan". Movie Poster Archives. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2021-11-24.

[5] writer, MIKE SCOTT | Contributing (OCT 16, 2019). "Vitascope Hall marker to be unveiled on Canal Street". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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