It's very interesting to hold the two books up and look at how movie posters have evolved. Even more so when these posters were created before I was born.

Illustrations dominate the 50s. There's also a noticeable yellow tint on the posters, which I attribute it to the yellowing of the paper medium. Most of the posters would serve as great examples in anatomy and posing classes. The portrait artists from this era seems to be really good at their work.

Fastforward a bit into the 70s and I notice the increasing use of photographs in posters. Illustrations still holds strong ground though. There are lots of conceptualization going on, shown clearly in print. Every one of the posters has strong composition.

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