"Les Pompiers de Paris" Stone Lithograph by Candido de Faria released by Pathé in 1908

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THE MAGIC OF MOVIES
Vintage Movie Posters and 
Paper Ephemera

Curated by Anca Colbert

Nov. 6 - 29, 2014

Opening Reception
Thursday, Nov. 6, 5 - 8pm

A Film Screening of Frank Capra's 1937 ''LOST HORIZON"
will be held Thursday, Nov. 13 starting at 7:30pm.  
The gallery will be open on Thursday, Nov. 13th for its regular hours from 2 to 7pm.  Guests for the screening are welcome to arrive starting at 7pm.  There will be some light refreshments available before the screening.  

A spectacular collection of rare, vintage movie posters and original paper ephemera “THE MAGIC OF MOVIES” will be featured at Gallery 525 in an exhibition running November 6 through November 29. 

Ranging in time from 1908 to 2010, the movie posters represent a wide array of artistic and graphic styles, from a vibrantly colored stone lithograph designed by Candido de Faria for an early silent movie released by Pathé in 1908 (“Les Pompiers de Paris”) to the most contemporary digital photo composition for Easy “A” (entirely filmed on location in Ojai in 2010).  The selection also includes some legendary films of the 20th Century:  Autant En Emporte Le Vent (the 1970s French re-release of Gone With the Wind), L’Affaire Tholmas Crown (the 1968 French release of The Thomas Crown Affair) and a few other French release posters for American classics: Superman, The Scarlet Empress, Lost Horizon (a 1970’s release for the fabled film by Frank Capra (1937), all part of the significant films represented by the posters in this exhibition. 

A group of rare PAPER EPHEMERA complements the show, highlighted by the first issue of Cinema Arts (June 1937) possibly the most lavishly illustrated movie magazine ever published; a couple of slabbed still photos from D.W. Griffith’s epic The Birth of a Nation; the program produced by Columbia in 1936 to promote the 1937 release of Lost Horizon, with an original cover illustration by James Montgomery Flagg. 

Curator and Art Consultant Anca Colbert states: 

“Movie posters have long captivated the imagination of both movie buffs and art collectors. They speak to the imagination and to the visual memories so cherished by film enthusiasts. They have also inspired great artists and designers to create images that are now part of a visual language and a popular culture with worldwide devotees.”

Read Anca Colbert's article: 

"When Poster Art Met Ojai, Two art forms, full-color lithography and film, linked from stone to screen," Anca Colbert, Ojai Quarterly, Art & About, Fall 2014