Movie Poster Snap Frames Information

Classic Movie Posters have in recent years become increasingly desirable and collectable. Movie Posters are an essential promotional tool for films, and the image presented on the poster can often become iconic if the film is a big success. Good examples of this are Saturday Night Fever and Jaws. Prior to the 1990s, it was more usual for illustrations to be used on movie posters, rather than photographs. Movie Posters are usually displayed both inside and outside cinemas. Film posters have been used since the very earliest publications of film. When their value in terms of promotion of film productions became recognised increasing thought and artistic input was used. In the early days of film, posters were produced for the exclusive use by the particular cinema that was exhibiting the film. In those days movie posters were required to be returned to the distributor after the film was finished at the cinema. In the United States, film posters were usually returned to a nationwide operation called the National Screen Service (NSS) which printed and distributed most of the film posters between 1940 and 1984. The NSS regularly recycled posters that were returned, sending them back out to be used again at different cinemas which was a money saving exercise. At this time a film could stay in circulation for several years, which resulted in increasingly worn movie posters being exhibited. Eventually they were retired into storage at an NSS warehouse and were usually disposed of at this time. Some found their way into the hands of collectors which ultimately was the start of a trade in rare, collectable movie posters.

Increasingly rare movie posters have become more valuable. With this in mind, we started stocking Movie Poster Snap Frames some years ago, recognising the need for them to be attractively presented and preserved. In recent years we have got to know many collectors, we learnt that some collectors are willing to pay thousands of pounds for rare movie posters. Therefore, their preservation is crucial. Our Movie Poster Snap Frames clip open for easy poster removal and replacement. They are aluminium, coloured silver or black, with UV grade anti glare PVC poster covers, giving added protection from the sun. Our Stock Snap Frames are individually boxed