Backdrop Louisiana!

The Backdrop Louisiana! Film Poster Exhibit debuted at the Slidell Cultural Center in January 2020. It was a collaboration between Movie Poster Archives and Hollywood on the Bayou. Louisiana has been center stage in the film industry beginning with opening of the first indoor seated movie theater in the U.S. in New Orleans in 1896. […]

Movie Poster Museum Wins Jazz Foundation Grant

The Louisiana Movie Poster Virtual Museum took a step toward realization with a grant of $1,500 from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. The 2020-2021 Community Partnership Grant Recipients were announced in December. The grant was awarded in the Media and Documentation category which supports the creation, documentation or exhibition of […]

Star Wars Characters Land at Rancho Obi-Wan

What would you do with 5,000 Star Wars character cards? The promotional images of iconic Star Wars characters were donated to Movie Poster Archives. Unfortunately, they didn’t fit into any of the normal categories of movie posters, lobby cards, stills or press kits. What to do? Archivist Ed Poole contacted long-time colleague Steve Sansweet at […]