One might think that advertising has reached unprecedented heights these days. Yet, it is rare to pass a movie theatre that offers more than television screens that reproduce what would once have been a paper poster. Behold the wonders that exhibitors used to deploy to let passers-by know that their establishment had been transformed for a few days into a temple dedicated to the film then being shown, in all countries.

USA

Great Britain

France

Canada

The Netherlands

Spain

Belgium

Austria

Denmark

Chile

Russia