H.W. Wilson is adding a new collection to its Art Suite. The Kobal Collection is one of the world’s finest and most comprehensive image archives of movie, television and entertainment history. An essential companion to Wilson’s Art Museum Image Gallery, Cinema Image Gallery presents the history of movie-making through a wide range of high-quality images of films in production: directors working on-set with the stars, set, costume and production design as well as hair and make-up shots and rare behind-the scenes material. Cinema Image Gallery also offers an extensive TV stills archive featuring classic and modern TV: comedies, dramas, series, TV movies, game shows and thousands of pictures of the stars of this medium.

Unsurpassed coverage

• Approximately 200,000 superior-quality images - substantial quarterly additions

• Presents a wide range of time and place—spans over a hundred years, from the latter part of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century.

• Provides unprecedented access to movies and television for education, research, and enjoyment.

• A treasure-trove of over 4,000 poster art and lobby cards used to promote
  the movies.

• Search seamlessly with the Wilson Art Suite: Art Full Text, Art Index, Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984, Art Museum Image Gallery, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, and the forthcoming International Bibliography of Art.

• All images rights cleared for education use.

• Links to reviews and other articles about the titles.

• Links to full video, free online, for almost 100 films. Examples: A Farewell to Arms (1932), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1945), Cyrano De Bergerac (1950), Our Town (1940), and Birth of a Nation (1915).

• Portrait photography and biographies of the stars of film and TV.

• Links to biographies.

• Search by Title, Director, Actor Names, Genre, Country of Production, Subject of Film, Screenwriter, Awards (Academy Award, Best Costume Design, Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival, Screen Actors Guild)

• images from 24 different Abbott and Costello films.

• 70 images from the recent Casino Royale and 37 from the 1967 Casino Royal (starring David Niven and Woody Allen)).

• Images from the following Batman titles:
  Batman (1966 movie)
  Batman (1989 movie)
  Batman (TV series)
  Batman and Robin (1997 movie)
  Batman Begins
  Batman Forever
  Batman Returns

• 61 images from Citizen Kane

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