The UK One Sheet is a portrait poster and an example can be seen in the ‘No Time to Dier’ poster which is third from left in the image. This poster has the exact same dimensions as the standard US cinema poster and their use became common practice in UK cinemas around the year 2000. One Sheet posters, which are 27 x 40 inches, are commonly used in UK cinemas. No’ Front of House Card, a ‘No Time to Die’ Mini Quad, a ‘No Time to Die’ UK One Sheet Poster and a set of ‘On her Majesty’s Secret Service Double Crown posters. A scale example of a Dr No Front of House card can be seen in the photo. They typically came in sets of 8 but are no longer used and have been replaced, to a certain extent, by the mini quad. Front of House Cardįront of House cards in UK generally measured 10 x 8 inches. The white background ‘No Time to Die’ poster second from left on the image shows a scaled example of a mini quad poster. These posters measure 16 x 12 inches and are printed both in portrait and landscape format.

No poster on the far left of the photograph is a scaled example of a UK quad poster. This has meant UK cinema posters for American movies always need to be tweaked or totally re-designed in order to be used in UK cinemas. The Quad poster is always printed in a landscape format which is different to the portrait format of the standard US One Sheet poster. The use of Crown size posters has long been discontinued in UK cinemas. The name derives its origins from the ‘Crown’ poster, which measures 20 x 15 inches. A quadruple crown measure 40 x 30 inches. Quad is an abbreviation for quadruple crown. In this article, we discuss the origins of the Quad poster and other collectible UK cinema posters. As discussed in last week’s blog about the 4 most common posters we stock on the Cinema Poster Gallery, the Quad has been the standard UK cinema poster since the 1930s.

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