Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Milton Menasco (January 22, 1890 – June 7, 1974) was an American painter and art director of silent movies born in Los Angeles, California. Born in 1890 in Los Angeles, California, Menasco began his art career in the early days of Hollywood and described his work then as the "blood and thunder" posters which enticed movie fans into theaters to watch the first silent pictures. He was commissioned for mural paintings at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco for the World's Fair in 1915. His vivid use of colors and graphics won him recognition in Hollywood, where he worked on 33 films--29 times as art...Read More