Thanks both. As well as illustration, type looks perfunctory and inappropriately sensible, in contrast to that little press ad illustrated in the Kirkham book.
Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Oct 2013, at 13:32, Neil Jaworski <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hallo Paul, Richard and All > > I've always assumed that this is from the Bass studio. Stanley Kramer had > used Bass-alike artists for other projects but I can't see him getting away > with getting another artist to re-version Bass' own titles. > > Bass himself is v busy at this point, working on THE CARDINAL and he's also > spending a lot of time in London (for meetings on NINE HOURS TO RAMA) and > Japan (for the Keio Dept Store rebrand of '64). > > But I've seen Stanley Kramer's beautiful headed paper for IAMMMMW (with the > globe reproduced in light blue) and this paper is almost identical to the > headed paper that Bass was producing for Preminger. So I'm sure Bass did > have a hand in the print campaign. > > That said, there's definitely something "not right" about the execution of > the 1sh, esp the hand/briefcase/money interface. As Paul says, it's too > "cleaned up" to be by Bass himself (or even his right-hand-man Art Goodman). > > So I think it's from some junior draftsman in the Bass Studio rather than > from Bass per see, but that's just an opinion. > > All best > Neil > > PS I've read that Bass' fee for the Keio rebrand was $500,000 (not Yen) in > 1964. That's not a bad day at the office. > > From: Paul Gerrard <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 12:35 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Style B > > Yes Rich, Bruce also mentioned it on an earlier sale of that style which made > me curious too. The globe design on the poster does differ in that it has > curved horizontal lines, whereas on Bass' title sequence (and press ad) it > has straight lines. It also looks a bit too "cleaned up" overall. However, > since the motif is so blatantly similar, along with a fairly characteristic > red background, and an Advise-&-Consent-style disembodied hand/briefcase, and > since Bass also worked on the press campaign, it's hard to believe he would > have let the studio get away with it without some input. After all, he must > have had considerable clout by then. Unless they paid him off, or the > contract was loose enough to allow it. > > It's an interesting one to be sure. Perhaps Neil J has some other information > or campaign material that might shed some light. > > Paul > www.movieposterstudio.com > > > In a message dated 23/10/2013 01:30:44 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] > writes: > Interesting info contained in emovieposter listing. Looks like this one could > be joining Birdman Of Alcatraz, West Side Story etc. > > "Important Added Info: Note that a Saul Bass expert tells us that Bass did > NOT do the art for this poster! Other sites credit Saul Bass as the artist, > but this may be due to the fact that he did the title sequence for the film > and the art does look similar to his style. If anyone knows more about this, > please e-mail us and we will post it here." > > http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=3148047 > > Assume, strictly speaking it would be "after Bass", Illustration does indeed > follow title sequence design very closely. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
