PS: Remiss of me in the circumstances not to add my appreciation for Bruce and the team at emovieposter, for their commitment to honest, accurate information, while bringing an unparalleled volume of paper to market.
On 23 Oct 2013, at 13:32, Neil Jaworski 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.
