Tag Archives: Saul Bass

USA Movie Poster Artists…

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Click on the name or movie poster to learn more about each artist’s most famous posters…

coming to america movie poster drew struzanback-to-the-futuree.t. the extra terrestrial movie poster john alvin

Drew Struzan                    Drew Struzan 2                John Alvin

vertigo2the man with the golden arm poster saul bass

Saul Bass                                    Saul Bass 2       Saul Bass & Elaine Bass

magnum force movie poster bill gold1 magnum force movie poster bill gold2 breakfast at tiffany's poster

Bill Gold                             Bill Gold 2                          Robert McGinnis

my_fair_ladymodesty blaise

Bob Peak                                            Bob Peak 2

indiana amsel2heaven can wait

Richard Amsel                                      Birney Lettick

battlestar_galacticacleopatra movie poster terpningthe taking of pelham one two three poster mort kunstler2

Robert Tanenbaum           Howard Terpning               Mort Künstler

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Jack Davis                         Mort Drucker                   Jack Rickard

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Tom Jung                                            Hildebrandt Brothers

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Frank Frazetta                  Renato Casaro                  Boris Vallejo

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John Solie                         John Berkey                 Frank McCarthy

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Reynold Brown                        Mitchell Hooks

next_stop_greenwich glaserno way out rand1dr_strangelove

Milton Glaser                       Paul Rand                     Tomi Ungerer

ziegfeld_folliesgrapes benton2along came jones

Alberto Vargas                Thomas Hart Benton         Norman Rockwell

the_prince_and_the_showgirl movie poster richard avedonday at the races

Richard Avedon                                 Al Hirschfeld

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Steve Frankfurt                   Philip Gips                       Guy Peellaert

astounding she monster poster albert kallischinatown pearsall movie posterfiddler_on_the_roof

Albert Kallis          Jim Pearsall                  Ted Coconis

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Paul Crifo                          Rudy Obrero                    Ron Lesser

stakeoutmoonraker_ver4 poster dan gouzeeused cars movie poster usa

Steven Chorney                 Dan Gouzee                     Huyssen & Huerta

hot_dog_the_moviemeatballs movie posteranimal house poster

Phil Roberts                      Morgan Kane                    Rick Meyerowitz

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Mick McGinty                                      Robert Grossman

1941 movie poster david mcmackenfingers movie poster wilson mcleanempire strikes back 10th noble

David McMacken              Wilson McLean                  Larry Noble

travels with my auntsuperman 3 movie poster larry salkup in smoke
Peter Palombi                     Larry Salk                       Scakisbrick

your friends & neighborsspecial_great_gatsby patrick nagel posterspecial_laurel_and_hardy_art_print_NZ00410_L

Alex Katz                           Nagel                             Elaine Hanelock

The Great Gatsby Returns!

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On the eve of the high-profile release of The Great Gatsby remake, The New York Times recently discussed how retailers like Barnes & Noble and WalMart were having a classic New School vs. Old School debate on whether to feature the movie tie-in edition (below, left) or the original book cover art (right) for their shelves. (NYT)

Perhaps even design legend, Saul Bass, might’ve been inspired by Gatsby, too, when you look at his 1960s one-sheet for Bonjour Tristesse. And just in case you missed it (or are a loyal Bing fan), Mr. Bass was given the Internet’s highest honor yesterday with a Google Doodle tribute on the search engine king’s main page. (Guardian)

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Getting Leggy With it…

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Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of A Marriage Counselor is looking to get a leg up from past one-sheets by Saul Bass (Such Good Friends) and Showgirls.(IMP)

Such Good Friends poster saul bassshowgirlstyler_perrys_temptation_confessions_of_a_marriage_counselor_ver2

Ballester and Bass

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Not too many movie poster fans mix up the rich tapestries of Italian artist, Anselmo Ballester (left), with the minimalist master, Saul Bass (right) — but here’s a strange similarity (although to be fair, the one-sheet for Phase IV, Saul Bass’s one and only feature directing credit, wasn’t done by the great Bass himself)…(Eatbrie)

The Bass-o-metrics…

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If art is truly timeless, then compare and contrast these two Saul & Elaine Bass title sequences, completed over thirty years apart…

Bass Country…

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Although Saul Bass is typically viewed as modern design’s urban sophisticate with his simple, savvy titles, he wasn’t afraid to put on his cowboy hat when he had to…

Happy Alcatraz Anniversary!

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Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the three prisoners who escaped Alcatraz Island Penitentiary back in 1962, but were never found or heard from again — unless you saw Clint Eastwood’s portrayal in Escape From Alcatraz. And the arresting one-sheet was done by 1970’s-80’s star illustrator, Birney Lettick.

So whether you’re stuck in jail today or free as a bird, enjoy this ration of Alcatraz movie posters, including an early Boris Grinsson french poster for the never-before-seen (at least to my eyes), Alcatraz Island…

Dial M For Ripoff?

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Eagle-eyed Neil Jaworski spotted the Saul Bass (The Human Factor) homage on this new book cover for Tom Watson’s Dial M For Murdoch, which ironically chronicles the Fox founder’s hacking scandal…(MOPO)

Django Bass!

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Quentin Tarantino has gone Saul Bass on our ass (or perhaps it was a combo platter of Rene Ferracci’s Wild Bunch and Thief of Paris that caught his eye) with the new teaser for his upcoming spaghetti western, Django Unchained. (ImpAwards)