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Finian's Rainbow (Archive of original title card maquettes for the 1967 film)
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Finian's Rainbow (Archive of original title card maquettes for the 1967 film)

by Harold Adler (letterer); Francis Ford Coppola (director); E.Y. Harburg, Fred Saidy (playwrights, screenwriters); Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Keenan Wynn (starring)

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1967
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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers / Seven Arts, 1967. Four title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1967 film. Based on the 1947 musical by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, who also adapted the story to the screen. The four maquettes in this archive are stylistically similar, but quite different from the titles used in the finished… Read more about this item
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Justine (Original title card maquette for the 1969 film)

Justine (Original title card maquette for the 1969 film)

by Harold Adler (designer); Anouk Aimee, Anna Karina, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Forster, Philippe Noiret, Michael York, John Vernon (starring); George Cukor (director); Joseph Strick (director); Lawrence Durrell (novel); Lawrence B. Marcus (screenwriter)

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1969
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Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969. Original title card maquette hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1969 film. Based on the "Alexandria Quartet" by Lawrence Durrell. Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films, worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock, and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and… Read more about this item
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The Magician of Lublin (Three original title card maquettes for the 1979 film)
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The Magician of Lublin (Three original title card maquettes for the 1979 film)

by Harold Adler (letterer); Menahem Golan (director, screenwriter); Isaac Bashevis Singer (novel); Sheldon Patinkin, Irving S. White (screenwriters); Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Shelley Winters (starring)

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1979
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Los Angeles: Golan-Globus Productions, 1979. Three original draft title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1979 film. Based on the 1960 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The three sketches show different approaches to the title, all distinct from the final lettering design used. Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on… Read more about this item
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The Birds (Archive of original title card maquettes for the 1963 film)
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The Birds (Archive of original title card maquettes for the 1963 film)

by [Film] [Art] Harold Adler (letterer); Alfred Hitchcock (director); Daphne Du Maurier (story); Evan Hunter (screenwriter); Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor (starring)

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Published
1986
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Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1986. Archive of three title card maquettes hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1963 film. Also included are two fascinating autograph letters, both elaborately designed and executed in a calligraphic style, from Adler to author, illustrator, and editor Fridolf Johnson relating to Adler's work with Hitchcock. Harold Adler was a calligrapher… Read more about this item
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The Fantastic Plastic Machine (Original title card maquette for the 1969 film)
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The Fantastic Plastic Machine (Original title card maquette for the 1969 film)

by Harold Adler (letterer); Eric and Lowell Blum (directors, writers); Jay North (narrator)

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1969
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Beverly Hills, CA: Crown International Pictures, 1969. Original title card maquette hand lettered by Harold Adler for the 1969 film. Harold Adler was a calligrapher who created hand lettered titles on over 100 films, worked frequently with Alfred Hitchcock, and was a favorite of legendary title sequence designers Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro. In addition to "The… Read more about this item
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Original photographic title card from

Original photographic title card from "Spartacus," designed by Saul Bass

by Saul Bass

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1960
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Los Angeles: Saul Bass and Associates, 1960. Original glossy photographic title card for plate No. 3 in the title sequence from Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film, "Spartacus." This plate was used for the portion of the title card sequence showing "LAURENCE OLIVIER as Crassus." Only a small portion of the photographic image here was used in the sequence, the entire… Read more about this item
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