The Federal Communications Commission is “strongly encouraging” television stations that will be taking part in the agency’s auction of spectrum, which begins May 31, to log in for an online tutorial ahead of the reverse auction workshop, B&C reports, noting…
Outside of this material, shown below, designed by Saul Bass and drawn by Al Kallis, the advertising for “On the Threshold of Space” is abysmal. Fortunately, ads based on the first five illustrations (below), with just a few changes, are…
One of the final projects Bass did with Howard Hughes, who at one time owned RKO. It took two years to make at a then astronomical cost of $6 million. In “Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design,” Bass…
Some very dramatically sober — probably too sober — drawings from Saul Bass, via the hand of Al Kallis, for the movie version of Tennessee Williams’ ahead-of-its-time story about sex in relationships. I could not find that any of these…
These six rough drawings for “My Sister Eileen” are a living embodiment of the quality we call “delightful.” And this work of Bass’, as drawn by Al Kallis, practically screams delightful musical. My Sister Eileen No.1 My Sister Eileen…
Of all the Bass/Kallis drawings that we are posting today, I find the work Saul Bass designed for the Naval comedy “Mister Roberts” among his least inspired. I don’t really get these ads, though they do have a certain graphic…
Another case where the 6 Bass/Kallis drawings are better than the ads that were eventually used for the film. The Virgin Queen No. 1 The Virgin Queen No. 2 The Virgin Queen No. 3 The Virgin Queen No….
Al Kallis only has a single drawing for “The Shrike,” another film for which Bass also did the titles. The Bass-designed ad is brilliant. Unfortunately I could not find that a copy of it in this form was ever used,…
Here are the six Bass/Kallis illustrations done for Stanley Kramer’s “Not as a Stranger.” Though Bass had a long and fruitful relationship with Kramer, I could only find evidence that two of these drawings were actually used to advertise the…
“The Racers” was another film for which Bass did both the title sequence and some of the posters and other consumer advertising. The title sequence was, visually, quite simple and was built around the motif of the checkered flag. As you…