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.
Unfortunately, ads No. 2 through 5 were not used. However, ad No. 1 became both consumer ad mat 104 and the basis for the six-sheet poster for the movie:
Ad No. 6 became the one-sheet poster for “My Sister Eileen”:
Again, to show what Bass was up against with the ads that the studio executives (this time at Columbia) wanted to run, here’s one of the incredibly busy ads run by Columbia for “My Sister Eileen”:
The links below take you to the other Bass/Kallis work in this story:
“Magnificent Obsession” — Universal-International — release/premiere date: Aug. 4, 1954
“A Star is Born” — Warner Bros. — Sept. 29, 1954
“Carmen Jones” — Twentieth Century Fox — Oct. 5, 1954
“The Racers” — Twentieth Century Fox — Feb. 4, 1955
“Not as a Stranger” — United Artists — June 28, 1955
“The Shrike” — Universal-International — July 7, 1955
“The Virgin Queen” — Twentieth Century Fox — July 22, 1955
“Mister Roberts” — Warner Bros. — July 30, 1955
“My Sister Eileen” — Columbia — Sept. 22, 1955
“The Rose Tattoo” — Paramount — Dec. 12, 1955
“The Conqueror” — RKO — Feb. 22, 1956
“On the Threshold of Space” — Twentieth Century Fox — March 29, 1956
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