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 film in any way. However, the primary figure in all of these drawings — that of the doctor in full operating regalia, including his mask — was the primary notion in all of the posters for the movie, and in the two consumer advertisements used most.
The two Bass/Kallis illustrations that were used virtually verbatim as ads for the movie are drawings No. 1 and No. 6. Here are the ads:
Here’s the “Not as a Stranger” pressbook page that talks about these two ads specifically, and how widely they were being distributed:
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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