Great post, Richard.
Thanks,
Kirby
On Feb 2, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Richard Evans wrote:
> Stan at Posteritati posted a while back that it's Joe Caroff and not Bass who
> was responsible for the West Side Story poster artwork.
> (Info came directly from Caroff to their publisher.)
>
> A former colleague of Caroff's has just posted on NSFGE in a relevant thread
> and thought it worth reposting here for anyone who missed the original post.
>
> Also some further accreditation contained in it:
>
> Joe Caroff — West Side Story Poster
>
> I came across a conversation regarding The West Side Story movie poster
> controversy “Bass or Caroff” yuku.com.
>
> I can tell you without a doubt that it was designed by Joseph Caroff. Joe and
> I were partners for 20 years. He had an ongoing relationship with UA and art
> director David Chasman (for whom he designed the original 007 logo for a
> press release. It was so successful it was picked up as the film logo.). I
> have seen this mix up on many sites. Joe kept a very low profile but he is
> responsible for some of the great film posters of the 20th century. Cabaret,
> A Hard Days Night… During our time together we designed The Last Temptation
> of Christ poster and opening film title sequence for Martin Scorsese and The
> Handmaides Tale for Volker Schlondorff.
>
> Please pass this along to anyone who is in doubt.
>
> All the best,
>
> Lon Kirschner
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