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The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) movie posters

Contributed by David Smith on Oct 6th, 2019. Artwork published in .
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Condensed caps from Davison Epanoul (1963) used for the all-star cast on the posters for The Yellow Rolls-Royce, including Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Alain Delon, George C. Scott, Jeanne Moreau, Omar Sharif, and Shirley MacLaine. While the movie logo is probably custom script lettering, “Everything happens in … the yellow Rolls-Royce!” seems to be in caps from Folio schmalfett. The right-aligned monikers in the poster version shown above are set in Akzidenz-Grotesk, or Standard, as it was known in the United States.

U.S. One Sheet. The script used for the red line at the top is a condensed variant of , another face drawn by Meyer “Dave” Davison for Photo-Lettering, Inc. It was digitized by Mitja Miklavčič. The credits are set in .
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U.S. One Sheet. The script used for the red line at the top is a condensed variant of Davison Spencerian, another face drawn by Meyer “Dave” Davison for Photo-Lettering, Inc. It was digitized by Mitja Miklavčič. The credits are set in Lightline Gothic.

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