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A Pacific Title Title-Card for Mutiny on the Bounty
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A Pacific Title Title-Card for Mutiny on the Bounty
MGM, 1962. Acrylic on glass, with blue pictorial backdrop (supplied). Framed to 25 x 35 in.
The tale of officer Fletcher Christian, who organizes a mutiny against Captain Bligh, was previously produced by MGM in 1935 with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton in the starring roles. This time around, in glorious color and with more realism, Marlon Brando rallies the crew against Trevor Howard, whose tyrannical practices as Bligh prompt the mutiny. Directed by Lewis Milestone, the epic was shot on location in Tahiti.
Pacific Title Company was founded in the 1920s to provide title sequences for silent films. When the industry transitioned to sound, Pacific Title pivoted to focus on opening and closing credit sequences. The artists at Pacific painted title and credit material on large sheets of glass, which were then filmed before a painted backdrop or composited over a film's introductory shots. From the 1920s to the 1960s, Pacific Title and Art Company produced the lion's share of titles for the Hollywood film industry, until technological advances made the glass plate process archaic. The company archived its work over the decades, creating a living history of the American motion picture industry. This example comes to us directly from the Pacific Title archive.
Provenance: from the Pacific Title archives.
25 x 35 in.
The tale of officer Fletcher Christian, who organizes a mutiny against Captain Bligh, was previously produced by MGM in 1935 with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton in the starring roles. This time around, in glorious color and with more realism, Marlon Brando rallies the crew against Trevor Howard, whose tyrannical practices as Bligh prompt the mutiny. Directed by Lewis Milestone, the epic was shot on location in Tahiti.
Pacific Title Company was founded in the 1920s to provide title sequences for silent films. When the industry transitioned to sound, Pacific Title pivoted to focus on opening and closing credit sequences. The artists at Pacific painted title and credit material on large sheets of glass, which were then filmed before a painted backdrop or composited over a film's introductory shots. From the 1920s to the 1960s, Pacific Title and Art Company produced the lion's share of titles for the Hollywood film industry, until technological advances made the glass plate process archaic. The company archived its work over the decades, creating a living history of the American motion picture industry. This example comes to us directly from the Pacific Title archive.
Provenance: from the Pacific Title archives.
25 x 35 in.
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