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Post by Stammerhead on Jan 14, 2021 13:06:53 GMT
I think Disney is the last studio that felt the need for us to fully understand that the film we are about to watch is based on a book but it used to be pretty common back in the day.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 14, 2021 15:19:24 GMT
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Post by Stammerhead on Jan 14, 2021 15:32:33 GMT
Sometimes it’s a scroll...
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Post by Stammerhead on Jan 14, 2021 15:52:17 GMT
Warner Brothers sort of did it with Superman in 1978...
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jan 14, 2021 18:36:19 GMT
The Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol has a title sequence in which the book is selected from a shelf.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 14, 2021 19:31:10 GMT
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Post by claudius on Jan 14, 2021 19:44:15 GMT
The Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol has a title sequence in which the book is selected from a shelf. A remake of the 1935 version which had the shelf selection, the turning of pages, and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” although as instrumental. I think the oldest book turning sequence was GREED (1924) which has a presentation of a book of Frank Norris’ McTeague opening. One recent sequence is the Closing of DRAGON BALL BATTLE OF GODS with 42 Volumes of the Manga Series turning with highlights to certain pictures. |
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Post by marshamae on Jan 14, 2021 20:19:12 GMT
Ot but aReally odd title device is Leo McCary’s use of embroidered pillow cases in My Favorite Wife.
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Post by Stammerhead on Jan 14, 2021 20:42:58 GMT
Ot but aReally odd title device is Leo McCary’s use of embroidered pillow cases in My Favorite Wife.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 14, 2021 22:11:10 GMT
Ot but aReally odd title device is Leo McCary’s use of embroidered pillow cases in My Favorite Wife. Thank you (and to Stammerhead)! I thought about this when perusing the thread, but couldn't for the life of me recall which film had used it. Every time I've seen it, I've marveled at how skillfully those fingers were able to pluck away each one without disturbing those underneath.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 16, 2021 0:15:36 GMT
Written by English writer Graham Greene the crime novel "A Gun For Sale" was published in America 1936 as This Gun For Hire and filmed under the same name, directed by Frank Tuttle in 1942.   |
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 16, 2021 0:30:06 GMT
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) Dir. Henry Hathaway. This entertaining adventure drama is focused on the the lives of mountain people in the Ozarks. Filmed twice before 1919 & 1928 it was based on a novel of the same name written by Harold Bell Wright.
The author also co-directed the 1919 version , the opening title sequence of the 1941 Technicolor film, features...   
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Post by london777 on Jan 18, 2021 2:16:14 GMT
Pierre Melville's first full-length feature, La Silence de la Mer (1949), uses an unusual variant. After the Gaumont logo, there is a brief scene. A man is standing near a low wall. Another man wordlessly deposits a suitcase as he walks past. The first man puts the case on the wall and opens it. Hidden under some clothes are two stacks of Resistance newspapers. Under the papers is a pristine copy of Vercors' eponymous novel, the cover of the book serving as the films title. As he leaves through the book the successive pages show the other credits. The novel was Vercors' first, and was published clandestinely during the occupation.
This title sequence is somewhat misleading, as the film is not about The Resistance, although it is about resistance.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 30, 2021 12:57:25 GMT
I have always been fascinated and drawn into the title sequence from Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate (1999), that goes from a rather dark scene, taking place in a private library, and soon ends up into the bookshelves:
Dario Argento and his Inferno (1980) is another favorite title cut/opening, along with the stunning music by Keith Emerson.
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Post by london777 on Mar 16, 2021 1:40:06 GMT
Impact (1949) dir: Arthur Lubin has a dictionary as the title backdrop, which then opens to define the word 'impact'. Very educational. 
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 16, 2021 2:47:50 GMT
Quartet (1948) UK Directed by Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French & Ralph Smart. Author W. Somerset Maugham introduces his book in the opening sequence of this excellent four segment anthology film. Each of the tales starts with a book title introduction, with the filmed story spilling from the opening lines...   
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