“A Hard Day's Night” Movie Promo Posters
A reprint of a promotional poster of the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night, starring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Star and George Harrison.
Jumping lettering is retro. Dotted line in handwriting is retro. And, colorations with bright red, purple, blue and green is also retro. Looking like a flyer that announces ball party in a small town, its graphical design is so pretty and innocent, very a taste of early 1960s, the age of oldies. The copy put in the poster reads, “Starring in their first full-length, hilarious, action-packed film!” Ahh..Good old days.
Retro Rock & Roll Artwork
As is seen in its artwork, in old-time show business, almost one and only duty of posters was just to deliver messages by printed letters. That's all. I guess that, ordinary poster designers of that age might not have valued on describing any sophisticated or original concept visually through its graphical design.
Although some people might think that's boring, I like their simplicity. If you're interested in such retro poster designing, I also recommend you to see Elvis Presley Concert poster artwork, or, Buddy Holly Concert poster artworks. Actually, since the members of the Beatles were inspired by those former rock & roll music icons, it was obvious that the taste of pop music art in 1950s had strongly influenced on the artworks of A Hard Day's Night.
Furthermore, if you would like to know about the history of poster designing, visit the page History of Poster Graphic Design, that covers whole range of chronological transition.
The Movie “A Hard Day's Night”
The comedy movie A Hard Day's Night was premiered in 1964, presented by United Artists.
Richard Lester, who formerly had shot some comedy short films for TV show, directed the movie. As a result, A Hard Day's Night became very important project for Lester's career as a movie maker. Later, he directed a slapstick comedy The Knack ...and How to Get It, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1965.
By the way, the movie's title were different in every country. For example, in West Germany and Sweden, it was premiered with a title Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!. The poster image right above is of German version. More uplifting than that of UK version, isn't it?
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