Abraham Lass – Play Me a Movie album art
A third example of Ronald Clyne using Bookman Swash Bold Italic. This album with “piano music to accompany silent movie scenes” performed by Abraham Lass was released in 1971 by Asch Records. From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings:
How does a storm at sea sound? A villain’s entrance? Tender, sentimental love? The silent-movie pianists at neighborhood theaters matched music to the action on the screen—sometimes without even having previewed the film. Abraham Lass fondly remembers and performs the repertoire he composed in the 1920s.
Clyne was a frequent user of Letraset dry transfer lettering. From the uncorrected italics to the swash glyphs (including the ampersand), the typeface appears to match Letraset’s adaptation. It was shown as Bookman Bold Italic in a 1971 catalog.
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