Warner Bros.
trailer typography
1940-1944
My goal is to create a collection of all trailer titles from all commercially available Warner Bros. movies. I started with five pages, covering 25 years worth of trailer typography: from 1930 to 1954. I started with this era, simply because it’s the Golden Age of Trailer Title design. During the late 1950s designers started using existing typefaces, which made the designs less visually interesting. Which doesn’t mean you should visit these five pages and never come back… This is just the beginning. I’ll be adding more pages, with hopefully equally interesting typography or lettering.
THE FIGHTING 69th
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Keighley
- Starring:
- James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn
- Country:
- USA
CALLING PHILO VANCE
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Clemens
- Starring:
- James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O’Neill, Edward Brophy
- Country:
- USA
DR. EHRLICH’S MAGIC BULLET
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Dieterle
- Starring:
- Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, Donald Crisp
- Country:
- USA
IT ALL CAME TRUE
[buy]- Directed by:
- Lewis Seiler
- Starring:
- Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart, Zasu Pitts
- Country:
- USA
IT ALL CAME TRUE
[buy]- Directed by:
- Lewis Seiler
- Starring:
- Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart, Zasu Pitts
- Country:
- USA
SATURDAY’S CHILDREN
[buy]- Directed by:
- Vincent Sherman
- Starring:
- John Garfield, Anne Shirley, Claude Rains, George Tobias
- Country:
- USA
FLIGHT ANGELS
[buy]- Directed by:
- Lewis Seiler
- Starring:
- Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Wyman
- Country:
- USA
TORRID ZONE
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Keighley
- Starring:
- James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien, Andy Devine
- Country:
- USA
BROTHER ORCHID
[buy]- Directed by:
- Lloyd Bacon
- Starring:
- Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp
- Country:
- USA
THE SEA HAWK
[buy]- Directed by:
- Michael Curtiz
- Starring:
- Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp
- Country:
- USA
THE SEA HAWK
[buy]- Directed by:
- Michael Curtiz
- Starring:
- Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp
- Country:
- USA
ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO
[buy]- Directed by:
- Anatole Litvak
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Davenport
- Country:
- USA
FLOWING GOLD
[buy]- Directed by:
- Alfred E. Green
- Starring:
- John Garfield, Frances Farmer, Pat O’Brien, Raymond Walburn
- Country:
- USA
NO TIME FOR COMEDY
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Keighley
- Starring:
- James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Charles Ruggles, Genevieve Tobin
- Country:
- USA
NO TIME FOR COMEDY
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Keighley
- Starring:
- James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Charles Ruggles, Genevieve Tobin
- Country:
- USA
NO TIME FOR COMEDY
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Keighley
- Starring:
- James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Charles Ruggles, Genevieve Tobin
- Country:
- USA
THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT
[buy]- Directed by:
- Raoul Walsh
- Starring:
- George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart
- Country:
- USA
CITY FOR CONQUEST
[buy]- Directed by:
- Anatole Litvak
- Starring:
- James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Donald Crisp, Anthony Quinn
- Country:
- USA
KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN
[buy]- Directed by:
- Lloyd Bacon
- Starring:
- Pat O’Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp
- Country:
- USA
THE LETTER
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Wyler
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort
- Country:
- USA
THE CASE OF THE BLACK PARROT
[buy]- Directed by:
- Noel M. Smith
- Starring:
- William Lundigan, Maris Wrixon, Eddie Foy Jr., Paul Cavanagh
- Country:
- USA
HIGH SIERRA
[buy]- Directed by:
- Raoul Walsh
- Starring:
- Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy
- Country:
- USA
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE
[buy]- Directed by:
- Raoul Walsh
- Starring:
- James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale
- Country:
- USA
THE GREAT LIE
[buy]- Directed by:
- Edmund Goulding
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson
- Country:
- USA
THE WAGONS ROLL AT NIGHT
[buy]- Directed by:
- Ray Enright
- Starring:
- Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie
- Country:
- USA
OUT OF THE FOG
[buy]- Directed by:
- Anatole Litvak
- Starring:
- John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, Eddie Albert
- Country:
- USA
SERGEANT YORK
[buy]- Directed by:
- Howard Hawks
- Starring:
- Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias
- Country:
- USA
THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D.
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Keighley
- Starring:
- James Cagney, Bette Davis, Eugene Pallette, Harry Davenport
- Country:
- USA
DIVE BOMBER
[buy]- Directed by:
- Michael Curtiz
- Starring:
- Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Alexis Smith
- Country:
- USA
THE MALTESE FALCON
[Blu-ray]- Directed by:
- John Huston
- Starring:
- Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Elisha Cook Jr.
- Country:
- USA
THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON
[buy]- Directed by:
- Raoul Walsh
- Starring:
- Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quinn
- Country:
- USA
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
[buy]- Directed by:
- All Through the Night
- Starring:
- Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Frank McHugh, Judith Anderson
- Country:
- USA
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Keighley
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Billie Burke
- Country:
- USA
KING’S ROW
[buy]- Directed by:
- Sam Wood
- Starring:
- Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Charles Coburn
- Country:
- USA
CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS
[buy]- Directed by:
- Michael Curtiz
- Starring:
- James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, George Tobias
- Country:
- USA
THE MALE ANIMAL
[buy]- Directed by:
- Elliott Nugent
- Starring:
- Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette
- Country:
- USA
BORN FOR TROUBLE
- Directed by:
- B. Reeves Eason
- Starring:
- Van Johnson, Faye Emerson, George Meeker, Frank Wilcox
- Country:
- USA
LARCENY, INC.
[buy]- Directed by:
- Lloyd Bacon
- Starring:
- Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson
- Country:
- USA
IN THIS OUR LIFE
[buy]- Directed by:
- John Huston
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Charles Coburn
- Country:
- USA
JUKE GIRL
[buy]- Directed by:
- Curtis Bernhardt
- Starring:
- Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart
- Country:
- USA
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
[buy]- Directed by:
- Michael Curtiz
- Starring:
- James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, George Tobias
- Country:
- USA
ACROSS THE PACIFIC
[buy]- Directed by:
- John Huston, Vincent Sherman
- Starring:
- Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton
- Country:
- USA
ESCAPE FROM CRIME
- Directed by:
- D. Ross Lederman
- Starring:
- Richard Travis, Julie Bishop, Jackie Gleason, Frank Wilcox
- Country:
- USA
YOU CAN’T ESCAPE FOREVER
[buy]- Directed by:
- Jo Graham
- Starring:
- George Brent, Brenda Marshall, Gene Lockhart, Roscoe Karns
- Country:
- USA
NOW, VOYAGER
[buy]- Directed by:
- Irving Rapper
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper
- Country:
- USA
CASABLANCA
[Blu-ray]- Directed by:
- Michael Curtiz
- Starring:
- Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
- Country:
- USA
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE
[buy]- Directed by:
- William Keighley
- Starring:
- Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride
- Country:
- USA
THE HARD WAY
[buy]- Directed by:
- Vincent Sherman
- Starring:
- Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson
- Country:
- USA
EDGE OF DARKNESS
[buy]- Directed by:
- Lewis Milestone
- Starring:
- Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston, Ruth Gordon
- Country:
- USA
MISSION TO MOSCOW
[buy]- Directed by:
- Michael Curtiz
- Starring:
- Walter Huston, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Eleanor Parker
- Country:
- USA
ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC
[buy]- Directed by:
- Lloyd Bacon, Raoul Walsh
- Starring:
- Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Ruth Gordon
- Country:
- USA
THE CONSTANT NYMPH
[buy]- Directed by:
- Edmund Goulding
- Starring:
- Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Charles Coburn, Peter Lorre
- Country:
- USA
BACKGROUND TO DANGER
[buy]- Directed by:
- Raoul Walsh
- Starring:
- George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre
- Country:
- USA
THIS IS THE ARMY
[buy]- Directed by:
- Michael Curtiz
- Starring:
- George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Alan Hale
- Country:
- USA
THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS
[buy]- Directed by:
- David Butler
- Starring:
- Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn
- Country:
- USA
OLD ACQUAINTANCE
[buy]- Directed by:
- Vincent Sherman
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young, John Loder
- Country:
- USA
PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE
[buy]- Directed by:
- Michael Curtiz
- Starring:
- Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
- Country:
- USA
UNCERTAIN GLORY
[buy]- Directed by:
- Raoul Walsh
- Starring:
- Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Lucile Watson, Faye Emerson
- Country:
- USA
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
[buy]- Directed by:
- Edward A. Blatt
- Starring:
- John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Eleanor Parker
- Country:
- USA
MR. SKEFFINGTON
[buy]- Directed by:
- Vincent Sherman
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris
- Country:
- USA
THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS
[buy]- Directed by:
- Jean Negulesco
- Starring:
- Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Peter Lorre
- Country:
- USA
THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS
[buy]- Directed by:
- Jean Negulesco
- Starring:
- Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Peter Lorre
- Country:
- USA
THE DOUGHGIRLS
- Directed by:
- James V. Kern
- Starring:
- Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman
- Country:
- USA
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
[buy]- Directed by:
- Frank Capra
- Starring:
- Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson
- Country:
- USA
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
[buy]- Directed by:
- Howard Hawks
- Starring:
- Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Hoagy Carmichael
- Country:
- USA
THE CONSPIRATORS
[buy]- Directed by:
- Jean Negulesco
- Starring:
- Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre
- Country:
- USA
THE CONSPIRATORS
[buy]- Directed by:
- Jean Negulesco
- Starring:
- Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre
- Country:
- USA
HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN
[buy]- Directed by:
- Delmer Daves
- Starring:
- Bette Davis, John Garfield, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck
- Country:
- USA
1940 Brother Rat and a Baby + The Fighting 69th + British Intelligence + Calling Philo Vance + Granny Get Your Gun +
1941 Four Mothers + The Case of the Black Parrot + Honeymoon for Three + High Sierra + Flight from Destiny + Father’s Son + The Great Mr. Nobody + The Strawberry Blonde + Shadows on the Stairs +
1942 The Man Who Came to Dinner + Wild Bill Hickok Rides + The Prime Minister + Atlantic Ferry + Captains of the Clouds + Bullet Scars + Always in My Heart + This Was Paris +
1943 Baptism of Fire + The Gorilla Man +
1944 In Our Time + Passage to Marseille + Shine On, Harvest Moon + Uncertain Glory + Between Two Worlds + Mr. Skeffington + Make Your Own Bed + The Mask of Dimitrios + Adventures of Mark Twain + Janie + Crime by Night + Arsenic and Old Lace + The Last Ride + To Have and Have Not + The Very Thought of You + The Conspirators + The Doughgirls + Hollywood Canteen
