Harold Adler
Harold Adler (1914-2002) was a title designer, title design letterer, and movie advertising artist. He did lettering for title sequences, trailers and posters, was a longtime employee of National Screen Service and often worked with Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Saul Bass and Pablo Ferro.
Displayed below is his hand-lettering work.
Other title sequences Adler worked on: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), Saint Joan (1957), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), Goodfellas (1990) and The age of innocence (1993).
DESERT FURY
(1947)- Directed by:
- Lewis Allen
- Starring:
- John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey, Mary Astor
- Studio:
- Paramount Pictures
- Country:
- USA
- title sequence
- “The End”
- Lettering:
- Harold Adler
CARMEN JONES
(1954)- Directed by:
- Otto Preminger
- Starring:
- Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Country:
- USA
- opening credits
- Title design:
- Saul Bass
- Lettering:
- Harold Adler
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
(1955)- Directed by:
- Billy Wilder
- Starring:
- Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Country:
- USA
- Title design:
- Saul Bass
- Lettering:
- Harold Adler
BONJOUR TRISTESSE
(1958)- Directed by:
- Otto Preminger
- Starring:
- Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg, Mylène Demongeot, Geoffrey Horne
- Country:
- USA
- opening credits
- “The End”
- Title design:
- Saul Bass
- Lettering:
- Harold Adler
THE BIRDS
(1963)- Directed by:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Starring:
- Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy
- Country:
- USA
- opening credits
- tail logo
- trailer typography
- Title design:
- James S. Pollack
- Lettering:
- Harold Adler
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
(1967)- Directed by:
- Norman Jewison
- Starring:
- Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
- Country:
- USA
- opening credits
- “The End”
- Title design:
- Murray Naidich
- Lettering:
- Harold Adler
PHILADELPHIA
(1993)- Directed by:
- Jonathan Demme
- Starring:
- Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Joanne Woodward
- Country:
- USA
- opening credits
- trailer typography
- Title design:
- Pablo Ferro
- Lettering:
- Harold Adler
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
(1995)- Directed by:
- Jon Turteltaub
- Starring:
- Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden
- Country:
- USA
- opening credits
- trailer typography
- Title design:
- Robert Dawson
- Lettering:
- Harold Adler
