This is the end
A gallery of the end titles from Warner Bros. movies (1924-1967), collated by designer Christian Annyas. Mouse-over each image (there, not here) to reveal the movie.
“Unlike other studios Warner Bros. managed to maintain consistency in their designs. Their logo, which hasn’t changed much since the early 1930s, is present in every design they’ve done.”
On the same site is a similar collection for Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM).
Interesting to see the progression in style when scrolling through the years.
“Almost all designs from 1925 to 1936 are the same: a calligraphic script type. Later, a more formal script was used (1939-1942) while various other designs reused from 1944 to 1947.”
If you like those, here’s a small collection of movie title sequences I enjoyed.
Nice work, Christian. Via Veer.
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How cool! Interesting how, although the fonts are always different, the First “T” in the, and “E” in end are always bigger.
I really enjoyed seeing the progression through those years. Its cool seeing how things changed over time.
I never think about it but it’s great seeing designs from the past and how it’s changed. You can even see that today from last year. Always evolving!
Love the Warner Bros ones, even back then the logo stands out and even now is still one of the most iconic in the world. Looking at this made me think were they one of the first companies to issue Brand Guidelines on how to display the logo? Certainly looks that way with the standardised layout across various films.
Looks like the designers in the black and white set of images used heavily the drop shadow tool when creating the signs.
In the other example looks like there is another pattern- yellow to orange letters on a dark blue background.
I guess this was the trend back in the days.
An interesting collection – interesting to see how the designs have changed with the trends over the 60 or so years. You have to love Jumbo.