GEORGE DAVIS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/20/1976 - HFSID 186535
Price: $320.00
GEORGE DAVIS
The cartoonist and art director signs this letter describing how
difficult it is to find work in the cartoon market
Typed letter signed: "George Davis" in blue felt. 8½x11.
October 20, 1976, to "Dear Ms. Mendoza" in part: "Thank you for your nice note.
I was very pleased to know that you like my work. Actually, I have not been
active in the field for a number of years now. Along with the disappearance of
magazines like LOOK, SATURDAY EVENING POST, AMERICAN, etc, there has been a
general decline in the cartoon markets. As a consequence, I have had to busy
myself with other things." George Davis (1914-1998) was a celebrated art
director. Beginning his career as a sketch artist at Warner Brothers Studio, he
later began work at 20th Century Fox, his first film being Joseph L.
Mankiewicz's fantasy The Ghost and Mrs. Muir in 1947. Mankiewicz was
a director for whom he frequently worked, notably on House of Strangers
(1949), All About Eve (1950), and 5 Fingers (1952). He contributed
to over 50 other films including Funny Face (1957) and Mutiny on
the Bounty (1965). Davis was also the initial project manager of
Disneyland Tokyo and the primary designer of Park City, UT. He won
Academy Awards for his work on The Robe (1953) and The Diary of
Anne Frank (1959). Lightly toned. Normal mailing folds. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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