Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003). Strange Bedfellows, Universal Studio film publicity advertisement, 1965. Ink on boa...

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Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003)
Strange Bedfellows, Universal Studio film publicity advertisement, 1965
Ink on board
12 x 16-1/2 inches (30.5 x 41.9 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Property from the Al Hirschfeld Foundation

Hirschfeld has virtually been synonymous with Broadway since his first theatrical drawing was published in December 1926. But by then, he was a six-year veteran of movie studio publicity and art departments, having already worked for Goldwyn, Universal, Pathé, Selznick, Fox, First National, and Warner Brothers. "I lived in the movies," he says of his early years, and it was in films that he discovered his gift of caricature. He would continue to draw films for studio publicity throughout his 82-year career. In this film, Gina Lollobrigida and Rock Hudson are a contentious married couple who have been separated for seven years. Meeting again just before their divorce becomes final, they spend the night together. When they awake, they realize they still argue, and the divorce is back on before Hudson discovers a promotion is contingent on being married. He woos Lollobrigida but can he keep her from destroying his career by posing as Lady Godiva in a protest movement?


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