Poster for the film Out of Sight
date: label: date made
content: 1966
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gray, Dobie
label: artist
content: Smith, Joseph
label: maker
content: Universal Studios
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is an original one-sheet movie poster for the 1966 Universal Pictures film Out of Sight, a comedy parodying the era’s popular spy films, especially the James Bond series. The film, directed by Lennie Weinrib, was an attempt to exploit the teenage filmgoing audience by featuring popular musicians signed to Universal/MCA Music, attractive young actors, and combining aspects of the faddish “beach party” movies with parodies of genre film. Out of Sight told the story of Homer (Jonathan Daly), the butler of super spy John Stamp, who decides to step in for his boss to prevent the criminal organization F.L.U.S.H. from bombing a music festival. Along the way, he and music fan Sandra Carter (Karen Jensen), who overheard the plot, must escape from three femme fatale assassins: Scuba (Wende Wagner), Tuff Bod (Deanna Lund) and Wipe Out (Maggie Thrett), on their way to stop the plot dreamed up by F.L.U.S.H. boss Big Daddy (John Lawrence), who's been "driven mad by rock'n'roll." The film featured musical performances by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Dobie Gray, the Turtles, The Astronauts, The Knickerbockers, and Freddy and the Dreamers, as well as custom cars designed by George Barris. The poster is based on an illustration of events from the film by artist Joseph Smith. Out of Sight was released by Universal April 25, 1966 and was a moderate box office success.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The poster is an excellent illustration of the economic uncertainty facing the major Hollywood movie studios by 1960s, when the rise of television, changing consumer tastes, and government regulation threatened traditional business practices. Major studios began to follow the lead of smaller, leaner competitors like American International Pictures, whose low-budget, hip “beach party” and hot rod movies, featuring performances by popular rock and roll musicians, succeeded in drawing large teenage audiences and ticket sales.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Entertainment, Film
label: Subject
content: Automobiles
label: Subject
content: Automobiles--Customizing
label: Subject
content: Teenagers
label: Subject
content: Music
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0151.01
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0151.01
label: accession number
content: 2023.0151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 in x 27 in; 104.14 cm x 68.58 cm