"THE TOWERING INFERNO" (1974, directed by John Guillermin)

Photograph of a design for print advertising, gelatin silver print, 15 3/4" x 19 5/8", reproducing a drawing, film stills, titling, credits and copy, on glossy stock (Kodak paper) (soft handling creases). Unmatted, unframed.

From the collection of Walter Glinka, art director, the design / layout by him. Provenance: the estate of Walter Glinka. We do not know if the design offered here, either thus or in altered form, was used in advertising the film. 

Walter Glinka (1921-2012). Born, Heide (Holstein), Germany. Education: Staatlichen Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf (art, philosophy). Moved to United States, circa 1954. Circa 1950 – circa 1984: film advertising design, initially freelance work and employment with Liberty Art Studios (David Diener and Herbert Hauser), then Monroe Greenthal Co. and its successor companies Diener / Hauser / Greenthal and Diener / Hauser / Bates, Glinka’s long-time position that of Senior Art Director. The Diener / Hauser firms were routinely responsible for between one-third and one-half of film advertising in this country.