I can see how it would fit, but I don't think it's from that film, because I don't remember Dr. Jekyll confiding in anyone. There's an instruction about the appearance of Mr. Hyde and how Mr. Hyde is to have the freedom of the house, but I think that's in a written letter, not an intertitle.
That was my thought, too- the style of lettering is late 1910s to early 1920s. For example, some of Harold Lloyd's shorts from this time period have the same font. I don't know the origin of this title card, but what a great find.
Judging from the small imperfections and subtle differences of the proportions it seems to have been made by hand. Therefore there is probably no font to identify.Spiny Norman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:45 amI have not been able to identify the font, with its peculiar r and g. If it was created at a certain date, then that might narrow things down too.
Also, the titles from Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are indexed on Intertitle-O-Rama, so they were from that, Bruce would have found it in the search he mentions above.Rodney wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:43 pmI can see how it would fit, but I don't think it's from that film, because I don't remember Dr. Jekyll confiding in anyone. There's an instruction about the appearance of Mr. Hyde and how Mr. Hyde is to have the freedom of the house, but I think that's in a written letter, not an intertitle.
That looks like damage that occurred after it was made.Javier wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:45 amThis piqued my curiosity and makes me wonder why the word Secret has an accent on the first letter E, could it be the title writer was not American, or perhaps this title was added to an international market? English is not my first language, and when I read the word with the accent it does not mean SECRET.
Right. It seems eerily similar to his the gist of what Hamlet is trying to say. I checked the history of silent film editions of Hamlet (there were quite a number), and found many of the versions online. But when I get to that scene I didn't see a similar title card.35MM wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:46 amIt certainly fits a modern translation of Shakespeare (Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5). But Hamlet did not appear on the Silent Shakespeare DVD, unfortunately, but did on BFI's Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film.
"But now listen to me. No matter how strangely I act (since I may find it appropriate to act a little crazy in the near future), you must never, ever let on—with a gesture of your hands or a certain expression on your face—that you know anything about what happened to me here tonight."
Crazy Like A Fox?
There was another card that showed up in one of my Behind the Scenes calendars (it was a photo of a guy who did lettering, as I recall, holding an “art” title) and it was also white lettering on black.Turpinutz wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:20 pmInteresting inter-title card.
Made me think of one of several silent Charley Chase Hal Roach shorts where he acts goofy for deceiving purposes, tho I can't think of which title(s).
And don't go looking for which font this is, it's obviously a hand-lettered card by some artist who may well have used a particular font for style reference, but it's not a particular nor exact font you'll find in publishing because of the unique little flourishes.
Lastly, what's interesting is: why is the lettering white on black? Back in the day I'm pretty sure the cards were done black on white, so, when photographed, they saved film by stripping in the negative and, when projected, the titles flashed as white on black as we're accustomed to seeing. Though I'm sure everyone had their own ways of doing these cards.
- SteveR
Were the redrawn cards the *same* text? Or did someone decide to "improve" or change the text?
Javier wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:45 amThis piqued my curiosity and makes me wonder why the word Secret has an accent on the first letter E, could it be the title writer was not American, or perhaps this title was added to an international market? English is not my first language, and when I read the word with the accent it does not mean SECRET.
Jason Holt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 7:04 amThat was my thought, too- the style of lettering is late 1910s to early 1920s. For example, some of Harold Lloyd's shorts from this time period have the same font. I don't know the origin of this title card, but what a great find.
