Template:Did you know nominations/William Rose (illustrator)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:39, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

William Rose (illustrator)

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Citizen Kane

... that although William Rose illustrated several dozen film posters for RKO Pictures, only a fraction—including an alternate Citizen Kane poster (pictured)—have been attributed to him by name? Sources: Rebello & Allen 1988, p. 327; Mendez 2003, p. 79 (those both link to the refs in the article itself. The former is an offline print book by two film historians, which I own, while the latter is an online PDF magazine article referring to the print book.)
- ALT1:~~... that illustrator William Rose's alternate poster for Citizen Kane (pictured) was intended to market the film as an accessible romance?~~ Sources: Rebello & Allen 1988, pp. 202–203; Halperin & Cantu 2009, pp. 78–79 (the first source here is the aforementioned book, the second is an online PDF magazine article by two professional auctioneers. They say virtually the same thing.)

Reviewed: Brewer (John Updike)

Created by Brandt Luke Zorn (talk). Self-nominated at 09:38, 22 January 2020 (UTC).

Interesting creaions, on good sources, subscription sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvopis. The image is lecense and almost a must. I like the ALT slightly better, for smoothe reading, but if a longer hook is wanted, to match the image or for balance, the other is also fine. I trust that you will fix minor ref errors, #19 and #21 not defined, and one not used (Rosenkrantz, possibly the 21). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:56, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Gerda! I've fixed the ref errors you found. Appreciate your sharp and thorough eye. I've pitched ALT2, a variation on the first hook. I tweaked the sentence structure to make it more readable (using "but" in the middle of the sentence instead of "although" at the beginning). I also swapped "RKO Pictures" for the more familiar "Classical Hollywood", which I believe'll signify to a broader audience. Let me know what you think. I'd prefer for that fact to be the hook; it hews closer to one of the most noteworthy central facts about poster illustrators from this time, which is almost total anonymity and lack of recognition as artists.

ALT2: ... that William Rose illustrated dozens of film posters of the Classical Hollywood era, but only a fraction—including an alternate poster for Citizen Kane (pictured)—have been attributed to him by name? -—BLZ · talk 18:54, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

I love it! (Brought it down here, for sequence of signatures. - I have no sharp eyes, just a good tool for harv errors. Thank you for the article! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:06, 30 January 2020 (UTC)