Ronald Searle: Unused Title Painting for "Scrooge"

Ronald Searle's painting for the title sequence of "Scrooge" (1970) shows Ebenezer Scrooge on a wintry London street. The left half of the image is fairly nondescript and is meant to accommodate an overlaid screen title. The painting was created over a lithographic print of a sketch made on the set. It was not used in the movie's title sequence, but the right hand portion did serve instead as a magazine cover for the Illustrated London News. This original artwork was one of a pair of title paintings sold at Bonhams in December.

Ronald Searle, Unused title painting for "Scrooge" (1970)
Original artwork, The Illustrated London News, November 28, 1970

The Illustrated London News, November 28, 1970 with the original artwork by Ronald Searle

Ronald Searle, Unused title painting for "Scrooge" (1970)
Original artwork, The Illustrated London News, November 28, 1970

The German Deckweiss is literally an opaque white. I would translate it as bodycolor.

EBay Listing Ended January 24, 2015

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Ronald Searle, Unused title painting for "Scrooge" (1970)
Original artwork, The Illustrated London News, November 28, 1970

Note:  Don't forget to see my other posts about Ronald Searle.

Perpetua, the Ronald Searle Tribute blog, has many more of the "Scrooge" titles.

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