I’m certain that it’s related to MGM movies, but,,

utamiya

Hi there,

I'm certain that these are concept arts for movies made when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was still in Culver City, but I don't know which movies they are for or who the artist is. There are no names or dates, so I can't tell. Can anyone guess from the style of the artwork?

HONDO

Interesting images that you have presented here, A difficult task that has very little to work with,

A question to ask is what is your thinking behind the artwork being from MGM?

Our forum member Rockabilly loves vintage cars, including teenage hot rod movies and collects posters from this genre, He may be a distinct possibility to assist you.

utamiya

Thank you @HONDO

It seems that there was a fire back in the day when MGM was still in Culver City. Naturally, damaged equipment and such were disposed of, but it appears that some things were salvaged, including what was mixed in with them. That's quite fortunate, isn't it?

jayn_j

I think a distinct possibility is The Wild Ride (1960).  The Model A hot rod is a dead match.  Aside - Jack Nicholson's first role.

HONDO

utamiya said:

Thank you @HONDO

It seems that there was a fire back in the day when MGM was still in Culver City. Naturally, damaged equipment and such were disposed of, but it appears that some things were salvaged, including what was mixed in with them. That's quite fortunate, isn't it?

A question that may assist is do you think the Three Bites Of The Apple poster that you mentioned on a separate forum thread also came from the same source as the artwork now under discussion.  

utamiya

@HONDO
'Three Bites of the Apple' poster is unrelated, but if they share the same source, would any useful information be gleaned from it?"

utamiya

@jayn_j
Indeed! The resemblance is striking! Thank you for the helpful information. I'll do some more research on my own.

HONDO

utamiya said:

@HONDO
'Three Bites of the Apple' poster is unrelated, but if they share the same source, would any useful information be gleaned from it?"

The MGM vault fire happened in 1965 and Three Bites Of The Apple film was later released in 1967. Had all the images in question originated from the one source it surely then would have ruled out all the images originating from the MGM fire.

HONDO

 
Slightly different design, and the no hood ornament being on The Wild Ride car concern me.

The other concern is The Wild Ride film was a very low budget film made for Roger Corman's The Filmgroup. Would they have gone to the trouble of having pre production sketches done? Checking out all the 38 available images on IMDB, nothing there ties in with the two sketched scenes in question.

utamiya

@HONDO
Thank you for your compliment! Regarding the hot rod illustration, if it's considered concept art, is it possible that details will be changed later on?

HONDO

utamiya said:

@HONDO
Thank you for your compliment! Regarding the hot rod illustration, if it's considered concept art, is it possible that details will be changed later on?

Yes to your question.

In the case of The Wild Ride though we can certainly rule out that the art was designed for this film.

 In the actual film the vehicle in question is only a minor vehicle participant. It is only driven with a man and a woman occupying it, and not two men.

jayn_j

There are other possibilitiess from the period.  This car was in Hot Rod Girl and later featured in an episode of TVs Highway Patrol

utamiya

@jayn_j
i’m impressed by your ability to find images like this! 

HONDO

Another similar scene from Hot Rod Girl the AIP release from 1956.

The car is a 1932 ford. The two men in the car appear to be different men than the ones appearing in Jay's earlier featured image.

utamiya

@HONDO
1932 ford! Nevertheless, it’s a photo from a good old time.

jayn_j

Giant Gila Monster?

utamiya

@jayn_j
The hood ornament!

jayn_j

utamiya said:

@jayn_j
The hood ornament!

That's why I grabbed it.  However, the grille shell is wrong and the sway bar is missing from in front of the grille