STOWAWAY IN THE SKY 1960 Maurice Baquet Albert Lamorisse US HALF SHEET POSTER

Original 1962 U.S. 22 inch x 28 inch Half Sheet Poster for the 1960 Albert Lamorisse Adventure STOWAWAY IN THE SKY (LE VOYAGE EN BALLON) starring Maurice Baquet, André Gille, Pascal Lamorisse and narrated by Jack Lemmon.

The film tells the story of Pascal, a small child who's fascinated by his grandfather's lighter-than-air balloon. As the grand-père takes the balloon on a demonstration, Pascal climbs on board. The balloon travels all around France, Brittany, over the ocean, and over Mont Blanc in the Alps. However, the balloon turns out to be not so controllable: church spires become objects of threat, factory smokestacks become volcano-like, a stag hunt is no longer about the thrill of the chase, and they inadvertently kidnap washing on a clothesline and a guest at a wedding party in Brittany.

Poster art by Naiad June Einsel (1927 - 2016). Born in Westport, Connecticut, Einsel was an American commercial illustrator and artist She attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City, going on to attend, and graduate from the Pratt Institute in 1947. Upon graduation from Pratt, she remained in New York City and attained a position as an assistant in the promotions department of Seventeen magazine. Her staff work at Seventeen attracted the attention of advertisers, and she began to take on freelance assignments. After a year at Seventeen, Einsel left to become an assistant to graphic designer Paul Rand at the Weintraub Agency. After three years of working for Rand, Einsel began a job as an art director in the promotions department of CBS. During this period her illustration work began appearing regularly in the New York Times, and she continued to take on freelance work in addition to her duties at CBS. By the close of the 1950s, Einsel was working full-time as a freelance illustrator.
For the next three decades, Einsel continued to create artwork for a variety of clients including Esquire, Collier's, Good Housekeeping, The Ladies' Home Journal and Cosmopolitan. Over the course of her career she designed album covers, movie posters, and TV commercials.

The poster is in fine folded condition.