BB17-089 — UNDER THE YUM YUM TREE
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YEAR: 1963
FILM STUDIO / PRODUCTION: Sonnis-Swift Productions / Columbia Pictures
TAGLINE: “Love Those Yum-Yum Girls!” / “Yum’s the word… Jack’s the landlord of an apartment house with the prettiest tenants in town!”
DIRECTOR: David Swift
CAST: Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones, Edie Adams, Imogene Coca, Paul Lynde, Robert Lansing
SCREENPLAY: Lawrence Roman and David Swift, based on Roman’s Broadway play
PRODUCER: Frederick Brisson
MUSIC: Frank De Vol
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Joseph Biroc
GENRE: Romantic Comedy / Sex Comedy
POSTER PRINTER: Robert Burton Pty. Ltd., Sydney
FORMAT: Australian Daybill

Under the Yum Yum Tree is a 1963 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon as Hogan, a womanising landlord whose apartment building is populated largely by attractive single women. Carol Lynley and Dean Jones play a young couple attempting to test their compatibility by living together platonically — a situation Hogan is determined to disrupt.

POSTER DESIGN FEATURES: A fabulous, colourful Australian Daybill dominated by bright yellow, red, black and white. Jack Lemmon's startled portrait sits amid pin-up-style “Yum-Yum Girls,” hearts, a heart-shaped key and a large embracing blonde figure. The hand-drawn title typography and deliberately cheeky imagery give the poster a wonderfully distinctive early-1960s romantic-comedy/pop-art feel. The original Australian “Not Suitable for Children” classification remains prominent.

COLLECTOR'S NOTE: A particularly fun Jack Lemmon poster from the peak of his 1960s comedy career. The film was adapted from Lawrence Roman's successful Broadway play, with Dean Jones reprising his stage role, while Lemmon had actually been the original choice for the stage production before scheduling conflicts prevented him from appearing. The Australian artwork is a standout, with its vivid colour and wonderfully period-specific “Yum-Yum Girls” marketing.