Citizen Kane, 1953, Poster

Original Polish film poster designed by Henryk Tomaszewski (1914-2005) and used for the film's re-release 1957. This stylish Polish poster, designed by Henryk Tomaszewski uses minimal colours to great effect. Martin scorsese has said that what makes Welles’s style so remarkable is its self-consciousness. Orson Welles at the age of only twenty-five directed, produced, co-wrote and starred in this remarkable film. This film has consistently been number one on the American Film Institute's top 100 American films. He deployed every narrative device and cinematic technique available: flashback, deep focus, high and low angle shots. These he reshuffled, reinvented, amplified, freeing the narrative from the convention of chronology and revolutionising the way a camera was used. Unlike the invisible Craft of someone like Howard Hawks, Welles’s authorship made its presence felt. The impact of Citizen Kane...

Original German film poster used for the film's re-release in the 1960's Orson Welles at the age of only twenty-five directed, produced, co-wrote and starred in this remarkable film....

Original 1966 Japanese B2 poster for the first Japanese theatrical release of the 1941 film Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles with Joseph Cotten / Dor...

Beautiful vibrant poster from 1953 promoting the ski resort of Cervinia in the Aosta region of Northwest Italy. This poster was created to advertise the region to tourists across Eur...

Starring the iconic pairing of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, "Roman Holiday" was released in 1953 to huge critical and commercial success. Playing the role of Princess Ann, Hepburn became the first actress to win the Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA for a single role. Written by John Dighton and an at the time blacklisted and uncredited Dalton Trumbo, the film sees the princess and reporter meet in the Italian capital...

Dr. Tom Owen (Charlton Heston) is an Army doctor on leave who lives in a small Pennsylvania mining town and falls in love with wealthy socialite Helen ...