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...

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...

Released in 1953, "The Wild One" became a great hit, in no small part thanks to the iconic character of Johnny Strabler. The role and film continued to help Marlon Brando solidify hi...

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 ...

Reading "Immer Voran" or "Always Ahead", this stunning poster was created in 1953 to promote "Cafe Co-Op" coffee. With brilliant design by H.R. Erdmann depicting a boat carrying large bags of coffee across the ocean, this mid century piece...

Super swashbuckling, bold and risqué artwork feature on this vintage US 1 Sheet for 50s film Crossed Swords. Starring Errol Flynn and "Italy's Marilyn Monr...

Original Vintage Poster-Raymond Savignac-Gitanes-Tabaco-French, 1953 Poster for the promotion of Gitanes Cigarettes, we see a woman in Blue, green and yellow, smoking a cigarette ...

Original Vintage Poster-Raymond Savignac-Gitanes-Tabaco-French, 1953 Poster for the promotion of Gypsy Cigarettes, we see a woman smoking a cigarette with a cigarette holder. She is holding a packet of Gypsy Cigarettes in her other hand. The poster is divided into three colors, yellow, blue and green. Gitanes is a brand of cigarettes produced by Seita, a subsidiary of the Imperial Brands group, created in 1910 at the same time as the Gauloises brand. In 2014, part of its production was relocated to Poland following the closure of the Seita plant in Nantes. The first Gitanes packages were designed in 1927 by Maurice Giot. This one represents Spanish symbols like the tambourine, a fan, and oranges. During the Second World War, the gypsy dancer embodies the brand, she and her large dress are designed by A. Molusson. The concept was taken up by Max Ponty...

Wonderful and incredibly rare first edition poster for the 1953 Sokolovský Závod Winter Biathlon held in Hungary. This beautifully designed poster was created to encourage participa...

Suitably opulent design by Boris Grinsson features on this first-year-of-release French Grande film poster for 1950s Salome, starring Rita Hayworth in the titular role alongside Stew...