On the Waterfront (1954)
Italian first release Quattro Fogli for On the Waterfront, ca. 1954
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ON THE WATERFRONT. Anselmo Ballester for Columbia Pictures, 1954.
Italian Quattro Fogli poster, linen backed, unframed: 79 x 55 in. (201 x 140 cm).
From the collection of Adam Bridgewater, purchased London 2002.
This poster was exhibited in the Suntory Museum, Osaka, Japan, 11th April to 1st July 2001 in their exhibition of cinema posters of the 20th century. The exhibition then travelled to the Printing Museum, Tokyo, 20th July to 2nd September 2001 and the Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, 14th September to 24th October 2001.
Film Posters of the 50s, Aurum Press Limited, 2000, p. 126.
Cinema Posters of the 20th Century, Suntory Museum, Osaka, 2001, p. 46.
Anselmo Ballester created this very intense poster for the Italian release of the film. It is by far the best poster on this film.
This poster was printed in two sheets, and designed to be pasted onto billboards. Therefore only unused examples survived.
On the Waterfront was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint. The core of the film is about union violence and corruption on the waterfronts of Hoboken, New Jersey. The film's soundtrack was composed by Leonard Bernstein. It was big success at the time of release, both with the critics and the public, and won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actress for Saint, and Best Director for Kazan.