Original Davis, Desmond Movie Posters

Desmond Davis movie posters from his British productions of the 1960s and his international fantasy feature Clash of the Titans (1981) represent an unusually varied body of campaign material — authentic original prints connecting the British New Wave with the Ray Harryhausen stop-motion spectacular that concluded that collaboration. Find original Desmond Davis campaign materials across his British and international output. The MGM campaign for Clash of the Titans (1981) — with Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, and the full Harryhausen creature roster — produced one-sheets, lobby card sets, and oversized 40×60s designed for major venue display. Original first-release one-sheets in fine flat condition are now scarce, and the campaign is actively collected by Harryhausen specialists as much as by Davis completists. British quad versions of Clash of the Titans feature independent compositional approaches that frequently differ markedly from the US verticals. His earlier British New Wave work — Smashing Time (1967) with Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave — generated front-of-house sets and British quad originals that represent the 1960s British cinema collecting market at its most specific. Front-of-house photographic sets from the original UK theatrical run are the most commonly surviving format from this period and document the film in the small photograph format specific to British exhibition practice. Browse alongside our Darling, David Lean, and Ossie Davis collections for related British cinema material. All Film/Art Gallery movie posters and items are authenticated originals.