"A Farewell to Arms" - Classic Movie Poster

A bold and typographically striking example of late 1950s Hollywood prestige film advertising, faithfully reproduced for modern display. This glossy printed poster recreates the one-sheet for "A Farewell to Arms," the 1957 Selznick Studio adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's celebrated novel, starring Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, and Vittorio De Sica, shot in CinemaScope and released by 20th Century-Fox.

• 200 GSM + Paper. Gallery/Museum Grade, ready to hang up on the wall.

• Gloss Finish. Clean professional finish, make the posters feel authentic.

• Packaged in cardboard tubes to protect them during delivery.

• Available in 9 different sizes including A2, A1 and 20x30".

The "A Farewell to Arms" poster is a remarkable example of mid-century film typography used as pure visual drama. The design is dominated by a monumental red letter "F" — the opening letter of "Farewell" — set against a dark, textured background splashed with blood-red forms that evoke both passion and war. The remaining letters of the title cascade dramatically in gold, while the names of the stars are set in clean white block type below. The result is one of the most graphically memorable posters of its era — bold, literary, and emotionally charged.

Produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Charles Vidor, with a screenplay by Ben Hecht, the film was the last production from the legendary Selznick Studio and a major event in late-50s Hollywood. Posters like this were displayed in cinema lobbies, theatre facades, and entertainment press across America and internationally, signalling the film's prestige status.

This high-quality reproduction poster is ideal for collectors searching for vintage Hollywood romance posters, Hemingway film adaptations, Rock Hudson memorabilia, classic CinemaScope advertising art, or 1950s prestige drama prints. Printed with a glossy finish on durable 200 GSM paper, it preserves the dramatic typographic design, rich colour contrasts, and textured illustration style of the original one-sheet while meeting modern display standards.

Throughout the late 1950s, Hollywood studios competed to adapt celebrated literary works for the widescreen CinemaScope format, creating films — and posters — that matched the ambition of their source material. The poster for A Farewell to Arms stands as a defining example of this era's graphic sophistication and remains a celebrated piece of both cinema history and American commercial design.

Disclaimer:

While we do our best to upscale each poster to suit the different sizes, some may have small imperfections such as creases or blurred small script. This is normal from old posters that have been scanned or remade over time. We do our best and we are only human afterall.