Classic Examples of Hand-lettering in Movie Titles

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1. Harold Adler’s – Finian’s Rainbow

2. Bend of the River 

3.  Broken Arrow

4. Clockwork Orange

5. Houdini in Terror Island

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6. Tyron Power in Son of Fury (Might be more of a modified typeface, but it’s a beautiful thick serif.)

7. The Adventures of Tartu

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9. Hitchcock’s Anatomy of a Murder (by the brilliant Saul Bass)

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And a couple happy endings for good measure – (These are gorgeous)

9.  Love Happy – The End

10.  Citizen Kane – The End

You can also download the font Hitchcock Type ( a bit of a schticky font, but decent nonetheless) from Typographia.org

Other resources for Hand-lettered Movie Titles:

1. Hand lettering by German poster designer Hans Otto Wendt

2. The Movie Stills Collection

3. Shill Pages, Classic Movie Titles Collection

Tim Brown

Tim Brown is the owner of Hook Agency, an SEO and Web Design company focused primarily on driving traffic and leads for small businesses, roofers and construction companies.