From the Earth to the Moon, Joseph Cotten Worn Tailcoat Jacket

original movie costume

Original tailcoat jacket worn by 'Victor Barbicane', played by Joseph Cotten in the Jules Verne's classic science fiction film "From the Earth to the Moon" (1958), where in 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew. Starring Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, and Debra Paget.

Joseph Cotten first gained worldwide fame in three Orson Welles films: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay. He went on to become one of the leading Hollywood actors of the 1940s, appearing in films such as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946), Portrait of Jennie (1948), The Third Man (1949) and Niagara (1953). One of his final films was Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980).