Orson Welles in front of the Casino in Monte Carlo. Welles came to the Riviera to present his film "Othello" at the Cannes Film Festival. He received the "Palme d’Or" for the film. The film, at present a "classique", was vilified by most of the critics. Monte Carlo 1952.

Orson Welles is pictured at the entrance to the Monte Carlo Casino in 1952, the year he came to the Riviera to present his film "Othello" at the Cannes Film Festival. Dressed in a dark suit and bow tie, he holds a white handkerchief as a uniformed doorman stands at attention to his right. A poster for the Opéra de Monte-Carlo advertises a March performance of Verdi’s "Aida." Welles’s film, though initially vilified by critics, would go on to win the Palme d’Or.

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