The movie title stills collection

His Girl Friday (1940)

Rear Window (1954)

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

American Graffiti (1973)

Almost Famous (2000)

The opening design of a film — the editing of the first scene, the music and title sequence — sets the mood. Here’s a web site with many title slides organized by year.