eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 9j079 THINGS TO COME set of 3 English sheet music '36 Ballet for Children, Prologue/Epilogue, March Date Sold 7/20/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Set of 3 Original Vintage Theatrical English Movie Sheet Music (each measures 10 1/4" x 14" [26 x 36 cm]; two have 8 pages, and one has 11 pages) (Learn More) H.G. Wells' Things to Come, the classic 1936 William Cameron Menzies English futuristic science fiction (sci-fi) utopian thriller ("What will the next hundred years bring to mankind?"; "A mighty challenge to the world of today!"; "Like a flaming comet come this startling, human picturization of the world of the future!"; "Will the new bomb destroy mankind?"; "Will future generations be driven to build cities underground?"; "Will World Ward III destroy civilization?"; "The Picture that tells all"; "An Alexander Korda Production";"See the world in ruin! See its amazing renovation! See the city of glass! See humans living underground! See the gigantic space gun for the first flight to the moon! See man's substitute for the sun! See civilization as we know it today laughed at by our great-grandchildren! See the 'wandering sickness' destroy half the people on the earth!"; produced by Alexander Korda; based on the novel The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells, set 100 years into the future, in 2036; about a second world war [not WWII!] which causes great turmoil in the world, and then scientists begin to rebuild civilization into a scientifically designed utopia) starring Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Pearl Argyle, Patricia Hilliard, Margaretta Scott, Edward Chapman, "and a cast of 20,000" NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that first release English movie paper from this classic early sci-fi movie is beyond rare (even the U.S. first release movie paper is extremely rare, but the English paper is far more rare). But offered here are three different examples of English sheet music from the film, each with the same great illustration from the movie on the cover. Not only would these be great to frame, but you could also play the music for your friends! Also note that these three pieces of sheet music (which are "country of origin" items!) are for the songs "Ballet for Children", "Prologue & Epilogue", and "March". Condition: very good to fine. One of the sheet musics is in wonderful condition. The other two have some tiny dot stains and smudges around the edges, but are otherwise in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades
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