eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 8m016 BLACK SLEEP paper banner '56 Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Carradine, Rathbone, Tor Johnson Date Sold 7/5/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Paper Banner (measures 24" x 80" [61 x 203 cm]) (Learn More) The Black Sleep, the 1956 Reginald Le Borg horror thriller ("The Black Sleep... the terror-drug that wakes the dead!"; "A horror-horde of monster-mutants walks the earth!"; "Out of the evil brain of a twisted scientist comes a fantastic robot army, crushing all barriers ...feeding on beauty, lusting to claw the world apart!"; "Rising from the depths of a black hell! An army of mammoth monsters attacks!"; "Beyond any terror ever known - the clawing fury of sub-human creatures at war with the world!"; "The Black Sleep... It wakes the dead!"; "You go to sleep a human being... You wake up a hulking horror - transformed by the evil 'experiments' of a satanic scientist!"; "...The terror-drug that wakes the dead!"; "See! The diabolical doctor create supermonsters!"; "See! The death-struggle of man against ghoul!"; "See! The helpless young girl writhe in the grasp of a fiend!") starring Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair (billed as "Patricia Blake"), Phyllis Stanley, Tor Johnson, Sally Yarnell, George Sawaya, and Claire Carleton NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that in the 1910s through 1930s, studios would make large cloth banners that movie theaters could hang up above their lobbies (or above their entrances). In the early 1940s, they changed to making paper banners (perhaps there was a cloth shortage during World War II). At first, they were made of one-sheet-like paper, and they didn't survive very well, and they apparently were not very popular, because very few survive. At some point around 1946, they changed to making them out of a heavy paper stock, similar to that used for 40x60s, but measuring 24" x 80". Many people think these became very popular at drive-in theaters, which were then expanding at a major pace throughout the country. The paper banners were very popular until the late 1960s, and then far fewer were made (perhaps corresponding to the decline in popularity of drive-in theaters). We have been consigned a wonderful collection of 133 of these paper banners, and we are auctioning them all, in 133 separate auctions. This is a great opportunity to acquire one or many of these rare posters! Condition: good. There are many scuffs and stains scattered throughout the poster. There are some tears in the right border and small paper loss in the bottom left corner. There is a 2" tear near the center of the top border (see our image). Learn More about condition grades
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