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Auction History Result 2m375 THINGS TO COME LC '36 crowd of peasants of the future amazed by spaceship in the sky! Date Sold 11/8/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (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. Condition: good to very good. There are several pinholes in the center of the top blank border, and two tiny pinholes in the center of the bottom blank border. There are two tiny tears in the lower left border and one in the left of the bottom border, and all three have small pieces of yellowed tape on the back. There are two tiny pieces of tape on the front of the center of the right blank border. There are creases and smudges around the edges, extending into the sky background. There is a 5" crease near the center of the card. There are two pieces of tape on the back of the borders, but they were not put there for any restoration purpose. The card displays well in spite of its defects, but please bear them in mind (and look closely at our super-sized image before placing a bid on this great card). Learn More about condition grades 
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