eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 3a0504 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Aust daybill 1952 Robert Wise, art of giant hand & Patricia Neal! Date Sold 1/26/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1952 (from the first release of this movie in Australia) Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 13 1/2" x 30" [34 x 76 cm]) (Learn More) The Day the Earth Stood Still, the classic 1951 Robert Wise science fiction (sci-fi) alien-contact thriller ("From out of space.... a warning and an ultimatum!"; "Strange power from another planet menaces the Earth!"; from the story by Harry Bates; about a super intelligent alien visiting the Earth, and mankind mistrusts him without reason; he is able to "pass" as a human, and he visits the world's greatest scientist, and when he is injured and taken to a hospital, he is rescued by his robot Gort) starring Michael Rennie (as Klaatu), Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, and Lock Martin (as Gort the Robot). Note that the unusual music heard in this movie was achieved through the use of the musical instrument called a theramin, and audiences loved the eerie sounds it made, and it became standard in many science fiction movies thereafter to use this instrument in the same way! 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 this is the extremely rare 1951 first release Australian daybill for this movie (we have only auctioned three of them before and the last time was in 2013 and it sold for $865!). There is a 1970s re-release, which looks similar, and which has been sometimes mistakenly sold as original, but the poster offered here is absolutely the ultra rare 1951 Australian daybill! Condition: good. The daybill has darkened pretty substantially and it has some tiny dots of slight discoloration due to exposure to moisture scattered throughout (mostly noticeable on back and in white-colored areas of the title and blank borders). It has separation in portions of the upper horizontal fold and lower horizontal fold, and that fold has, in addition, some tiny tears and approximately 3" of separation at right. It has become somewhat fragile. Still though, despite the defects the poster is mostly "all there" and after linenbacking with some proper restoration it will look pretty nice, but bear in mind the poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades
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