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Auction History Result 4d0076 GREMLINS 35x46 printer's test 1sh 1984 Joe Dante, art of Stripe w/ Olympic torch, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/16/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 35" x 46" [89 x 117 cm]) (Learn More) Gremlins, the 1984 Joe Dante Christmas holiday action fantasy monster horror comedy ("Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous."; "Executive Producers Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy"; "Written by Chris Columbus"; about a man who inadvertently breaks 3 important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes evil little monsters known as the Gremlins into his small town) starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain, John Louie, Keye Luke, Don Steele, Susan Burgess, Scott Brady, Arnie Moore, Corey Feldman, Howie Mandel (as the voice of Gizmo), Harry Carey Jr., Dick Miller, Donald Elson, and Belinda Balaski 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 a very unusual and very rare poster! This movie came out at the time of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, and the studio created three special one-sheets for this movie (one of them a "tie-in" to the Olympics, which was this poster), and each of those had a completely different image. But the only examples of those posters that have surfaced (we know of one collector who has all three of them) are black & white, which leads us to wonder if they were solely "test" posters that never made it to the final stage, likely when the color would have been added. In 2016, we were consigned this "Olympics" style poster, and it is an uncut "printer's test", which has very wide excess borders, and it measures 35" x 46". Obviously, one could choose to leave it exactly as it is, or one could have it professionally trimmed to exactly 27" x 41". The person who purchased it from us in 2016 has now reconsigned it, so it is still the only example of this poster we have ever auctioned! What is a "printer's test" poster (often referred to as a "printer's proof")? Before a poster was printed in large quantities, the printer would print a limited number of posters as "test" posters. Because they needed to be shown to people at the studio, people in the art department, the stars, etc, they would print a number of test posters and distribute them to these people. Some of them would be fully trimmed, but often they would leave the color chart on the left edge of many of the posters, which added an extra inch to the width of the poster (which explains why the poster measures 35" x 46" [89 x 117 cm]). Once these printer's test posters were shown to the various people in a position to "OK" them, the printer would print the full print run of the posters. In the case of this poster, we suspect that it was from early in the process, just to show people the designs, because it has no color, but it is also quite possible that there were other test posters made with each color, or that it was intended to solely be made as a black & white poster. Condition: very good. There is slight scuffing in the "IE!" at the end of the top tagline. There are just a few faint creases scattered throughout the poster and minor wear in the borders. Otherwise, the poster is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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