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This is an eMoviePoster.com stock image. What does this mean?  Auction History Result Lot #: v115 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL linen 1sh '51 classic!  Date Sold 12/17/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 9 CATALOG SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (27" x 41") (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. Condition: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at each crossfold and there were creases and a few tiny tears in the vertical foldline. There was separation and a few very tiny tears in the horizontal foldlines. There was a 4" tear in the right of the vertical foldline starting in the middle of Gort's helmet, running down through his visor and slightly into the lower part of his helmet. There were a few extremely minor defects in other parts of the image area. There were pinholes in the corners and a few in the borders. There were some creases and tears in the borders. Overall, other than the tear in Gort's helmet, the poster was in pretty nice condition prior to linenbacking. The other defects were truly minor, and easily corrected through linenbacking. The tear in his helmet was a very clean tear, and there has been very expert restoration in that area. It is in no way something you notice, and you have to spend time looking over the poster closely before you do notice it. The poster looks quite nice, and I would think almost any collector would be quite happy to display it on their wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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