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Auction History Result 5p713 THING INCOMPLETE 3sh '51 Howard Hawks classic horror, only missing the taglines! Date Sold 9/2/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An INCOMPLETE Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41 1/4" x 52 3/4" [105 x 134 cm]) (Learn More) Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World!, the classic 1951 Christian Nyby science fiction (sci-fi) monster horror thriller ("The Thing from another world!"; "How did it get here?"; "Natural or Supernatural?"; "Howard Hawks' Astounding Movie"; "Look out... it's The Thing from another world!"; produced by Howard Hawks; based on the story by John W. Campbell, best known for being the editor of Astounding Science Fiction!) starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin, Paul Frees, John Dierkes, Eduard Franz, James Arness (in the title role as The Thing From Another World!), William Self, and Billy Curtis (as the miniature "Thing" in the final sequence when the monster appears to shrink). Note that this movie had a very unusual poster campaign, where the letters of the title were made to look like body parts ("blood and guts"!), with wires coming off of the letters. Almost all the posters had this basic design. The pressbook calls all of them "teaser" posters and says "This display material was designed for an advance teaser campaign, as well as for general use". So obviously, they intentionally wanted to have the posters not reveal much about the movie, as a way to get people interested and get them into the theater. 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 only the middle 60% (or so) of this poster is present. It was printed in 3 pieces, with a smaller top and bottom piece, and a large center piece, which is the portion that is present. The top piece had the tagline "NATURAL OR SUPERNATURAL?", and the bottom piece had "HOWARD HAWKS' Astounding MOVIE" and the RKO logo. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept that only the center of the poster is present! Note that the portion of the poster that is present contains the complete title (which of course has the artwork of the letters made of blood and guts). Condition: poor. The top and bottom small pieces of the poster are missing . The portion that is present has some tears and tiny areas of paper loss in the borders and some tiny staple holes around the edges. Learn More about condition grades 
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