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Auction History Result 6t035 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS linen style A 1/2sh '56 ultimate classic in science-fiction! Date Sold 5/3/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (released in Mexico as "The Body Snatchers"), the classic 1956 Don Siegel science fiction (sci-fi) horror alien invasion romantic thriller ("Walter Wanger creates the ultimate in science-fiction!"; "They come from another world!"; "Incredible! Invisible! Insatiable!"; "Something is happening! Send your men of science quick! The panic stricken cry went over the phone to Washington D. C. until the lines went dead!......."; "Colliers's Magazine called it 'The nightmare that threatens the world!'"; "Based on the Collier's Magazine Serial by Jack Finney"; about aliens invading Earth by replacing people with alien counterparts that grow as pods, and then take over the person's identity when the person falls asleep; one by one, a town is taken over, and the few remaining unaffected people try to stop them and get the word out, but they are stopped at every turn; most people see this as a thinly veiled parable of the activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee, which found "Communists" behind every door in Hollywood!; others protest that it greatly borrowed the plot of Robert A. Heinlein's "The Puppet Masters", which had been written five years before; ironically, when The Puppet Masters finally came to the screen in 1994, it was criticized for being a rip-off of this movie!) starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter ("Sensational star discovery of 'The View From Pompey's Head' ... Dana Wynter in the year's most startling role!"), Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes, and Ralph Dumke 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 while this style A poster has the "hand print" image that is on most of the other U.S. posters, it does not have the image of McCarthy and Wynter fleeing, but instead it has them kissing, and it has the other characters running across the "fingers" of the hand print! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfold and some tiny creases and fine surface paper loss on parts of the folds. It had an uneven tear that ran from the top center of the image over to the left and down through the right arm oft he man in the yellow suit, and going into the tagline at middle left. There was a 9" tear in the right of the top border that ran down through the tagline and through the arm of the tiny man. There were some stains, small tears, and tiny paper loss around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, and likely originally displayed well, but after it was backed, it was displayed on a wall and it has faded considerably (originally, the background was red at the top and changed to an orange color, but now goes from a darker orange to a lighter orange. Please bear in mind all of the above before placing a bid on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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