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Auction History Result 7j0899 THING 8 LCs 1951 Howard Hawks classic horror, Kennedy Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, complete set! Date Sold 10/22/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 8 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 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. Important Added Info: Note that everyone agrees that card #1 in this complete set is the best lobby card of the set, and it is rarely offered for sale or at auction! Condition: good. Each of the cards have or had a piece of tape on back of the corners (not put there for any restoration purpose) and each has a few pinholes scattered in various areas and at least some light scuffs (some have more substantial scuffs as noted below) and faint smudges (see our images). Card #1 has discoloration at upper right and some pencil writing at left. Card #2 has some scuffs and scratches at right and tiny pencil writing in the left center blank border. Card #3 has some scratches in the star's face at center. Card #5 has jagged tears at center that have been repaired with tape from the back. Card #6 has some paper loss at upper center and some pencil writing over the NSS at lower right. Card #7 has tears at top and bottom that have been repaired with tape from the back and some pencil writing at lower right. Please see our super-sized images to get a good sense of the condition of each of these lobby cards and bear in mind our condition description prior to placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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