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DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ('51) DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ('51) pb OR search current auctions Auction History Result 9g145 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL pressbook '51 Robert Wise, classic art of Gort & Patricia Neal! Date Sold 6/9/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 18" [36 x 46 cm]; 24 pages). Also included is a herald that has 4 pages. (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. Important Added Info: Note that for this pressbook, 20th Century-Fox created a special 11 1/2" x 15 1/2" 4-page "newspaper style" herald, and they bound an example of it in the center of each pressbook! Note that when studios would prepare pressbooks they would often include a sample of the herald. Most often, the herald is no longer still with the pressbook. Sometimes, the herald by itself will sell for almost as much as the rest of the entire pressbook! This pressbook contains the original herald that was included with it, and it is pictured next to the pressbook below. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: very good to fine, NO CUTS. The pressbook is uncut and complete. The pressbook is in nice condition, as is the newspaper style herald that is bound in (usually this pressbook is found with the herald removed). I have seen other examples of this pressbook where they have aged poorly and the pages are somewhat brittle, but this example of the pressbook is in really excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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