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DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ('51) DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ('51) pb OR search current auctions Auction History Result #261 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL pb & herald Date Sold 3/12/2002Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Pressbook (measures 14" x 18"; 24 pages). Also included is a 11.5" x 15.5" 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 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 which is pictured next to the pressbook below. Condition: fine. The front cover is largely separated from the back cover, but it is a clean separation. The back cover has light stains and scuffs and some minor tears. Other than these minor defects, the pressbook is in wonderful condition! The herald, which i. NOTE: This pressbook is complete and uncut (which is unusual for pressbooks). All of the pressbooks we sell are complete and uncut unless otherwise indicated! Learn More about condition grades 
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