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This is an eMoviePoster.com stock image. What does this mean?  Auction History Result #5100 HALF HUMAN TC '57 John Carradine Date Sold 10/30/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (released in the U.S. simply as "Half Human"), the 1957 Kenneth G. Crane & Ishiro Honda Japanese/U.S. horror science fiction (sci-fi) melodrama ("1400 pounds of frozen fury that moves like man!"; "Half-man, Half-Beast but All Monster!") starring John Carradine, Russ Thorson, Robert Karnes, Morris Ankrum, Momoko Kochi, Akira Takarada, and Sachio Sakai. Note that this movie has a really interesting back story to it. It was actually made in Japan by Toho in 1955 and it was called "Ju jin yukio toko", and it was directed by Ishiro Honda. This was the year after Gojira was made, and the following year, Gojira was successfully released in the U.S. as "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" (with added Raymond Burr footage), and that success gave Toho the idea of doing the same with some of its other movies (the first was "Varan, the Unbelievable"). This was the second, with added scenes of John Carradine directed by Kenneth Crane. Both Varan and this movie did terribly at the U.S. box office, and that was the end of that idea! Worse yet, the original Japanese version apparently remains locked in Toho's vaults, and has not been seen since 1955! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card is part of an amazing collection of 132 horror/sci-fi lobby cards (our items #5040 through #5171). Included are 121 title cards from 1950 to 1964, including just about every horror/sci-fi movie made during that period, including all of the most famous titles! Also included is all seven scene cards from "The Day the Earth Stood Still", and a great scene card from "House of Wax". The collector who assembled this collection did so over a span of several decades, and to duplicate it would surely take at least that long, if one started today. But on October 30th, every one of these lobby cards will go to a new owner, as all are being sold with NO reserve. Also note that we have listed these lobby cards in strict alphabetical order. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire rare lobby cards that almost never are offered for sale! Condition: good to very good. ot very good Canadian censor stamp in the upper center of the card slightly extending into the monster's image; slightly enlarged pair of staple holes in the lower right corner as well as a few scattered around the edges of the card; 1 1/2" tear in the upper center edge of the card; smudges in the yellow background at center as well as some slightly diagonal creases in the upper left corner and minor creases, scuffs, and smudges throughout the card (more so around the edges) Learn More about condition grades 
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