eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5g0645 GHOST BASKETBALL 13x22 special poster 1960s sports novelty played in entire darkness, rare! Date Sold 10/26/2023Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Unfolded Special Poster (measures 12 3/4" x 21 1/2" [32 x 55 cm]) (Learn More) Ghost Basketball, the circa 1960s Spook Show horror theatrical stage show window card ("Thrills! Suspense! Chills!"; "Played in entire darkness as 'ghost' game appears on floor"; "World's greatest sport novelty!"; "Ready for a set shot!"; "Fiery balls floating in air foul shots made by unseen hands"; "Local ghosts come to life"; "A game of basketball with not a light in the hall"; "Something you can't believe"; "World's most publicized novelty"; "Played from coast-to-coast for possibly the only time in town"; "The 8th wonder of the world"; "Don't miss this attraction! The game that has thrilled millions!"; "'Ghost basketball' players lined up before start of game"; "I'll be seeing you!"). This was a poster for a "spook show" ("spook shows" started in the 1930s, and continued into the late 1960s, with their greatest prominence in the late 1940s and 1950s). Local theaters would book three to five low budget movies, and then advertise them as a late night "spook show". Often they would have "live" acts on stage (sometimes famous actors who had appeared in monster movies would appear on stage in full make up, and sometimes it would be local actors dressed as monsters), and often the posters would make outrageous promises (sometimes they might say a person would be beheaded on stage, etc!). Not too many of these spook show posters survive (almost all the known surviving ones are window cards, some of which are 14" x 22", and some of which are 22" x 28", and the shows certainly had very limited runs). The few "spook show" window cards that DO survive are rarely in even "very good" condition. If anyone knows more about this specific spook show or this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning! Condition: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It has a small diagonal crease at upper right and some creases and tiny tears along portions of some edges. It is otherwise in generally nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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