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Auction History Result 2s0939 BATTLE BENEATH THE EARTH linen int'l 1sh 1968 art of Kerwin Mathews & sexy Viviane Ventura! Date Sold 8/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1968 Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked International One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Battle Beneath the Earth, the 1967 (released in the U.S. in 1968) Montgomery Tully English/U.S. underground science fiction (sci-fi) war adventure thriller ("An incredible battle is raging right under your feet!"; "Intercontinental tunnels that imprison the earth in a giant web of terror."; "Laser beams that dig through miles of stone in minutes."; "A barbaric general who turns his mad dreams of world conquest into a nightmare reality!"; "The greatest adventure on Earth... is under it!"; about a Chinese general who goes berserk and has a system of tunnels made all the way from China to the U.S.A.!) starring Kerwin Mathews, Viviane Ventura, Robert Ayres, Peter Arne, and Al Mulock NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is an "international" style poster or lobby card (meaning it was printed in the U.S. for use in non-U.S. countries). Somewhere in the early 1960s, MGM apparently made a huge "trade" deal with European movie distributors. From the early 1960s to the late 1960s, MGM released 100 or more non-U.S. movies in the U.S. under the MGM logo (some dating back to the 1950s), and in return, they apparently gave 100 or more MGM movies (from the 1950s and early 1960s) to those European distributors to release in Europe. All of the posters from both sets of releases have a very similar type of somewhat garish, very colorful artwork, and some have an MGM logo that is different from than on other MGM movies of the same time period, which makes it likely that those (with different logos) are from re-releases. None of these posters (except for the very first few of them) have any dates on them. Over the years, I have seen many of these posters (from both types) sold as first release, but, as stated above, some of these are mid to late 1960s re-releases, and the ones from U.S. movies are "international" posters (or lobby cards) that were used in non-U.S. countries. If anyone knows more about these MGM releases, please e-mail us. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had fine surface paper loss, creases, and scuffs along most of the folds, with pinholes around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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