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DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ('51) DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ('51) pb OR search current auctions Auction History Result 5h0068 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL pressbook 1951 classic art of Gort & Patricia Neal, includes herald! Date Sold 10/29/2023 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 this pressbook contains a cool "newspaper style" herald with a parody news story about the world threatened "with destruction by distant planet". The back cover of the herald has an image of the 24-sheet on it! The herald was "bound in" to the center of the 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 received 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 complete and uncut. Other than 2" of clean separation at the top of the spine edge of the cover, it has very slight wear and has likely survived in about as good condition as one could hope. The attached herald (see above) has darkening in the top 1/2" of all four pages, but that darkening did not affect the pages of the pressbook in front of it or behind it. Learn More about condition grades 
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