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2y050 BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS 1/2sh '53 Ray Bradbury's tale of the sea's master-beast of the ages!

Date Sold 11/6/2014
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, the 1953 Eugene Lourie science fiction (sci-fi) monster horror thriller ("They couldn't believe their eyes! They couldn't escape the terror! And neither will You!"; "The sea's master-beast of the ages - raging up from the bottom of time!"; "A Thrill Story Beyond All Imagining!"; "Prehistoric Sea-Giant Rages Against City! A Thrill Story Beyond All Imagining!"; "It's alive!"; "Cast of Thousands! Over a year in the making!"; "You'll see it tear a city apart!"; "A thrill-story beyond all imagining!"; "King of prehistoric sea giants... Raging up from the bottom of time!"; "It's alive!"; "Cast of thousands! Over a year in the making!"; "Suggested by the Sensational Saturday Evening Post Story by Ray Bradbury"; with special effects by Ray Harryhausen) starring Paul Hubschmid (billed as "Paul Christian"), Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Lee Van Cleef, Kenneth Tobey, Donald Woods, and Ross Elliot
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Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been graded and authenticated by mpgrading.com. This means that a separate 8 1/2" x 11" paper comes with the poster, and that it has been "encrypted with a unique 9-digit serial number with invisible DNA-laced ink" which has been hidden somewhere in an unobtrusive portion of the poster. On the certificate, the poster has been given a grade of "fine + (7.5) - RG", but of course, that grading scale is not the same as ours (see below). Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards.

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster had pinholes, tears, and small paper loss around the edges. It had small paper loss at the crossfold and tiny bits of paper loss and tiny tears scattered on both foldlines. It had a diagonal tear starting in the top blank border above the "T" of "CITY" and running down into the monster's neck. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects.
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