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Auction History Result 9z622 THINGS TO COME Mexican LC R50s Menzies, H.G. Wells, completely deceptive art & title! Date Sold 9/15/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1950s) Re-Release Theatrical Mexican Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 13" x 17" [33 x 43 cm]) (Learn More) H.G. Wells' Things to Come, the classic 1936 William Cameron Menzies English futuristic science fiction (sci-fi) utopian thriller ("What will the next hundred years bring to mankind?"; "A mighty challenge to the world of today!"; "Like a flaming comet come this startling, human picturization of the world of the future!"; "Will the new bomb destroy mankind?"; "Will future generations be driven to build cities underground?"; "Will World Ward III destroy civilization?"; "The Picture that tells all"; "An Alexander Korda Production";"See the world in ruin! See its amazing renovation! See the city of glass! See humans living underground! See the gigantic space gun for the first flight to the moon! See man's substitute for the sun! See civilization as we know it today laughed at by our great-grandchildren! See the 'wandering sickness' destroy half the people on the earth!"; produced by Alexander Korda; based on the novel The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells, set 100 years into the future, in 2036; about a second world war [not WWII!] which causes great turmoil in the world, and then scientists begin to rebuild civilization into a scientifically designed utopia) starring Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Pearl Argyle, Patricia Hilliard, Margaretta Scott, Edward Chapman, "and a cast of 20,000" NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that in an amusing twist, the creator of these Mexican lobby cards not only retitled it to a "War of the Worlds" like title in Spanish, but they also subtitled it in English as "Come to Things", and to make matters worse, they presented a bunch of images that made it look like the movie was about soldiers battling aliens! Also note that this Mexican lobby card measures 13" x 17" [33 x 43 cm]. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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