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Auction History Result f011 ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN half-sheet movie poster '51 Date Sold 2/7/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (released in other English-speaking countries as "Abbott and Costello Meet the Ghosts"), the 1948 Charles T. Barton monster horror spoof comedy ("It's a grand New idea for Fun!"; the eighth Universal Frankenstein movie, and this time they added their #1 comedy team to both liven up the series, and to inject comedy; many people fondly remember this as their favorite of the 1940s Frankenstein movies!; "Jeepers! The Creepers are after Bud and Lou!"; "The laughs are MONSTERous! Bud and Lou are in a stew when they tangle with the Titans of Terror!"; "The monsters of menace vs the masters of Mirth!") starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello), Lon Chaney Jr. ("The Wolf Man played by Lon Chaney"), Bela Lugosi (returning as Dracula after being long absent from the role; "Dracula played by Bela Lugosi"), Glenn Strange (in the title role, playing the Frankenstein monster; "The Monster played by Glenn Strange"), Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Frank Ferguson, Charles Bradstreet, and Vincent Price (in a cute cameo, as the voice of The Invisible Man at the end of the movie!) 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 poster has never been machine folded! Most half-sheet posters were folded once horizontally and once vertically right off of the printing press. It is very difficult to find an unfolded copy of most half-sheets, especially from before 1970! Condition: very good. The poster was never folded. Someone at a poster exchange put four 1" wide pieces of brown paper tape on the back of each of the four borders. There are many pinholes in the borders. The left and right 1" of the borders were partially folded back. There are a few scattered creases around the edges of the poster and a much lesser number within the central part of the image. There are some faint smudges in the solid background areas. Note that there are likely very few examples of this poster surviving, and it is extremely likely that very few of them are both unfolded AND unrestored (the brown paper tape on the back of this poster was done when the movie was playing, and is in no way restoration). In these days when collectors are putting a greater and greater premium on collecting unrestored posters, and since most collectors recognize that an unfolded half-sheet should sell for a significant premium over a folded example of the same title, clearly this is quite a rare and desirable poster! I suppose one could have a restorer touch up the poster's minor defects, but I would think that in the long term, it makes far more sense to keep this poster in its unrestored state (especially since its defects are minor, and the poster will look great on anyone's wall)! Learn More about condition grades 
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