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Auction History Result 1d040 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL linen 1/2sh 1951 classic art of Michael Rennie by Gort holding Neal! Date Sold 11/3/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (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. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had paper loss at the crossfold and creases and tiny bits of paper loss on both folds. It had pinholes, small tears, and tiny paper loss around the edges. The poster was surely displayed prior to backing, and the reds in the poster had faded considerably. Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. Someone backed the poster and performed restoration to the fold and border defects. They then painted over the red areas at top and bottom, and in the girl's dress, but they did not attempt to add back the "reddish" hues missing from the rest of the image. Please bear in mind these defects and the restoration the poster has had before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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