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Auction History Result 3b037 THING insert '51 Howard Hawks' astounding movie, how did it get here from another world! Date Sold 12/13/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World!, the classic 1951 Christian Nyby science fiction (sci-fi) monster horror thriller ("The Thing from another world!"; "How did it get here?"; "Natural or Supernatural?"; "Howard Hawks' Astounding Movie"; "Look out... it's The Thing from another world!"; produced by Howard Hawks; based on the story by John W. Campbell, best known for being the editor of Astounding Science Fiction!) starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin, Paul Frees, John Dierkes, Eduard Franz, James Arness (in the title role as The Thing From Another World!), William Self, and Billy Curtis (as the miniature "Thing" in the final sequence when the monster appears to shrink). Note that this movie had a very unusual poster campaign, where the letters of the title were made to look like body parts ("blood and guts"!), with wires coming off of the letters. Almost all the posters had this basic design. The pressbook calls all of them "teaser" posters and says "This display material was designed for an advance teaser campaign, as well as for general use". So obviously, they intentionally wanted to have the posters not reveal much about the movie, as a way to get people interested and get them into the theater. 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 is a very desirable poster from this classic movie, especially because many of the posters solely have the unusual title treatment, without images of the stars. This poster has a wonderful montage of images that do not appear on the other posters, except for the half-sheets. That causes the inserts and half-sheets to sell for a considerable amount of money! Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The poster has two extra horizontal folds 1 1/2" below the regular top one and 3" above the regular bottom one. There are many creases and some small tears along that extra bottom horizontal fold, and someone put brown tape on the back of half of that extra fold. The same is true of the extra top horizontal fold, except there is a tear at the right end that has paper loss by it, and the tape is on the back of that area (see our image). There is paper loss in the right of the bottom blank border and a tear and small paper loss in the left border, with some creases, light stains, and some tears around the edges. While the poster is only in "good" condition, it is also true that any talented restorer could paperback it, and after proper restoration, it will look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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