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Auction History Result 5p0056 BODY SNATCHER style B 1/2sh 1945 Boris Karloff c/u & robbing corpse from graveyard, very rare! Date Sold 12/19/2023![]() Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body Snatcher, the 1945 Robert Wise grave robber horror thriller ("The screen's last word in shock sensation!"; "Not Hollywood Bunk - but dramatized from unthinkable facts of record!"; "No punches pulled... No details hidden... No facts sugar-coated in this startling and horrific expose of the methods used by surgeons years ago to get bodies for dissection!"; "Shriek and Shudder"; "Graves Raided"; "Coffins Robbed"; "Corpses Carved"; "Midnight Murder"; "Body Blackmail"; "Stalking Ghouls!"; "Mad thrills of Terror and Macabre Mystery... - and don't blame us if you stay awake all night!"; "Foul fiends stealing the dead by night so that medical students have bodies to dissect! ...Even fouler fiends committing murder to get the young and beautiful for practice operations!"; produced by Val Lewton; based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, which was itself based on the infamous English grave robbers, Burke and Hare) starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade, Sharyn Moffett, and Rita Corday. Note that this is the last movie the two horror legends, Karloff and Lugosi, appeared together! 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this style B half-sheet, and only one in the last 13 years! Also note that this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. Note that because this poster was paperbacked onto a thicker paper backing, it CAN'T be sent rolled (someone could conceivably roll it or try to do so, but we know it would definitely lessen its condition, so we will only send it in a very large flat package, unless the buyer insists, and then they would be responsible for any damage). What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the poster was never folded. It had pinholes, tears, and small paper loss around the edges. It had some creases and scuffs scattered around the edges and in the bottom left credits area. 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. Learn More about condition grades ![]()
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