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Auction History Result 4d0624 INVADERS FROM MARS linen 1sh R1955 classic, hordes of green monsters from outer space! Date Sold 4/16/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1955 Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Invaders From Mars, the classic 1953 William Cameron Menzies (who also did the production design) science fiction (sci-fi) alien thriller ("From Out of Space.... Came hordes of green monsters!!"; "The Martians are coming!"; "Photographed in Color") starring Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt, Leif Erickson, Hillary Brooke, Morris Ankrum, Max Wagner, Bill Phipps, Milburn Stone, and Janine Perreau 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 the 1955 re-release one-sheet for this classic sci-fi movie. It looks very similar to the original release poster (see below for the differences), and is often mistakenly sold as original (to complicate matters, this re-release has the original 1953 NSS number in the bottom right corner, but has a 1955 date in the bottom left corner, but that wrong NSS number increases the chances of it being mistakenly sold as an original). There are those who claim that this poster is a "1953 second printing", but that makes no sense, because if they were reprinting the poster in 1953, there would be absolutely no reason to change the copyright date to 1955 (two years in the future!), while there would be every reason to change the copyright date if it was printed in 1955 (if you think about it, the only reason to change the date would be if the "mistake" poster was printed FIRST, and then it was "corrected", and nobody is arguing for that!). People who try to defend the "second printing" theory say that the movie was not re-released in 1955, but certainly, it is extremely likely the movie was still playing in Saturday matinees (or on double bills) in 1955, so there would still be a need for posters at that time. Recently, we uncovered proof that there WAS a 1955 re-release! We were consigned a still that is copyrighted 1955, and it says "National Pictures Corporation", and it still has "Edward Alperson Presents", which would indicate that he purchased the rights to the movie from 20th Century-Fox, and redistributed it himself in 1955. Note that there are a few subtle differences between the two posters (the biggest one is that the "EDWARD L. ALPERSON" at the top of the poster is in yellow on the 1953 release, but is in white on the 1955 release), but just about every collector agrees that both are wonderful, and the 1955 re-release often sells for close to the price of the 1953 first release! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and pretty minor fold and border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. After the poster was backed, it acquired a stain and small paper loss in the upper right border, slightly extending into the image background, and extending into the excess linen. It also acquired some creases in the bottom right of the excess border that very slightly enter the poster's border. These defects will hardly show when the poster is framed, or certainly, additional restoration could be performed without re-backing the poster, but bear the above in mind before placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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