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Auction History Result 9f086 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL linen 1sh '51 Robert Wise, classic art of Gort holding Patricia Neal Date Sold 7/13/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 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. Important Added Info: Note that this classic one-sheet is far more rare than the other top horror/sci-fi one-sheets of the 1950s (likely because it was one of the earliest movies of the genre, coming in 1951, while most of the others were several years later). We have not auctioned an example of this one-sheet for NINE years, and we hope it won't be nine years before we get another, but it truly is rarely offered for sale! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the top crossfold and a few tiny dots of paper loss in the top quarter of the vertical foldline and in the left half of the top foldline, with very minor wear on the other folds. It had a 1 1/2" vertical tear with no paper loss in the right of the top vertical foldline, in the left side of the top of Gort's head. It had tiny paper loss in the center at the top and bottom blank borders and a 4" tear in the left of the top border that extended between the "O" and "M" of "FROM". It had an enlarged pinhole in the top right corner, in the blank white border. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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