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Auction History Result 4r671 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Aust daybill R70s Robert Wise, art of giant hand & Patricia Neal! Date Sold 2/16/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1970s) Re-Release Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 13 1/4" x 30" [34 x 76 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 the image area of this 1970s re-release daybill was printed from the original's plates, but before printing, the ratings area at middle right was covered over, and it can be slightly seen underneath, so this is how the poster was printed and is NOT a defect. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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