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Auction History Result 2a101 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 9x9 promotional paper mask R01 wear it to look like Gort! Date Sold 10/30/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 2001 Re-Release Theatrical Promotional Movie Mask (measures 9" x 9") (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. Important Added Info: Note that there was a mask exactly like this made for the 1951 release of this classic movie. In 2001, on its 50th anniversary, Wade Williams re-presented the movie, and he made replicas of the original masks. There was a special screening at the Englewood Theatre in Independence, Missouri, and both Billy Gray and Forrest Ackerman attended. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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