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Auction History Result 5z059 THINGS TO COME WC R50s William Cameron Menzies, H.G. Wells, cool different art & taglines! Date Sold 11/3/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1950s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 15 3/4") (Learn More) H.G. Wells' Things to Come, the classic 1936 William Cameron Menzies English futuristic science fiction (sci-fi) utopian thriller ("What will the next hundred years bring to mankind?"; "A mighty challenge to the world of today!"; "Like a flaming comet come this startling, human picturization of the world of the future!"; "Will the new bomb destroy mankind?"; "Will future generations be driven to build cities underground?"; "Will World Ward III destroy civilization?"; "The Picture that tells all"; "An Alexander Korda Production";"See the world in ruin! See its amazing renovation! See the city of glass! See humans living underground! See the gigantic space gun for the first flight to the moon! See man's substitute for the sun! See civilization as we know it today laughed at by our great-grandchildren! See the 'wandering sickness' destroy half the people on the earth!"; produced by Alexander Korda; based on the novel The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells, set 100 years into the future, in 2036; about a second world war [not WWII!] which causes great turmoil in the world, and then scientists begin to rebuild civilization into a scientifically designed utopia) starring Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Pearl Argyle, Patricia Hilliard, Margaretta Scott, Edward Chapman, "and a cast of 20,000" 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 do not know for certain when this poster is from. Having seen a lot of material from both the original release and the 1947 re-release, I think it is much more likely to NOT be from either release, and it does appear to be quite old, so it could be from a later 1950s release, but I can't say for certain. If anyone does know for certain, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that this window card has been trimmed and it now measures 14" x 15 3/4". Condition: fair. It appears that the window card had approximately 2" trimmed from the top, and approximately 4 1/4" trimmed from the bottom, which clearly extended well into the image. In addition, the card was folded down the middle and someone put brown paper tape on the back of that foldline. But it is very fortunate that the title, credits, and most of the image and taglines appear to have been unharmed by the trimming, and certainly anyone could display this card just as it is. But please bear in mind its considerable defects before placing a bid! Learn More about condition grades 
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