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Auction History Result 8e064 BATTLE BENEATH THE EARTH int'l 1sh '68 sci-fi art of Kerwin Mathews & sexy Viviane Ventura! Date Sold 1/4/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded International Style One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Battle Beneath the Earth, the 1967 (released in the U.S. in 1968) Montgomery Tully English/U.S. underground science fiction (sci-fi) war adventure thriller ("An incredible battle is raging right under your feet!"; "Intercontinental tunnels that imprison the earth in a giant web of terror."; "Laser beams that dig through miles of stone in minutes."; "A barbaric general who turns his mad dreams of world conquest into a nightmare reality!"; "The greatest adventure on Earth... is under it!"; about a Chinese general who goes berserk and has a system of tunnels made all the way from China to the U.S.A.!) starring Kerwin Mathews, Viviane Ventura, Robert Ayres, Peter Arne, and Al Mulock 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 one-sheet comes with a certificate of authenticity ("A Genuine Treasure of the Ackermuseum, Horrorwood, Karloffornia") personally signed by "The Ackermonster" (Forrest J. Ackerman). Note that only a limited number of these color certificates were made (for a sale of FJA movie paper by Bruce Hershenson in 2001), and also note that legendary horror/sci-fi fan Mr. Ackerman (publisher of "Famous Monsters of Filmland") has recently passed away. Note that this is a poster or lobby card that was printed by MGM for a European movie that they distributed in the U.S.. Somewhere in the early 1960s, MGM apparently made a huge "trade" deal with European movie distributors. From the early 1960s to the late 1960s, MGM released 100 or more non-U.S. movies in the U.S. under the MGM logo (some dating back to the 1950s), and in return, they apparently gave 100 or more MGM movies (from the 1950s and early 1960s) to those European distributors to release in Europe. All of the posters from both sets of releases have a very similar type of somewhat garish, very colorful artwork, and some have an MGM logo that is different from than on other MGM movies of the same time period, which makes it likely that those (with different logos) are from re-releases. None of these posters (except for the very first few of them) have any dates on them. Over the years, I have seen many of these posters (from both types) sold as first release, but, as stated above, some of these are mid to late 1960s re-releases, and the ones from U.S. movies are "international" posters (or lobby cards) that were used in non-U.S. countries. Condition: fair to good. There is separation and tattering at the top crossfold and there is some tearing and creasing along the upper right edge of the poster. The poster was oddly folded at one time, resulting in some creasing throughout. There are some stains on the back of the poster that very slightly bleed through to the front at upper right. Learn More about condition grades 
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