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Auction History Result 2a0360 THING style A 1/2sh 1951 Howard Hawks horror classic, montage shows 5 scenes from the movie! Date Sold 4/17/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World!, the classic 1951 Christian Nyby science fiction (sci-fi) monster horror thriller ("The Thing from another world!"; "How did it get here?"; "Natural or Supernatural?"; "Howard Hawks' Astounding Movie"; "Look out... it's The Thing from another world!"; produced by Howard Hawks; based on the story by John W. Campbell, best known for being the editor of Astounding Science Fiction!) starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin, Paul Frees, John Dierkes, Eduard Franz, James Arness (in the title role as The Thing From Another World!), William Self, and Billy Curtis (as the miniature "Thing" in the final sequence when the monster appears to shrink). Note that this movie had a very unusual poster campaign, where the letters of the title were made to look like body parts ("blood and guts"!), with wires coming off of the letters. Almost all the posters had this basic design. The pressbook calls all of them "teaser" posters and says "This display material was designed for an advance teaser campaign, as well as for general use". So obviously, they intentionally wanted to have the posters not reveal much about the movie, as a way to get people interested and get them into the theater. 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 many of the original posters from this classic sci-fi movie have only the title on them (but of course, it is the classic title composed of "blood and guts"). This style A half-sheet, however, has both that title image, plus a montage of five images of the stars of the movie! Note also that the poster can be mailed rolled in a tube, but the original folds have not diminished from being laid flat, so it can also be refolded and sent in a flat package. That will be the choice of the winner of this auction. Condition: very good. The poster has a partial extra and horizontal vertical fold near to the regular ones and there are tiny creases, a couple of small tears and some tiny bits of surface paper loss on the folds. There are tiny pairs of staple holes in the corners and 1" of separation at the left end of the horizontal fold. Learn More about condition grades 
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