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Auction History Result 9g221 GODZILLA style B 1/2sh '56 Gojira, King of the Monsters, great different art, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/18/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1956 Vintage Theatrical Folded Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Gojira (released in the U.S. in 1956 as "Godzilla, King of the Monsters"; see below), the classic 1954 Ishiro Honda Japanese Toho kaiju battling rubbery monsters horror science fiction (sci-fi) thriller ("Raging through the world on a rampage of destruction"; "An enraged monster wipes out an entire city!"; "Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!"; "It's Alive!"; "Civilization crumbles as its death rays blast a city of 6 million from the face of the earth!"; "Mightiest monster! Mightiest melodrama of them all!"; "Spawned in the ocean's depths... it stalks the earth! Belching fire that blasts mighty cities into oblivion! A gory Goliath that lives to kill... kills to live! Diabolical demon of destruction... mightiest monster of them all - Godzilla!"; "Makes King King look like a midget!"; "Earth-shaking! Screen-shattering!"; "Awesome - and then some! - Civilization totters! Science astounded!"; "See! A monstrous sea-beast... surging up from the ocean! ... a city of six-million wiped out by its death ray blast! ...Giant ships swamped! Jet planes swept from the skies! Trains ripped from the rails!"; "More! More! More! See every screen-shattering thrill!") starring Raymond Burr (in the American version), Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, and Haruo Nakajima (the man in the Godzilla monster suit!). Note that this movie was originally titled "Gojira" when released in Japan in 1954. Two years later, an Americanized re-edited version was released which listed Terry Morse and Ishiro Honda as directors. It had most of the commentary by the Japanese actors about nuclear war removed, and new scenes were shot with Raymond Burr, who plays a TV commentator announcing what Godzilla is doing, thus allowing him to be in the movie without actually appearing in any of the original scenes! Even though these new scenes with Raymond Burr were added, the new running time of the movie was still 8 minutes shorter than the original running time, because they removed quite a bit of the original footage. The U.S. version is 90 minutes, and the original Japanese version is 98 minutes. 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 one-sheets and lobby cards from this classic Japanese horror/sci-fi movie are regularly auctioned. But the inserts and half-sheets from this movie are incredibly rare! We have only once auctioned an insert and it sold for $1,750, and we have NEVER before auctioned this style B half-sheet (we have auctioned three examples of the style A half-sheet, but two of those were 15 and 19 years ago!). Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: very good. The poster was folded at one time, but it has been laying flat for a long time, and that has diminished the folds. Someone once folded back the top and right borders, but they too have been laying flat for a long time. There are many tiny staple holes around the edges and the tiniest of paper loss at the crossfold, and a tiny pair of staple holes just above the center of the poster. There is minor wear on the folds and a few faint smudges around the edges. The poster has never had any sort of restoration. Certainly, one could choose to have restoration performed to the minor defects described above, but this is the only example of this poster we have ever auctioned, and it displays really well just as it is, so it is quite likely that the new owner will keep it just as it is! Learn More about condition grades 
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