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Auction History Result 3f106 PIT & THE PENDULUM linen 1/2sh '61 Edgar Allan Poe's greatest tale, cool horror art! Date Sold 12/8/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum, the 1961 Roger Corman horror thriller ("'It was designed to cross the region of the heart... It would return again again ...Down and still down it came!...' -Poe"; "The Greatest Terror Tale Ever Told!"; "Until now no one has dared to film this... The most diabolical classic of all time!"; "'The shrieking of mutilated victims is the music of my life."'; "'The agony found vent in a long final scream of despair.'"; "'As they mourned me... I was alive... struggling to be free.'"; "'Down and still it came- to cross the region of the heart!... POE'"; with a screenplay by Richard Matheson that was based on the Edgar Allan Poe story; produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff & Roger Corman) starring Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone, Patrick Westwood, and Lynette Bernay 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 there is some conflicting information about who created the art for this item. It is most often associated with Reynold Brown, but the website for Fred Fixler has the raw art (without any text) featured on it, and we have heard from two collectors who have the poster signed by Mr. Fixler. If anyone has further information, please e-mail us. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had tiny creases on both folds. It has scuffs in the solid colored areas. It has many pinholes, tears, and stains around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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