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Auction History Result 7m0300 ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN linen Belgian 1949 Bud & Lou w/monster, ultra rare title! Date Sold 10/27/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1949 (from the first release of this movie in Belgium) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 14 3/4" x 18 3/4" [37 x 48 cm]) (Learn More) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (released in other English-speaking countries as "Abbott and Costello Meet the Ghosts"), the 1948 Charles T. Barton monster horror spoof comedy ("It's a grand New idea for Fun!"; the eighth Universal Frankenstein movie, and this time they added their #1 comedy team to both liven up the series, and to inject comedy; many people fondly remember this as their favorite of the 1940s Frankenstein movies!; "Jeepers! The Creepers are after Bud and Lou!"; "The laughs are MONSTERous! Bud and Lou are in a stew when they tangle with the Titans of Terror!"; "The monsters of menace vs the masters of Mirth!") starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello), Lon Chaney Jr. ("The Wolf Man played by Lon Chaney"), Bela Lugosi (returning as Dracula after being long absent from the role; "Dracula played by Bela Lugosi"), Glenn Strange (in the title role, playing the Frankenstein monster; "The Monster played by Glenn Strange"), Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Frank Ferguson, Charles Bradstreet, and Vincent Price (in a cute cameo, as the voice of The Invisible Man at the end of the movie!) 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 have never before auctioned a version of this poster with the title "Abbott & Costello & Les Monstres"! All of the past versions that we have auctioned have the title of "Abbott & Costello Contre Frankenstein". The "Contre Frankenstein" posters have the title with a solid green background, while this "Les Monstres" poster has the title over artwork, plus it mentions the director and the Dutch title. While we believe that BOTH styles are from the first release, it seems to be very likely that the original release title was meant to be "Abbott & Costello & Les Monstres" and when that was changed, updated posters were quickly created by covering everything below "Abbott & Costello" with a green background and the new title. Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 14 3/4" x 18 3/4" [37 x 48 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had extra horizontal folds scattered in the top half, with some small tears and tiny paper loss in the borders. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects, and the restorer painted over the borders to "even them out". Learn More about condition grades 
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