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Auction History Result 7r0660 ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER BORIS KARLOFF insert 1949 art of scared Bud & Lou! Date Sold 11/21/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, the 1949 Charles Barton screwball horror comedy ("More Ghoulish glee... Than when they met Frankenstein!"; "Help") starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello (Abbott and Costello), Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert, and Gar Moore. Note that this movie was originally titled "Easy Does It", and it was intended to be a Bob Hope comedy! However, the movie "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" had just come out and was a huge hit, and Universal reworked the script for Abbott & Costello, and changed the title to "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killers"! In that script, the lead villain was a FEMALE character named "Madame Switzer"! Five days before shooting began, Boris Karloff was hired, and the character became a swami, and the title of the movie was changed yet again, to include Boris Karloff's name! 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 the last time we auctioned an example of this poster it sold for $395! 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: good. The poster has a few tiny brown dot stains scattered in various areas (see our image). There is a larger light stain at upper center that drips downward to Costello's face. There is pencil drawing in his face (someone was either to draw a mustache on him of "fix" some of the staining that extends into that area and below it). There are tape stains around the edges (the original tape was not used for any restoration purpose). Most of the poster remains in pretty nice condition and after proper restoration it will display well, but bear in mind the poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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