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Auction History Result 3p464 ISLAND MONSTER Italian 2p 1953 great DeAmicis art of Boris Karloff & top cast, very rare! Date Sold 1/16/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian Two-Panel (known in Italy as a "4 Fogli") Movie Poster (2p; measures 55" x 78" [140 x 198 cm]) (Learn More) II Mostro Dell'isola (released in the U.S. only on TV in 1957 as "The Island Monster"), the 1953 Roberto Bianchi Montero Italian drug crime thriller starring Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi, Renato Vicario, Jole Fierro, Carlo Duce, and Patrizia Remiddi. Note that this was a low budget Italian crime melodrama that was filmed in Italy and, as was done at that time, non-Italian speaking actors were dubbed into Italian, and in this case, that meant Boris Karloff's voice was not used in the released movie. When it finally was released in the U.S. in 1957 (on TV only), they tried to help create an audience by calling it "The Island Monster", so that it would sound like a horror movie, but it is not. Worse yet, a Karloff impersonator was hired to dub his voice back into English! So the movie is an interesting curiosity, and finding movie paper from it is incredibly difficult (there was likely no movie paper created for the U.S. TV release). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: De Amicis Important Added Info: Note that this poster, which is a "country of origin" poster for this Italian movie, is incredibly rare! It is the only Italian poster we have ever auctioned from this movie, and we have only previously auctioned three Belgian posters, and no other movie paper from any country. Also note that this Italian two-panel was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap. Finally, note that the theater that used this poster glued the pieces together before putting them on display (this is typical of many actual theater-used posters in multiple pieces). Condition: fair to good. The theater that used this poster glued the pieces together before putting them on display (this is typical of many actual theater-used posters in multiple pieces). Learn More about condition grades 
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