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Auction History Result 9g129 FORBIDDEN PLANET insert '56 most classic art of Robby the Robot carrying sexy Anne Francis! Date Sold 6/9/2013 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) Forbidden Planet, the classic 1956 Fred McLeod Wilcox science fiction (sci-fi) outer space robot monster thriller ("Amazing!"; "In Cinemascope and Color"; "Based on the story by Irving Block & Allen Adler"; very loosely adapted from William Shakespeare's "The Tempest"; about space men who journey to a distant planet, and they find that all the members of the original expedition have died, except for one man and his daughter, and they have discovered the secrets of a long lost civilization called "The Krell", which dwarfs anything humans have ever discovered, but there is a very dark side to those secrets that is soon revealed) starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman (as the cook, who was put in the movie for comic relief), Robby the Robot (billed as "Introducing Robby the Robot"), James Drury, and Frankie Darro (who was inside the robot suit until he was fired early in the production for showing up inebriated and almost damaging the expensive prop). Note that after Robby the Robot appeared in this movie, he had another movie role in "The Invisible Boy", and then he appeared in a slightly modified version as the robot in TV's "Lost in Space". On November 21, 2017, the original "Robby the Robot" was auctioned, and it sold for $5.375 million! 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 this poster was folded at one time, and it could be re-folded and sent that way, but that could slightly increase how noticeable the folds are, so it could be sent in a long flat package. We could also roll the poster and send it in a tube. We will let the new buyer of the poster decide how they want to send it! Condition: very good. The poster was folded and has the usual three folds, with very minor wear on the foldlines. There are pinholes around the edges with some smudges and small tears. There is a thin strip of clear tape in the center of the top border and a diagonal crease in the top right corner, entirely in the green background area. There is a slightly diagonal crease across the bottom credits area. There are a few faint creases and scuffs scattered in the image, more so in the solid colored part of the robot's body. There are smudges scattered in the bottom credits area. The poster has never had any restoration of any kind! Learn More about condition grades 
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