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Auction History Result 5y003 THING British quad R60s Howard Hawks classic horror, it strikes without warning! Date Sold 11/1/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1964 or 1965) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded British Quad Movie Poster (BQ; Quad Crown; measures 30" x 40") (Learn More) Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World!, the classic 1951 Christian Nyby science fiction (sci-fi) monster horror thriller ("The Thing from another world!"; "How did it get here?"; "Natural or Supernatural?"; "Howard Hawks' Astounding Movie"; "Look out... it's The Thing from another world!"; produced by Howard Hawks; based on the story by John W. Campbell, best known for being the editor of Astounding Science Fiction!) starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin, Paul Frees, John Dierkes, Eduard Franz, James Arness (in the title role as The Thing From Another World!), William Self, and Billy Curtis (as the miniature "Thing" in the final sequence when the monster appears to shrink). Note that this movie had a very unusual poster campaign, where the letters of the title were made to look like body parts ("blood and guts"!), with wires coming off of the letters. Almost all the posters had this basic design. The pressbook calls all of them "teaser" posters and says "This display material was designed for an advance teaser campaign, as well as for general use". So obviously, they intentionally wanted to have the posters not reveal much about the movie, as a way to get people interested and get them into the theater. 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 leading British quad experts have examined this poster (and the printer information at the bottom) and they are able to very closely pinpoint this re-release to being almost certainly from 1964 or 1965. Condition: very good. There is a small amount of paper loss in the blank border at upper left and there is minor separation at some of the crossfolds. There are scuffs and minor creases along the foldlines throughout the poster. Overall, the poster is in pretty nice condition but if one chose to have it linenbacked, it would display great! Learn More about condition grades 
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