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Auction History Result 6d146 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Aust daybill R70s sci-fi classic, similar art to the original! Date Sold 7/23/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1970s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (db; measures 13 1/4" x 29 3/4") (Learn More) The Day the Earth Stood Still, the classic 1951 Robert Wise science fiction (sci-fi) alien-contact thriller ("From out of space.... a warning and an ultimatum!"; "Strange power from another planet menaces the Earth!"; from the story by Harry Bates; about a super intelligent alien visiting the Earth, and mankind mistrusts him without reason; he is able to "pass" as a human, and he visits the world's greatest scientist, and when he is injured and taken to a hospital, he is rescued by his robot Gort) starring Michael Rennie (as Klaatu), Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, and Lock Martin (as Gort the Robot). Note that the unusual music heard in this movie was achieved through the use of the musical instrument called a theramin, and audiences loved the eerie sounds it made, and it became standard in many science fiction movies thereafter to use this instrument in the same way! 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 daybill was printed from the original's plates, but that the ratings area was covered over prior to printing, so this is NOT a defect. Condition: fine. The poster is in very nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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