DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (1951) 29378

Original U.S. Insert Poster (14x36) Folded Fine Plus Condition

This is an original 20th Century-Fox Insert Poster (14x36) for the Robert Wise sci-fi masterpiece, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951), starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, and Sam Jaffe. Everything about this film is superior: a beautiful and literate script, superb and believable acting, skillful but restrained direction, incredible special effects for the time, and a magnificent score by Bernard Hermann which utilized one of the earliest electronic instruments, the eerie and other-worldly Theremin. Posters for this title are treasured by cinema collectors the world over. This original insert poster is in very fine condition, paperbacked. This poster in in fine plus condition. Color is great and some strips of mending tissue have been added to reinforce the fold lines. Overall in quite nice condition. A bit of airbrushing on the borders. MovieArt Austin guarantees this poster to be an original insert card for this film. MovieArt Austin will sell NO reproductions. Klaatu barada nikto !!

ROBERT WISE - Director
Michael Rennie - Actor
Patricia Neal - Actor
Billy Gray - Actor
Hugh Marlowe - Actor
Sam Jaffe - Actor
Frank Conroy - Actor
Lock Martin - Actor
Edith Evanson - Actor