#1 GREATEST Howard Hawks THE THING 1951 MOVIE POSTER!!! ONLY KNOWN ORIGINAL!! MOST IMPORTANT!!! ECONOMY PROOF!! Start Price USD 110,000.00 Current Price USD 110,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, December 01, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Location Studio City, Calif. See more about '#1 GREATEST Howard Hawks THE THING 1951 MOVIE POSTER!!!' Description Mrs.Miniver NOW HAS AN eBay STORE!! JUST click here * * * * * MUST HAVE SCIENCE FICTION!! UP FOR SALE is undeniably one of the greatest movie posters ever made in the history of cinema! It is unique and the only original known to exist AND the only original that is LIKELY to exist! That is because 24-sheet billboard posters are practically non-existent on ANY 1950's films. 1951 - THE THING - 24 sheet - Howard Hawks' 1950's masterpiece! AKA - The Thing From Another World. This production is noted for having the first space monster on film, as well as being rumored to have had Orson Welles' input on set during filming. A classic film and a classic poster! The photo here does not do justice to the poster. Exquisite sharpness brings the bloody letters to life when viewed in person - IMPRESSIVE! This 24-sheet poster was printed sharper than the smaller 1-sheet counterparts. A different printing presses of higher quality was used. This The Thing From Another World 24-sheet is a great example of superior resolution. This 24-sheet is razor crisp!  In fact, upon close-up inspection, the images (down to the tiniest detail) are dramatically clearer and sharper than on the 1-sheet. Truly amazing! When the studios designed their poster campaigns the 24-sheets were typically created first. The result being that the 24-sheet would most often have best and the strongest images. This poster is all of that. A more fantastic poster does not exist! Another copy of this poster is not known to exist! 24-sheets are the rarest poster size. Very few 24-sheets survived on any films, only several hundred printed and most were destroyed, pasted on billboards, displayed on dead walls, and used on the sides of trucks. It is remarkable this poster survived. Approximately 9-feet by 20-feet. There is NO argument on this poster being one of the GREATEST Science Fiction movie posters in existence! An entire business can be created around this poster. It would certainly make an overwhelming public display. The magnitude and importance of this artifacts warrant presentation at the Smithsonian Institute or The Museum of Modern Art. This is one the rarest and finest of all movie posters and another "like" entity does not exist. This poster not for everyone - It is for people who only want the best! Buying this poster is ECONOMY PROOF! Why waste your money in the stock market? It can crash regardless of any decision you make and can even crash regardless of any decision made by the company related to the stock - Leaving you with a near worthless piece of paper that won't inspire anyone! With the purchase of an historic document such as this 24-sheet, it doesn't matter what happens to the economy, you will still have the inspirational document which can be displayed and enjoyed. The magnificence of art and historic documents have an inherent value that relates to civilization and society. Unless civilization itself crashes then this piece will hold its value and if civilization itself crashes - Who will care about money? This poster is definitely ECONOMY PROOF!   I have several other 24-sheet Billboards up on eBay right now, including  Forbidden Planet, The War of the Words, The Day the Earth Stood Still, When Worlds Collide and MORE!!  Please write with any questions. If you're in the market for top quality vintage movie posters or Star Wars, then please click here  Christian Nyby  ... Director  Howard Hawks   Producer, Director (uncredited) and writer   John W. Campbell Jr. ... story "Who Goes There?" Edward Lasker ....  associate producer   Dimitri Tiomkin ...   Original Music  Charles Lederer ...  writer   Ben Hecht ...  Writer Margaret Sheridan ...  Nikki  Kenneth Tobey ...  Captain Patrick Hendry  Robert Cornthwaite ...  Dr. Carrington  Douglas Spencer ...  Scotty  James R. Young ...  Lt. Eddie Dykes (as James Young)  Dewey Martin ...  Crew Chief  Robert Nichols ...  Lt. Ken McPherson  William Self ...  Corporal Barnes  Eduard Franz ...  Dr. Stern  Sally Creighton ...  Mrs. Chapman  James Arness ...  The Thing  Robert Bray ...  Captain (uncredited)  Edmund Breon ...  Dr. Ambrose (uncredited)  Nicholas Byron ...  Tex Richards (uncredited)  Ted Cooper ...  Lieutenant (uncredited)  John Dierkes ...  Dr. Chapman (uncredited)  George Fenneman ...  Dr. Redding (uncredited)  Lee Tung Foo ...  Lee, a Cook (uncredited)  Paul Frees ...  Dr. Vorhees (uncredited)  Everett Glass ...  Dr. Wilson (uncredited)  Milton Kibbee ...  Bit Part (uncredited)  Ray McDonald ...  Bit Part (uncredited)  David McMahon ...  Brig. Gen. Fogarty (uncredited)  Edgar Murray ...  Bit Part (uncredited)  Bill Neff ...  Bill Stone (uncredited)  H.B. Newton ...  Bit Part (uncredited)  Walter Ng ...  Second Cook (uncredited)  Carmen Nisbet ...  Bit Part (uncredited)  William J. O'Brien ...  Bit Part (uncredited)  Jimmy Ogg ...  Bit Part (uncredited)  Allan Ray ...  Officer (uncredited)  Norbert Schiller ...  Dr. Laurence (uncredited)  Cap Somers ...  Bit Part (uncredited)  Robert Stevenson ...  Capt. Fred Smith (uncredited)  Lucille Thompson ...  Bit Part (uncredited)   Place a Bid!