poster folded H.G. Wells' THE WAR OF THE WORLD 1953 ORIGINAL US 14x36 GENE BARRY

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An Original 1953 Theatrical USA INSERT poster (Slightly trimmed to 13 x 36), Condition is FAIR to GOOD- condition.
An unrestored poster with good color overall presentable appearance. It shows edge and fold wear, pinholes, slight creases, smudges, and scuffs, minute paper lifts, tiny chips and small tears along the borders, stray graphite markings, some adhesive remnants, amateur paper replacement along the right border to address trimming, noticeable staining, significant color fading. There are strips of paper and archival tape on the verso.
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1953. Directed by Byron Haskin, H G WELLS (written). TAGLINES : "Amazing! terrifying! The most savage spectacle of all time!" "A mighty panorama of earth-shaking fury!" "They came to CONQUER the EARTH!" "Amazing! Astounding! Terrifying!" - A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion. H.G. Wells' classic novel is brought to life in this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly. Nominated for THREE Academy Award OSCARs including Best Sound Recording & Best Film Editing. WON OSCAR for Best Special f/X. CAST includes Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Paul Frees, Robert Cornthwaite, Sandro Giglio, Henry Brandon, Jack Kruschen, Paul Birch, Vernon Rich, Cedric Hardwicke (voice), Peter Adams, Eric Alden, William Phipps, Edgar Barrier, Russ Bender, Walter Sande, Ned Glass, Carolyn Jones, George Pal.  BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : Filming was halted briefly, two days into filming, when Paramount discovered that its filming rights of the novel were only for a silent version. It was quickly resolved through the kind permission of H.G. Wells' estate. The estate of H.G. Wells was so pleased with the final production that it offered George Pal his choice of any other of Wells' properties. Pal chose "The Time Machine" (1960). The Martian war machines were originally going to be walking tripods as they were depicted in H.G. Wells' novel, but George Pal didn't know how a tripod would walk and instead went with the flying machines. The Martian saucers had about twenty wires running to each one. Some were for suspension and maneuvering, while others carried power to the various lights and mechanisms. This was produced before there were lightweight circuits and sophisticated radio controls. The sound effects of the Martian war machines' heat ray were created from three electric guitars played backward. The sound of the Martian screaming after Forrester hit it was a mixture of a microphone scraping along dry ice and a woman's scream played backward. The former set of sound effects became widely used stock sound effects after the film was released. They are still in use.