The Day The Earth Stood Still & The War Of The Worlds Giant Advertising.

HONDO

Huge outdoor advertising for the screenings of The Day The Earth Stood Still ( 1951 ) & The War Of The Worlds ( 1953 ) at the Mayfair Theatre in Times Square New York in the early 1950s. Very little in the way of images of this form of Mayfair Theatre advertising appear to exist today, so it is pleasing that images of these two classic science fiction films are available for us to see today.

24 Sheets also from the U.S.A.  It is amazing that these two posters still exist.

Eisenhower

Nice B&W photos and even better 24 sheets! They must've looked great when up back in the day!

PosterLab

Fantastic posters ....wonder if there is a 24 sheet of the War Machines? imagine!

HONDO

PosterLab said:

Fantastic posters ....wonder if there is a 24 sheet of the War Machines? imagine!

Great thought, but I would think only one 24 sheet would have been printed for each film, due to the time factor and expense involved in producing them. One most likely would have been more than enough to cover any demand for this style of poster ordered by theatre owners.

HONDO

I was uncertain where to post the following but thought this thread was as good as any.



Advertising for Psycho ( 1960 ) at the Mayfair Theatre in Times Square New York in 1960. 

 
Fantastic looking Mighty Joe Young ( 1949 )  U.S.A. 24 sheet.



Striking The African Queen ( 1952 ) U.S.A. 24 sheet.

Check out these websites for more magnificent 24 sheets and huge billboard advertising images.

MOVIEPOSTERCOLLECTORS.COM SHOWCASE 24 SHEET MOVIE POSTERS

Billboards on Broadway « Twenty Four Frames

theartofmovieposters

WOW!  These would have been amazing.  What a shame we dont do anything similar these days.

110x75

I'm sure I have a photograph with one of those giant posters in the background purchased years ago. I'll go dig it

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Same corner. Mayfair theater, and an out of this world Man from planet X poster

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theartofmovieposters said:

WOW!  These would have been amazing.  What a shame we dont do anything similar these days.

In Buenos Aires they still do it on buildings. Sort of the same