| The picture below shows a larger view of this Unused ©1953 The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms Movie Advertising Ad Mat Mold. The ad mat is not dated but it is from 1953 when this movie was made. This is a mold in which lead is poured into create a thin metal negative image that is then mounted on a wooden block for printing. Advertising is no longer being made or printed like this. The ad mat is like miniature 3-D poster and would look nice framed, or you could still use it and make print blocks from it. The print block would have been used to print on movie pages in newspapers, in magazines, or in the movie theater programs. It is made of a thick compressed paper board. This admat has the title, actors names, and more information about the movie. A portion of the admat is repeated at the top. It is marked as follows: THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
WARNER BROS.
SENSATION OF THE NATION!
SUGGESTED BY THE SENSATIONAL SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY BY RAY BRADBURY
STRRING PAUL CHRISTIAN – PAULA RAYMOND – CECIL KELLAWAY – KENNETH TOBEY - JACK PENNICK
SCREEN PLAY BY LOU MORHEIM AND FRED FREIBERGER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK RUSSELL, A.S.C.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER BERNARD W. BURTON
TECHNICAL EFFECTS CREATED BY RAY HARRYHAUSEN
PRODUCED BY HAL CHESTER AND JACK DIETZ
MUSIC BY DAVID BUTTOLPH
DIRECTED BY EUGENE LOURIE
DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS. WB
SPECIAL MAT NO. 1
The ad mat measures about 2-1/2'' x 7-3/16''. It appears to be in excellent unused condition with a small water spot in the lower left corner as pictured.Below here, for reference, is a cast list from this 1953 movie: Paul Hubschmid - Prof. Tom Nesbitt (as Paul Christian)
Paula Raymond - Lee Hunter
Cecil Kellaway - Prof. Thurgood Elson
Kenneth Tobey - Col. Jack Evans
Donald Woods - Capt. Phil Jackson
Lee Van Cleef - Corp. Stone
Steve Brodie - Sgt. Loomis
Ross Elliott - George Ritchie
Jack Pennick - Jacob Bowman
Ray Hyke - Sgt. Willistead
Paula Hill - Miss Ryan (as Mary Hill)
Michael Fox - ER Doctor
Alvin Greenman - First Radar Man
Frank Ferguson - Dr. Morton
King Donovan - Dr. Ingersoll
Fred Aldrich - Radio Operator (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor - Screaming Woman (uncredited)
James Best - Charlie - Radar Man (uncredited)
Edward Clark - Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
Louise Colombet - Nun / Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Easton - Deckhand (uncredited)
Roy Engel - Maj. Evans (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum - Ballet-Goer (uncredited)
Bess Flowers - Ballet-Goer (uncredited)
Don Gordon - Soldier (uncredited)
Joe Gray - Longshoreman (uncredited)
Merv Griffin - Announcer & Bespectacled Man (in theatrical trailer) (voice) (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp - Cop with Rifle (uncredited)
Ann Kunde - Woman at Window (uncredited)
Jimmy Lloyd - Soldier (uncredited)
Vivian Mason - Miss Ryan - Secretary (uncredited)
Steve Mitchell - Police Officer (uncredited)
Lawrence Montaigne - Soldier (uncredited)
Leo Mostovoy - Captain George LeMay (uncredited)
Gil Perkins - Blind Man (uncredited)
Lee Phelps - Cop (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser - Doctor (uncredited)
William Woodson - Opening Narrator / Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) | 
