The picture below shows a larger view of the (2) Unused 1956 Walt Disney Davy Crockett & Man In Space Movie Ad Mat Molds in this lot. The Ad Mat Molds are still connected. The ad mats are not dated but they are from the 1956 movie “Davy Crockett and The River Pirates”. Both of these have the advertising for the Davy Crockett movie and for “Walt Disney’s - Man In Space”. These are molds in which lead is poured to 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 mats are like a 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. The top admat has a scene with a cartoon or animated spaceman or Astronaut in a space suit for the extra film. They are marked as follows: (top ad mat) DAVY ROCKET AND THE RIVER PIRATES WIDE SCREEN – TECHNICOLOR BUENA VISTA FILM DISTRIBUTION CO. INC. A FULL LENGTH FEATURE ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL “DISNEYLAND” TELEVISION PRODUCTION COPYRIGHT WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS PLUS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL “DISNEYLAND” TELEVISION PRODUCTION THE ROLLICKING ADVENTURES OF WALT DISNEY’S OWN SPACEMAN! WALT DISNEY’S MAN IN SPACE TECHNICOLOR THEATRE 110 LINES – 1 COL. x 110 = (8 INCHES) (bottom ad mat) DAVY ROCKET AND THE RIVER PIRATES TECHNICOLOR PLUS WALT DISNEY’S MAN IN SPACE TECHNICOLOR BUENA VISTA FILM DISTRIBUTION CO. INC. A FULL LENGTH FEATURE ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL “DISNEYLAND” TELEVISION PRODUCTION THEATRE 37 LINES – 1 COL. x 37 = (2-1/2 INCHES) The ad mats together measures about 2-13/16'' x 9-5/16''. These appear to be in excellent unused condition. At the very top, the top admat appears to have the “WALT DISNEY’S” words cropped off as pictured. Below here, for reference, is a cast list from the 1956 feature movie “Davy Crockett and The River Pirates”: Cast Fess Parker - Davy Crockett Buddy Ebsen - George Russel Jeff York - Mike Fink Kenneth Tobey - Jocko Clem Bevans - Cap'n Cobb Irvin Ashkenazy – Moose Mort Mills - Sam Mason Paul Newlan - Big Harpe Frank Richards - Little Harpe Troy Melton - (archive footage) Hank Worden - Fiddler Dick Crockett - (archive footage) Walter Catlett - Col. Plug William Bakewell - (archive footage) Douglass Dumbrille - Saloon owner William Fawcett - Old Timer with Livestock George J. Lewis - Black Eagle Mike Mazurki - (archive footage) Walt Disney’s 1955 “Man In Space” Cast Dick Tufeld - Narrator (voice) Walt Disney - Self - Host (uncredited) Heinz Haber - Self (uncredited) Ward Kimball - Self (uncredited) Willy Ley - Self (uncredited) Wernher von Braun - Self (uncredited) |