| The picture shows a view of this Unused 1953 The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms Movie Ad Mat Mold. The ad mat is not dated but it is from the 1953 movie. This is a mold 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 mat is 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. This admat has a movie scene image of the Beast coming up out of the ocean. It is marked as follows: ''THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS'' IT'S ALIVE!
A WHOLE CITY PANICKED BY A PREHISTORIC SEA GIANT
RAGING UP ON A TIDAL WAVE OF TERROR! WARNER BROS. SENSATION OF THE NATION!
WARNER BROS. (logo) SUGGESTED BY THE SENSATIONAL SATURDAY EVENING POST
STORY BY RAY BRADBURY STARRING 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 HARRY HAUSEN
MUSIC BY DAVID BUTTOLPH
PRODUCED BY HAL CHESTER ANF JACK DIETZ
DIRECTED BY EUGENE LOURIE
DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS. The ad mat measures about 4-5/8'' x 8-1/8''. It is in near mint unused condition with some light age spots as pictured. Below here, for reference, is a cast list from the 1953 movie: THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS Cast Paul Hubschmid - Professor Tom Nesbitt (as Paul Christian)
Paula Raymond - Lee Hunter
Cecil Kellaway - Professor Thurgood Elson
Kenneth Tobey - Col. Jack Evans
Donald Woods - Captain Phil Jackson
Lee Van Cleef - Cpl. Stone
Steve Brodie - Sgt. Loomis
Ross Elliott - George Ritchie
Jack Pennick - Jacob Bowman
Ray Hyke - Sgt. Willistead
Michael Fox - ER Doctor
Alvin Greenman - 1st Radar Man
Frank Ferguson - Dr. Morton
King Donovan - Dr. Ingersoll
Vera Miles - Announcer in trailer (scenes deleted)
Paul Picerni - Announcer in trailer (scenes deleted)
Fred Aldrich - Radio Operator (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)
Joe Gray - Longshoreman (uncredited)
Merv Griffin - Radio Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
Mary Hill - Miss Nelson (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp - Cop with Rifle (uncredited)
Vivian Mason - Miss Ryan - Secretary (uncredited)
Lee Phelps - Cop (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser - Doctor (uncredited)
William Woodson - Radio Announcer (uncredited) | 
