The picture shows a view of this (3) Unused 1954 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Walt Disney Movie Ad Mat Molds. The molds are still attached. The ad mats are not dated but they are from the 1954 movie. 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 them and make print blocks from them. 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. These admats have movie scene images of some of the actors in the movie. They are marked as follows: (#1) OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF NEVER ENDING OCEAN COMES THE MIGHTIEST MOTION PICTURE OF THEM ALL! WALT DISNEY PRESENTS 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA BASED ON THE FAMOUS JULES VERNE COLOR BY TECHNCOLOR STEREOPHONIC CINEMASCOPE DIRECTED BY RICHARD FLEISCHER SCREENPLAY BY EARL FELTON KIRK DOUGLAS JAMES MASON PAUL LUKAS PETER LORRE (#2) THE MIGHTIEST MOTION PICTURE OF THEM ALL! WALT DISNEY PRESENTS 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA IN COLOR BY TECHNCOLOR STEREOPHONIC CINEMASCOPE BASED ON THE FAMOUS NOVEL BY JULES VERNE DIRECTED BY RICHARD FLEISCHER SCREENPLAY BY EARL FELTON KIRK DOUGLAS JAMES MASON PAUL LUKAS PETER LORRE (#3) (pictures six men) The ad mats together as pictured measure about 7'' x 6-3/4''. These appear to be in good unused condition with a cut and a few fingerprints, both as pictured. Below here, for reference, is a cast list from the 1954 movie: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA Cast Kirk Douglas - Ned Land James Mason - Captain Nemo Paul Lukas - Professor Pierre Arronax Peter Lorre - Conseil Robert J. Wilke - First Mate of the Nautilus Ted de Corsia - Capt. Farragut Carleton Young - John Howard J.M. Kerrigan - Old Billy Percy Helton - Coach Driver Ted Cooper - Mate on 'Lincoln' John Daheim - Nautilus Seaman (uncredited) Jack Gargan - Reporter from The Post (uncredited) Harper Goff - Minister in San Francisco Steam Packet office (uncredited) Fred Graham - Casey Moore (uncredited) Harry Harvey - Ticket Agent (uncredited) Dayton Lummis - Reporter from The Bulletin (uncredited) Eddie Marr - Shipping Agent (uncredited) Laurie Mitchell - One of Ned's Girlfriends (uncredited) T. Monaghan - Crewman (uncredited) Gloria Pall - Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited) Jack Pennick - Cannon Mate Carson (uncredited) Jack Stoney - Police Detective (uncredited) S. Tarnell - Crewman (uncredited) Herb Vigran - Reporter for the Globe (uncredited) |