{"product_id":"plan-9-from-outer-space-lobby-card-ed-woods-bela-lugosi","title":"Plan 9 from Outer Space Lobby Card Ed Woods Bela Lugosi","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size:11px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal  Vintage Classic Horror Sci Fi Old Movie Posters Film Memorabilia Collectibles For Sale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:22px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlan 9 from Outer Space, 1958\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal Vintage Lobby Card Horror SCi Fi MOvie Poster \u003cbr\u003e  Starring Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson\u003cbr\u003e  Director: Ed Wood Jr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/h1\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#cc0000\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA FIRST for CVTreasures !\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Rare Vintage lobby card for the campy Ed Woods classic \"Plan 9 from Outer Space\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, probably best known for being Bela Lugosi's last film  (although he died before production started).   \u003cstrong\u003eA terrific lobby card featuring Tor Johnson.\u003c\/strong\u003e    Very good condition.  A terrific addition to any collection and\/or memorable home decor !\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e* See enlargeable image above\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Note: We recently acquired Two lobby cards from \"Plan 9...\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlan 9 from Outer Space (DCA, 1958).  Lobby Card (11\" X 14\"). Science Fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Starring \u003cstrong\u003eBela Lugosi,\u003c\/strong\u003e Mona McKinnon, \u003cstrong\u003eTor Johnson, \u003c\/strong\u003eGregory Walcott, Maila \"Vampira\" Nurmi, Carl Anthony, and Criswell. \u003cstrong\u003eDirected by Edward D. Wood Jr..   \u003c\/strong\u003eA restored lobby card with good color and overall very presentable appearances. It may have slight edge wear, corner bends..\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey don't make 'em like this anymore, but then again, \"they\" never made 'em like this -- only the hand of Ed Wood could concoct something so insanely straight-faced and sublimely silly. This anti-classic featured Bela Lugosi's last performance, and more hokey dialogue than you can shake a stick at. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt also posthumously bills Bela Lugosi as a guest-star\u003c\/strong\u003e (silent footage of the actor had actually been shot by Wood for another, unfinished film just prior to Lugosi's death in August 1956)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the classic films from legendary \"bad\" director Edward D. Wood Jr., this sci-fi epic is a testament to the ability of sheer willpower to triumph in the face of an utter lack of talent. Wood desperately wanted to make movies and tell stories; unfortunately, he didn't have the budget, ability, or connections to make that happen. Nevertheless, he managed to put together an impressive filmography of pictures that are still being enjoyed to this day, while many of his more \"talented\" contemporaries have faded into true obscurity. Say what you will about Wood, his pictures are always entertaining, even if it's not in the way he intended.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the classic films from legendary \"bad\" director Edward D. Wood Jr., this sci-fi epic is a testament to the ability of sheer willpower to triumph in the face of an utter lack of talent.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood desperately wanted to make movies and tell stories; unfortunately, he didn't have the budget, ability, or connections to make that happen. Nevertheless, he managed to put together an impressive filmography of pictures that are still being enjoyed to this day, while many of his more \"talented\" contemporaries have faded into true obscurity. Say what you will about Wood, his pictures are always entertaining, even if it's not in the way he intended. Offered here is perhaps the pinnacle of Ed Wood collectibles, a glorious lobby card for his best-known, and most fondly-remembered, production starring Bela Lugosi, Vampira, Tor Johnson, Lyle Talbot, and Dudley Manlo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It's so bad it's good\" is a phrase commonly used to describe Ed Wood's cult classic science fiction opus\u003c\/strong\u003e. In fact, \u003cstrong\u003eit's considered the worst movie ever made and that status has made it a genuine classic.\u003c\/strong\u003e Plan 9 also has the distinction of being the last movie Bela Lugosi ever made. Original material on this film is highly collectible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBela Lugosi's last film\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBela Lugosi, in silent footage for the abandoned The Vampire's Tomb, which was later recycled for Plan 9 from Outer Space.\u003cbr\u003e  Shortly before Lugosi's death in August 1956, he had been working with Wood on numerous half-realized projects, variously titled The Vampire's \u003cbr\u003e  Tomb or The Ghoul Goes West. Scenes unconnected to Plan 9, featuring Lugosi weeping at a funeral, walking in front of Tor Johnson's house at\u003cbr\u003e   daytime, walking in and out of the Johnson home's side door at nighttime and a daylight scene on a patch of highway showing Lugosi stalking \u003cbr\u003e  towards the camera and dramatically spreading his Dracula cape before furling it around himself and walking back the way he came, had been shot.\u003cbr\u003e   According to the documentary Flying Saucers : The 'Plan 9' Companion, these shots were improvised. Only the first two sequences had reached any  level of completion. When Lugosi died, Wood shelved these projects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortly after Lugosi's death the story and screenplay for Grave Robbers from Outer Space were written and finalized, with Wood planning to use \u003cbr\u003e  the unconnected, unrelated footage of Lugosi as a means of putting a credit for him on the picture. Wood used the Lugosi footage as a means of \u003cbr\u003e  attracting actors to the picture, gaining the interest of Gregory Walcott and Maila Nurmi, among others, by telling them he was making \u003cbr\u003e  \"Bela Lugosi's last movie.\" Though Wood's actions were driven in part by the desire to give his film a \"star name\" and attract horror fans, \u003cbr\u003e  he meant the Lugosi cameo as a loving farewell and tribute to the actor, who had become a close friend. Wood hired his wife's chiropractor \u003cbr\u003e  Tom Mason as a stand-in for Lugosi, although Mason was taller than Lugosi and bore no resemblance to him, making him one of the earliest\u003cbr\u003e   \"fake Shemps\". Narration from Criswell was also employed in an attempt to better link Lugosi's footage with the rest of Plan 9. \u003cbr\u003e  The theatrical cut of the film utilized every last scrap of material Wood had of Lugosi, including minor sprocket discolorations, film trims\u003cbr\u003e   that would in a normal film be discarded as unusable. Cuts of the film on VHS during the '80s and '90s, the vast majority of which were\u003cbr\u003e   unauthorized bootleg dupes, varied drastically in quality and the amount of Lugosi material retained.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoincidentally, further Lugosi footage Wood had shot at an unspecified pre-1956 date was to have been the basis of a second posthumous movie \u003cbr\u003e  for the horror legend, Ghouls of the Moon, but the footage had been shot on volatile acetate stock and dissolved into toxic-smelling sludge by\u003cbr\u003e   the time Wood's thoughts turned to the new venture in the summer of 1959. Ghouls of the Moon was abandoned entirely as a result. Mystery \u003cbr\u003e  surrounds the content and nature of the lost material, described only as 'wild' by a friend of Wood's who had seen the raw footage shortly \u003cbr\u003e  after it was shot..\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cvtreasures stamp Not on original\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Posters For Sale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59486248239185,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"MAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0116\/5511\/8929\/files\/plan-9-from-outer-space-lobby-card-ed-woods-bela-lugosi-600884.jpg?v=1778204920","url":"https:\/\/shopallthinge.myshopify.com\/products\/plan-9-from-outer-space-lobby-card-ed-woods-bela-lugosi","provider":"shopallthinge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}