1960 The Time Machine opening day ad...
Item # 728760
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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 19, 1960
* The Time Machine opening day advertisement
* American Science fiction - Sci-fi film
* Australian actor Rod Taylor movie
Page 30 has a 9 by 5 1/4 inch advertisement for the opening day premiere of "The Time Machine" in Detroit, Michigan. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with 48 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.
Background: The 1960 film adaptation of The Time Machine, directed by George Pal, stands out for its blend of Victorian aesthetic and groundbreaking Oscar-winning visual effects, which used time-lapse photography—such as rapidly changing mannequin fashions in a shop window and fast-forwarded seasons—to visually convey the passage of centuries. Starring Rod Taylor as the intrepid inventor George, the narrative takes significant departures from H.G. Wells' 1895 novel by incorporating mid-20th-century anxieties, having the Time Traveler pause in 1917, 1940, and a fictional nuclear fallout in 1966 before reaching the year 802,701 AD. Once in the far future, the film explores the stark dichotomy between the passive, surface-dwelling Eloi and the monstrous, subterranean Morlocks, anchoring the story's emotional core in George's rescue of Weena (Yvette Mimieux) and his eventual decision to lead a revolt against the Morlocks before returning to the future with three un-named books to rebuild human civilization.
* The Time Machine opening day advertisement
* American Science fiction - Sci-fi film
* Australian actor Rod Taylor movie
Page 30 has a 9 by 5 1/4 inch advertisement for the opening day premiere of "The Time Machine" in Detroit, Michigan. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with 48 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.
Background: The 1960 film adaptation of The Time Machine, directed by George Pal, stands out for its blend of Victorian aesthetic and groundbreaking Oscar-winning visual effects, which used time-lapse photography—such as rapidly changing mannequin fashions in a shop window and fast-forwarded seasons—to visually convey the passage of centuries. Starring Rod Taylor as the intrepid inventor George, the narrative takes significant departures from H.G. Wells' 1895 novel by incorporating mid-20th-century anxieties, having the Time Traveler pause in 1917, 1940, and a fictional nuclear fallout in 1966 before reaching the year 802,701 AD. Once in the far future, the film explores the stark dichotomy between the passive, surface-dwelling Eloi and the monstrous, subterranean Morlocks, anchoring the story's emotional core in George's rescue of Weena (Yvette Mimieux) and his eventual decision to lead a revolt against the Morlocks before returning to the future with three un-named books to rebuild human civilization.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$67
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.