| The picture shows a view of the (2) Unused 1955 It Came From Beneath The Sea Movie Ad Mat Molds. The molds are still attached. The ad mats are not dated but it is from the 1955 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 posters and would look nice framed, or you could still use them to make print blocks. The print block would have been used to print on movie pages in newspapers, in magazines, or in the movie theater programs. They are made of a thick compressed paper board. They are hard to see in the picture below, but these admats have movie scene images of the gigantic octopus beast coming up out of the ocean, covering city buildings with its tentacles, and people running. They are marked as follows: (#1)
MAT 2-A3
STILL NO. 65 (#2)
PRIMORTIAL MONSTER ATTACKS THE WORLD!
IT CAME FROM BENNETH THE SEA
A COLUMBIA PICTURE
STARRING KENNETH TOBEY - FAITH DOMERGUE - WITH DONALD CURTIS
SCREEN PLAY BY GEORGE WORTHING YATES AND HAL SMITH
TECHNICAL EFFECTS CREATED BY RAY HARRYHAUSEN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SAM KATZMAN
PRODUCED BY CHARLES H. SCHNEER
DIRECTED BY ROBERT GORDON
AD MAT 203 - 92 LINES (2 COL. x 46 LINES) The ad mats together as pictured measure about 5'' x 8-3/8''. They appear to be in near mint unused condition with a black line as pictured. This would not effect using the mold. Below here, for reference, is a cast list from the 1955 movie: IT CAME FROM BENNETH THE SEA Cast Kenneth Tobey - Commander Pete Mathews
Faith Domergue - Professor Lesley Joyce
Donald Curtis - Doctor John Carter
Ian Keith - Admiral Burns
Dean Maddox Jr. - Adm. Norman
Chuck Griffiths - Lieutenant Griff, United States Navy
Harry Lauter - Deputy Bill Nash
Richard W. Peterson - Captain Stacy
Tol Avery - Navy intern (uncredited)
William Bryant - Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Del Courtney - Assistant Secretary of the Navy Robert David Chase (uncredited)
Roy Engel - Officer in control room giving orders to drop nets (uncredited)
Eddie Fisher - McLeod (uncredited)
Sam Hayes - Himself (radio newscaster) (uncredited)
Jules Irving - King (uncredited)
Jack Littlefield - Aston (uncredited)
Rudy Puteska - Seaman Hall (uncredited)
Ray Storey - Reporter (uncredited)
William Woodson - Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 
