| The picture shows a view of the (2) Unused 1953 The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms Movie Ad Mat Molds. The molds are still attached. The ad mats are not dated but it is from the 1953 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. These admats have movie scene images of the Beast coming up out of the ocean and people running. They are marked as follows: (#1)
MAT NO. M.S.-2A
''THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS'' (#2)
FANTASTIC SEA-GIANT CRUSHES CITY!
''THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS''
WARNER BROS. THRILL PICTURE YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT ON TV AND RADIO!
SUGGESTED BY RAY BRADBURY'S SENSATIONAL STORY OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
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.
WARNER BROS. (logo) The ad mats together as pictured measure about 4-1/8'' x 9-1/4''. They appear to be in near mint unused condition with the tip of the lower right corner cut off as pictured. This would not effect using the mold. 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) | 
