| The picture below shows a larger view of the (2) Unused ©1958 Cat On Hot Tin Roof Movie Advertising Ad Mat Molds. They are still attached. These ad mats are not dated but they are from 1958 when this movie was made. 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 miniature 3-D posters 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. One of these admats has the title and actors names. One has the title and images of the main actors as well as a poster looking image with Elizabeth Taylor. These are marked as follows: (top ad)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' PULITZER PRIZE PLAY IS ON THE SCREEN!
MGM PRESENTS CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
STARRING: ELIZABETH TAYLOR – PAUL NEWMAN – BURL IVES
JACK CARSON – JUDITH ANDERSON IN METROCOLOR – AN AVON PRODUCTION _____
(bottom ad)
MGM PRESENTS CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
ALL THE SULTRY DRAMA OF
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' PULITZER PRIZE PLAY IS NOW ON THE SCREEN!
ELIZABETH TAYLOR S MAGGIE THE CAT...
PAUL NEWMAN AS BRICK...
BURL IVES AS BIG DADDY...
JACK CARSON AS COOPER...
JUDITH ANDERSON AS BIG MAMA...
SCREEN PLAY BY RICHARD BROOKS AND JAMES POE
BASED ON THE PLAY “CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF” BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
METROCOLOR – AN AVON PRODUCTION
DIRECTED BY RICHARD BROOKS
PRODUCED BY LAWRENCE WEINGARTEN
The ad mats together as pictured measure about 4-1/16'' x 8-1/8''. They appear to be in near mint to mint unused condition as pictured.Below here, for reference, is a cast list from this 1958 movie: Elizabeth Taylor - Maggie Pollitt
Paul Newman - Brick Pollitt
Burl Ives - Big Daddy Pollitt
Jack Carson - Gooper Pollitt
Judith Anderson - Big Momma Pollitt
Madeleine Sherwood - Mae Pollitt
Larry Gates - Dr. Baugh
Vaughn Taylor - Deacon Davis
Zelda Cleaver - Sookey (uncredited)
Brian Corcoran - Boy (uncredited)
Hugh Corcoran - Buster Pollitt (uncredited)
Kevin Corcoran - Child (uncredited)
Patty Ann Gerrity - Dixie Pollitt (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson - Pollitt Groom (uncredited)
Walter Merrill - Party Guest (uncredited)
Deborah Miller - Trixie Pollitt (uncredited)
Robert 'Rusty' Stevens - Sonny Pollitt (uncredited)
Vince Townsend - Lacey (uncredited)
Jeane Wood - Party Guest (uncredited) | 
