Ann Sheridan John Lund Rare Printing Casting and 50 similar items

ADMATTER PROUD TO OFFER UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY, THIS ORIGINAL VINTAGE WOOD AD MAT!!!! Presenting a RARE MOVIE MOLD/LEAD FORM. The proper name is an "Ad mat" or more specifically “WOOD AD MAT" Many from my collection including this one have "Wood Ad mat stamped on the back. THIS IS FROM THE 1952 FILM "JUST ACROSS THE STREET" STARRING ANN SHERIDAN JOHN LUND! Please read my entire description BEFORE Bidding! You will not be disapointed! ***This is NOT COPY!!!.....Or Reproduction of any Kind. We only deal with Original Vintage Admats!!!*** ***EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS ITEM IS AS ADVERTISED OR WE WILL GIVE YOUR PURCHASE PRICE!! 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!!*** This is an EXTREMELY RARE and unusual item! How Rare??? I Challenge you to find another! Go ahead check it out.... you have the whole World Wide Web!! This is one of the rarest pieces of Movie Memorabilia you will ever find! THIS AD MAT IS IN MINT UNUSED CONDITION!!! Some of my customers include Museums located throughout the U.S.A. they have purchased similar molds to exhibit. This is an ORIGINAL CASTING MOLD (LARGE) FOR THE 1952 FILM "JUST ACROSS THE STREET" The mold reads: "WAIT'LL YOU GET A LAUGHING LOAD OF THIS EVER-LOVING PAIR! "JUST ACROSS THE STREET" STARRING ANN SHERIDAN....JOHN LUND....WITH ROBERT KEITH...CECIL KELLAWAY....ALAN MOWBRAY A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURE" These "WOOD ADMATS" are really Molds/Lead Forms that were intended to have molten lead poured into to them create castings, and then discarded. This was the way that Newspaper ads, press book Ad Mats and various publications were produced up until the mid 1960's. Most newspapers were done via letterpress printing and utilized what is called hot type. The lead was melted and then used to type out words and imprint pictures. Pictures were usually in the form of one of these molds, which is composed of a wood fiber material specially, designed to accept the molten lead. Once cooled the casting was secured in the desired position in the letterpress, inked and paper placed on top of the lead casting. The press was then brought down under pressure and 'whala' a spiffy movie ad for a film coming to a theater near you! Electronic typesetting made this process obsolete over 40 years ago! Today's computers and technology make this process extremely efficient. The Extremely Fine artwork in this is just incredible! My picture just does not do it justice at all. This mold measures aprox. 6 1/2" X 4 3/4". It is in MINT UNUSED CONDITION! These molds are great conversation piece and they are RARE as the dickens! This would look outstanding framed in a shadowbox type frame. Again these are composed of a Wood Fiber....Please don't expect something made out of metal! PLOT DESCRIPTION Blue-collar gal Henrietta Smith (ANN SHERIDAN) is mistaken for a woman of wealth by plumber Fred Newcombe(JOHN LUND). Henrietta goes along with Fred's error when the opportunity presents itself to bring in much-needed revenue for herself and her inebriate father (CECIL KELLAWAY). The comic situations pile up thick and fast, culminating in an imagined romantic quadrangle involving Henrietta, Fred, banker Walter Medford (ROBERT KEITH) and Medford's dizzy wife Gertrude(NATALIE SCHAFER). One would have thought that ANNE SHERIDAN had outgrown this sort of nonsense back in the 1940s, but she gamely attacks the material as though everything in the storyline is happening for the first time. The expert lineup of supporting laughmakers includes HARVEY LEMBECK, ALAN MOWBRAY and BURT MUSTIN (playing old men even back then!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide" ***There are many items ready to 'buy it now' in my store!!!!*** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Bid Now Don't miss out on this RARE item!!!!!! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT MY OTHER VINTAGE ADVERTISING ITEMS I HAVE UP FOR sale THIS WEEK!! SAVE ON S H ONLY $1 EXTRA FOR EACH ADDITIONAL FLAT ITEM WON! For MORE RARE ADVERTISING ITEMS Please check out my eBay Store!! I accept the following types of payment: USA $4.99 WORLDWIDE ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL BUYERS! AS OF JANUARY 28TH 2013 U.S.P.S. SHIPPING CHARGES HAVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED! FIRST CLASS SHIPPING IS NOW $14.99 FOR THE FIRST AD MAT AND $4.99 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL AD MAT LISTING THAT IS PAID FOR AT THE SAME TIME! THANKS! $9.99 WE COMBINE SHIPPING! PLEASE ADD An additional $1.00 for EACH flat item won when auctions are combined! YOU MUST PAY FOR ALL YOUR ITEMS AT 1 TIME TO RECEIVE THIS DISCOUNT!! This item will be shipped FLAT sandwiched between cardboard "FOR ULTIMATE PROTECTION" We pride ourselves in packaging your investment properly! AS PER THE RULES YOUR BID IS A CONTRACT!!! PLEASE Do NOT bid on this item unless you fully intend to pay! If you are the winning bidder, you will enter into a legally binding contract to purchase the item. Failure to pay will result in a non-paying bidder report being filed and you will receive a strike against you. If you are win this item please pay within 7 days of auction ending. Please email me with any questions you may have. Quality Advertising Memorabilia brought to you by Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter