Lot n° 113
Estimation :
80 - 120
EUR
THE MASTER OF THE WORLD -TOBOR THE GREAT - Lot 113
THE MASTER OF THE WORLD -TOBOR THE GREAT
Robot... Science-fiction film by Lee Sholem, 1954.
2 photos, silver prints on vintage cartoline paper, credits below images.
Approx. 30 x 24 cm each.
Small tears on one edge.
Note: Set of two photographs depicting the robot Tobor in Tobor the Great (The Master of the World), a science-fiction film directed by Lee Sholem in 1954. Produced during the golden age of American science fiction in the 1950s, the film illustrates the era's infatuation with robots, technological advances and tales of scientific conquest.
The character of the robot Tobor - whose name is a palindrome of the word "robot" - became an emblematic figure of popular post-war American science fiction cinema. Period promotional photographs of this type of production are sought after by collectors of science fiction and film memorabilia.
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