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I thought it might be from Pit but I really don't know. I'm trying to find a scan of the original image, so If anyone has it I would be very grateful if they posted it.

I'm also wondering the same thing about the House Of Wax image of Price. I don't have access to my book right now but I don't remember that shot in the film, was it from a still as well? I would also love to have a scan of that still as well, if there is one.

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I'm also wondering the same thing about the House Of Wax image of Price. I don't have access to my book right now but I don't remember that shot in the film, was it from a still as well?

Back in the '60s and '70s it would have been highly unusual for an artist to depict a scene directly from a frame of a movie itself. Without home video or computers the only way to copy a frame was to do a photographic blow-up from a 16 or 35mm print of the film, or to take a picture of a TV screen when the movie was running. Neither one of these would be very practical. The vast majority of monster movie illustrations back then were done from the 8x10 promotional photos taken during production.

Price's burn make-up for HOUSE OF WAX was not shown in most of the publicity, but there were a few close-up photos taken of it. The Gogos painting was from one of those portraits but Basil altered it some, removing Price's gloved hands from the shot (the right hand was pulling the brim of the hat down, the left was pulling on the bottom of the right glove) and adding more to the hat and the shoulders. If I'm remembering right, the photo was printed in Famous Monsters #35.

Thanks a lot for the info. I really appreciate it. If there is anyone who has these issues and doesn't mind scanning the images for me, I would be forever grateful.