1955 "Tarantula" original one sheet movie poster with artwork by Reynold Brown. Reynold Brown was an American realist artist who painted many Hollywood film posters. A collectable poster with good color and artwork with an extra creepy image of a giant tarantula on a rampage. Stamped and numbers at the back. Folded as original. Measures 27" x 41". Universal Pictures shot this science fiction giant monster B movie in black and white, probably owing to budget restraints. The film was directed by Jack Arnold, and stars John Agar, Mara Corday, and Leo G. Carroll. The film is about a giant spider who causes havoc with local people, after it escapes from a desert laboratory, which experiments in gigantism.