Original 1st printing 9 x 13&3/8" double-sided promotional flyer for Walt Phillips' film "Surf Mania", showing at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 4/19/1961. Art (reverse side) by Rick Griffin (not signed, this is one of Ricks EARLIEST designs), thin flat stock flyer is in good/decent (B/B- to B-) condition; a 1&1/2" area of missing paper out of the top right corner tip and a small 1/2" wedge tear in the bottom center margin, a series of semi-flattened folds/creases, a 1/2" tear in the top right corner, a few light surface stains, handling dings, several hand-embellished corrections on the "Walmar Productions" side (marker, red crayon), light toning and a few small staple/tack holes in the top left corner, otherwise fine. VERY VERY uncommon and MEGA-EARLY (1961!) Griffin item from the early-'60's Southern California surf scene.
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