That was pretty common with 1950s movie posters in general. They would make it as dramatic [and sometimes romantic/sexy] as possible, regardless of what was in the actual film. If you look at posters for "First Men in the Moon" from the 60s, the one woman in the cast is often shown with her hair hanging wild and loose, her Victorian top ripped open to the shoulders, and her cleavage showing, whereas that never happened in the actual movie. Or there's a movie poster for "The King and I," that shows the king embracing Anna at the top of a collage, as if he's a conquering King of Siam declaring his love for her and making her "his woman," when in fact, nothing like that occurred in the film (or real life, for that matter). The poster for "Forbidden Planet" (as well as some dvd covers) shows Robbie the robot carrying Altaira, with her wearing nothing but a slinky nightgown. It makes him look like the heroic robot, rescuing the girl. But in fact, he never did that, she never wore a costume like that, and the only person who got carried in the movie was an injured male crew member from the ship.
Like I said, the artists over-dramatized the advertisements for these movies.
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