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Auction History Result 2h008 BLONDE CAPTIVE linen 3sh 1932 art of nude woman captured by Australian Aborigines, very rare! Date Sold 12/9/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) The Blonde Captive, the 1931 Clifton Childs (or Clinton Childs) & Paul Withington Australian/U.S. Aborigine exploitation jungle adventure thriller ("The story of a white woman lost among the oldest living race!"; "Captured by cavemen!"; "An absolutely authentic amazing adventure!"; "The strongest warrior won her for his bride!"; "Harpooning the Dugong"; "The Ceremony of the Breaking of the Teeth"; "The Blonde Captive Waves Farewell to Civilization!"; "Under the Auspices of The National Research Council of Australia"; "Produced by Northern Australia Expedition Syndicate") featuring Clifton Childs (or Clinton Childs), and Paul Withington, with dialogue and narration by Lowell Thomas ("The Voice of the Literary Digest"). Note that there are U.S. posters for this movie that do not have a studio listed, but say "William Pizor presents", and there are also lobby cards, a pressbook, and a glass slide that are identified as being from Columbia Pictures. It appears that after the great success of "Africa Speaks" in 1931, Pizor discovered that in 1928/1929 Paul Withington (an anthropology professor at Harvard) and Clifton Childs (an Australian archeologist) had organized an expedition to the Australian Aboriginal territories. The footage these men had filmed, combined with new (and likely "faked") footage, was used to create a wild exploitation movie called "The Blonde Captive" which was released on December 30th of 1931 (or perhaps February of 1932). A resourceful collector discovered two early 1932 newspaper articles which state that Columbia purchased the distribution rights from William Pizor after it's New York premiere. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this three-sheet! Also note that, as noted above, this movie was released by both William Pizor and Columbia Pictures, and it is unclear as to which predates which (and as noted above, there may have been two William Pizor releases). Therefore, do not bid on this item assuming it is surely from 1932, and surely from the first release of the movie, because we don't really know. Only bid if you can accept this uncertainty. Also note that this item contains some nudity, so we have placed a white bar over those areas for those who are bothered by such images. Of course, the actual item does not have the white bars. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had creases, tears, and tiny paper loss on parts of several folds, more so in the right vertical fold, and also some tears in non-fold areas. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. Someone many years ago had the poster backed onto a thin linen, with some restoration to the folds. While this extremely rare poster could be displayed as it is, I think it would make sense for the new owner to have a top professional remove it from the old backing and properly re-back it, and afterwards, they will have a very rare and remarkable poster to display on their wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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