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Auction History Result 3m0222 JUNGLE MYSTERY chapter 10 1sh 1932 Tom Tyler serial, The Lion's Den, great Africa art, rare! Date Sold 2/23/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Chapter #10 (The Lion's Den) One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Jungle Mystery, the 1932 Ray Taylor Africa jungle adventure serial ("Based on 'Ivory Trail' by Talbot Mundy"; about two hunters in Africa searching for elephant ivory, and they have competition, and they also meet a man and his daughter who are looking for the girl's brother) starring Tom Tyler, Noah Beery Jr., William Desmond, Cecilia Parker, Philo McCullough, Carmelita Geraghty, and Jack Leonard (as the man in the gorilla suit). Note that Jack Leonard was one of the first men to play gorillas in movies. He was an extra in Tarzan the Ape Man, and the director did not like the way the men in ape suits were performing, and Jack Leonard said he could do better, and he was given the part! He and his wife made his gorilla suit and he studied real life gorillas to see how they moved and the sounds they made. He appeared in a dozen movies between 1932 and 1940, nine times of them as an ape! We don't know what happened to him after that (perhaps he passed away). If anyone knows more about Jack Leonard, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that Ray 'Crash' Corrigan and Charles Gemora were two actors who played lots of gorillas in movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Emil Van Horn and Jack Leonard each played around a dozen gorillas, and interestingly, that was all they did (no doubt all four of them owned a gorilla suit!). 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 previously auctioned four one-sheets from different chapters of this serial, but we have never before auctioned this chapter 10 one-sheet, which has a completely different full image from that of the other chapters we have auctioned! Also note that this item is from the first release of this serial, and is not from a re-release! This serial was made during the time when Universal was using Adventure Pictures as the production company for its serials. There are many such Universal/Adventure Pictures serials from 1925 to 1932. A collector tells us that Adventure Pictures was a wholly owned subsidiary that Universal used to distance themselves from the increasingly low-brow serials, and their desire to be viewed as a more high-end producer of features. Condition: good to very good. The poster had tape on the back of each crossfold, where there was separation, and the tape bled through to the front in each area. The middle crossfold also had small paper loss. The poster has a small tear near the top of the vertical fold that has a small piece of tape on the back. There is faint water staining on the back of the bottom quarter of the poster, but it is barely noticeable from the front. There are some tiny tears on parts of some folds and in parts of the borders. This is the sort of poster that responds really well to professional restoration. It is likely that much or all of the faint water staining can be removed through chemical means, and after restoration of the other defects described above, the poster will display really well. Learn More about condition grades 
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