eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4m685 MONKEY TALKS 8x10 still '27 man impersonates talking chimp, makeup by Jack Pierce, rare! Date Sold 2/12/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) The Monkey Talks, the 1927 Raoul Walsh silent circus big top inter-species romantic fantasy melodrama (based on the novel by Rene Fauchois; about a down and out man who puts on an elaborate chimpanzee costume, and then puts dress clothes on over it, and his friends exhibit him as a "talking monkey", which works, but then they "sell" him to a beautiful woman, who inexplicably starts falling for the monkey!) starring Olive Borden, Jacques Lerner, Don Alvarado, Malcolm Waite, Raymond Hitchcock, Ted McNamara, and Jane Winton. Note that there had previously been a stage play version of this story, which starred Jacques Lerner, who was a small man who did a great impersonation of a chimpanzee (but which is called a "monkey" throughout the movie). The movie re-created the stage play version, and the chimp makeup was created and applied by Jack Pierce, in his first movie assignment (perhaps he also did the makeup for the stage play). Of course, later, Pierce would be the man behind all of the best makeup in the 1930s Universal horror movies, including Frankenstein and Dracula. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1927 movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have never auctioned any movie paper of any kind from this movie until we received this still! Also note that this still has two punch holes in the top border, so it could be a key book still, or someone could have just put those punch holes there. Condition: very good. There are two punch holes in the top border (see above). Otherwise, the still is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades
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