eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result t085 LOST CITY movie title lobby card R40 William Boyd serial! Date Sold 10/31/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940) Re-release (re-titled "City of Lost Men" for this re-release) Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) The Lost City (of the Legurian), the 1935 Harry Revier Africa science fiction (sci-fi) jungle safari action adventure serial ("High-Voltage Action! Electrifying Thrills! Thunderbolt Drama!"; "The picture that's 100 years ahead of its time!"; produced by Sherman S. Krellberg) starring William 'Stage' Boyd, Kane Richmond, Claudia Dell, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Josef Swickard, Ralph Lewis, Billy Bletcher, Eddie Fetherson, Gino Carrado, Jerry Frank "and 500 others!". Note that the chapter one-sheets of this serial have a tiny "of the Legurian", after the title, but we have no clue what that means or if that was in any way part of the official title. Also, as was common with 1930s serials, there was a regular feature version of this serial, condensing the material from all 12 chapters into a single feature-length film. But, in this case, there was also a second feature version, which solely used material from the first four and the last four chapters, eliminating the subplot covered in the middle four chapters entirely! We imagine that someone at that time looked at the entire serial and realized they could make a better feature version by eliminating the middle section, and they did so! Finally, we know that the movie was re-released as a feature in the 1940s by Goodwill Productions, but we don't know which of the two above feature versions was reused in the 1940s (probably 1942 or 1943, based on the litho number on the poster), but we do know that it was re-titled "City of Lost Men". If anyone knows more about any of this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card has been laminated! It is quite likely that there is no way to reverse this process. However, I have seen many lobby cards that have been laminated for over 20 years, and the lamination does not hurt the cards in any way, plus it seems to completely protect them, while allowing them to be easily displayed with no fear of damage. HOWEVER, PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THIS LOBBY CARD UNLESS YOU WANT TO PURCHASE A LAMINATED LOBBY CARD! Note that this lobby card is from the circa 1940 re-release of the feature version of the 1935 William Boyd serial. Also note that this card has a sticker on the back that says "From Forry Ackerman's Museum", with a separate price tag that has "PRICE" printed on it, and underneath is handwritten in pen "$75 F.J.A.", and it certainly seems that the price might well have been put on by Forry himself! Condition: good. NOTE THAT THIS LOBBY CARD HAS BEEN LAMINATED. Prior to being laminated, it had surface paper loss in the lower right border (with tiny tape above and below) and some tiny border paper loss in the bottom right corner and a few creases and smudges throughout the card. Learn More about condition grades
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