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Auction History Result 5a0246 BLONDE CAPTIVE LC 1932 art of topless beautiful white woman with island natives, ultra rare! Date Sold 7/12/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 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. Important Added Info: 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. 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, but it certainly is extremely rare. Only bid if you can accept this uncertainty. Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Finally, 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 gelbacking? Learn More Condition: good to very good. The card had many smudges and stains scattered in the left two-thirds and a lesser amount in the rest of the card. It has a pinhole in each corner and some surface paper loss at top center, slightly affecting the "A" of "ADVENTURE". Overall, the card was in fair to good condition prior to restoration. A talented restorer gel backed the card (meaning they backed the card onto a gel material) and they were able to remove much of smudges and stains chemically and they left alone the pinholes in the corners and the surface paper loss at top center. They then removed the gel backing, so that the card still exactly looks and feels like an original card (and it is!), with no backing at all. You can see the kind of staining the card had by looking at the back of the card, which was not restored, and you can still see the defects that were left unrestored, but otherwise, this extremely rare card displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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