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Auction History Result #5746 SANTA FE TRAIL Chap 2 LC '23 serial Date Sold 1/28/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Chapter #2 Movie Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) The Santa Fe Trail, the 1923 Ashton Dearholt & Robert Dillon silent cowboy western serial starring Neva Gerber, Jack Perrin, Jim Welch, Elias Bullock, Wilbur McGaugh, and Clark B. Coffey. Note that Ashton Dearholt is an interesting footnote in movie history! He made 60 movies between 1916 and 1927 (and directed a few), starring in some, but they are almost all forgettable. Dearholt wanted to become a producer in the movie business, and he kept trying to get Burroughs to let him make a Tarzan movie. Burroughs resisted, and in 1932, he signed a deal with MGM for a major Tarzan movie, and that seemed to end Dearholt's chance of making a deal, but in 1934, Dearholt found a beautiful young blonde that he left his wife for, and Dearholt's wife found consolation in the arms of Burroughs, who married her, and took custody of Dearholt's two children! Perhaps out of guilt, Burroughs signed a deal for Dearholt to make a Tarzan movie. Burroughs' sole involvement in the movie was putting up money and selling the rights, and Dearholt went to Guatemala (on the "Ashton-Dearholt Expedition"!), but the movie had all sorts of problems (Dearholt himself played the villain, and his new young girlfriend played the lead actress), and after it was partly completed, they quit filming and left Guatemala. They returned to the U.S. and managed to create a completed film from the footage they had shot, although it was far different from the original script. The movie did surprisingly well at first, but then MGM threatened theaters that showed the movie, and it got terrible U.S. distribution, although it did well overseas. Ultimately, none of the actors or crew were paid, and Dearholt never made another movie. But he remained good friends with Burroughs until his sudden death in 1942! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is the chapter #2 lobby card for this movie. We are also selling a chapter #10 lobby card and a chapter #6 title lobby card elsewhere on eBay this week. Condition: good. 6" tear in lower right (going through leg of "Indian"; creases in lower left of image; 3" repaired tear at middle left stains and smudges around the edges of the card Learn More about condition grades 
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