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Auction History Result 1b2107 KING OF THE WILD 8 chapter 1 LCs 1931 Boris Karloff shown, Man Eaters, full color & complete! Date Sold 11/23/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 8 Original Vintage Theatrical Chapter #1 (Man Eaters) Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) King of the Wild, the 1931 B. Reeves Eason & Richard Thorpe Africa jungle adventure horror serial ("A Mascot Serial"; "An all-talking serial in twelve stirring chapters"; written by Ford Beebe) starring Walter Miller, Nora Lane, Dorothy Christy, Tom Santschi, Boris Karloff, Victor Potel, Carroll Nye, and Arthur McLaglen (as Bimi the Ape Man). Note that this movie was made prior to "Frankenstein", which resulted in Boris Karloff being fifth billed, and he is pictured on very few posters. Had the movie been released a year later, no doubt he would have been top billed! Also, this serial didn't start production with "all-talking" in mind, and some of the actors did not have very good speaking voiced and not much dialog was written. Though no one is actually credited, a great deal of narration was added to the serial in Post Production. It is generally thought that Boris Karloff (who had lots of stage experience) did all the voice-over narration. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned a complete set of lobby cards for Chapter 1 of this serial! Also, we had been told that Boris Karloff did not show up in this serial until chapter 9, but an expert tells us that is incorrect, which is backed up by the fact that he is shown on one card in this set (he is being attacked on the bottom-right card of the 2nd group)!
UPDATED 11/23/2021: Note that we have updated the Important Added Info section. Condition: very good. Most of the cards have darkened around the edges (more so around the edges of the title card - see our image). The one with the woman on the floor has a few pinholes around the edges that have been repaired with tape from the back. The cards are otherwise in pretty nice condition and they have no other tape on the front or back, and they never have had any other restoration of any kind! Learn More about condition grades 
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