eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 9x314 TARZAN & THE GREEN GODDESS/LION MAN 40x60 1930s Bruce Bennett & Jon Hall, double-bill, rare! Date Sold 10/20/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded Forty by Sixty Poster (40x60; measures 40" x 60" [102 x 152 cm]) (Learn More) the 1930s double-bill release ("2 battling jungle kings!"; "See Tarzan battle native hordes, brave a lashing storm at sea, conquer a crocodile"; "See Lion Man lead his beasts to battle, court his savage bride, vanquish desert foes, trapped by his enemies"; "snarling lions wild jackals stampeding elphant herd") of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Green Goddess, the 1938 Edward A. Kull & Wilbur McGaugh action adventure jungle thriller sequel ("Edgar Rice Burroughs' amazing sequel to 'The New Adventures of Tarzan'"; "Thrills and excitement beyond your wildest dreams!"; "A Burroughs-Tarzan Production") starring Bruce Bennett (in the title role as Tarzan; billed as "Herman Brix" on original release posters only; he is referred to as "The Olympic Champion"; on all early re-release posters he is billed as "Bruce Bennett", because he had achieved much fame with that name, and this is an easy way to determine if a poster from this movie is from the first original release), Ula Holt, Frank Baker, Ashton Dearholt, and Jack Mower. Note that the stories BEHIND the making of this serial are far more interesting than the movie itself. It all started in 1929, when an actor named Ashton Dearholt (who had made 60 movies between 1916 and 1927) became friends with Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was an adventurer who starred in many minor movies, but he 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! One might think that would have put a crimp in the Burroughs/Dearholt relationship, but they remained good friends, and 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 that there was also a feature version of this serial, which was unlike normal feature versions! The serial had a 65 mintue first episode (to try to "hook" viewers in), which ended in a cliffhanger, which was quickly resolved in chapter 2. So they simply took all of chapter 1, the beginning of chapter 2, and 45 seconds of new footage, and made that that "feature version" (which was released in two parts in some countries). In 1938, trying to milk more money out of this, the entire rest of the serial (the rest of chapter 2, and the other chapters) was condensed down into a second feature version, given the title of "Tarzan and the Green Goddess" (so that people who had seen the original serial would be misled into thinking they were seeing a newly filmed movie) AND The Lion Man, the 1936 John P. McCarthy adventure thriller (based on Edgar Rice Burroughs novel "The Lad With the Lion"; "A story of Arabian love & adventure"; sort of a "Tarzan of Arabia", where a young man in an Arab country is taken by his father to meet a sheik, and his father is killed along with his entire party, except for his young son, who is rescued and given to a holy man, who lives with lions; he grows up and decides to avenge his father's death, and he is known by the Arabs as "El Lion", because of his affinity with that species, and by all accounts, this is an excellent movie!) starring Kathleen Burke, Jon Hall (billed under his birth name of "Charles Loucheur"), Richard Carlyle, Ted Adams, and Finis Barton. Note that the movie was filmed in Arizona, which stood in for the Arabian desert. And are there actually lions in the Arabian desert? Such trivia did not matter to Edgar Rice Burroughs! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning! Note that this poster must be sent in a tube that is 32" long or over (which is why it is in this set of auctions). You can tell how long the tube will need to be by adding 2 inches to the shorter dimension of the length or width (so 40x60s need to be sent in a 42 inch long tube, etc). Most of these posters (with the notable exception of paper banners) CAN be combined in the same tube together, with a few exceptions. Bear in mind that a very long tube (42 inches or longer) will cost a lot more to send than a 30" tube, so bear that in mind before bidding on this poster. Condition: poor. The poster was placed on to a very thin linen backing (to reinforce the poster, so that it would survive, when it was passed from theater to theater, and when it was put up on walls and taken down). The poster has discoloration from exposure to moisture and it appears that there is mildew and possibly mold in portions of the linen. The poster should have professional restoration performed, both to kill the mold or mildew and to make it more presentable. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept these very serious defects described above and are willing to pay to have them properly restored. Learn More about condition grades
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