eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2m199 JOHNNY WEISSMULLER color-glos 11x14.25 still 1941 great Tarzan portrait by George Hurrell! Date Sold 12/16/2018Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Color 11" x 14 1/4" [28 x 36 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Johnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian (now Romania) actor from the 1920s to the 1970s. He was the 1924 Olympic swimming champion, and he set a number of world records, and he never lost a race. In 1940, at the age of 36, he broke his own world record in the 100-yard freestyle, which he had set 13 years earlier, and which stood for another 4 years before finally being broken after 17 years! But of course, he is best remembered for playing Tarzan starting in 1932 (in "Tarzan the Ape Man", followed by "Tarzan and His Mate", and many others!), and later he starred as Jungle Jim in the 1950s. Weissmuller passed away in 1984 at the age of 79. Important Added Info: Note that this photograph was taken by George Hurrell, and it is one of a special set of 25 "color-glos" 11" x 14" portrait stills created by MGM in 1941 (see below for what "color-glos" means). MGM took wonderful portraits by top Hollywood photographers of their top stars (some had been taken prior to 1941, and were re-used at this time) and they put them into this special set of portraits, each of which has a facsimile autograph that is within the printing of the still (the still has not been personally autographed). THESE ARE THE NICEST SUCH PORTRAITS I HAVE EVER SEEN. WE AUCTIONED THIS SET OF 25 IN 2014, AND OUR CONSIGNOR PURCHASED THIS FROM THAT SET OF AUCTIONS, AND HAS NOW RE-CONSIGNED IT TO US, SO IT IS STILL THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS WE HAVE EVER AUCTIONED. More about "color glos" stills: they are printed on a photo type of paper and have a glossier front, with more vivid colors. This is something the studios experimented with in the late 1930s and early 1940s, for both 8x10 stills and 11x14 stills, and it was primarily used with the very best movies, including Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, and Citizen Kane.. Condition: fine. The still is in excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades
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