eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1d042 JUNGLE CAPTIVE linen 1/2sh R1952 Ape Woman Vicky Lane, Rondo Hatton, Wild Jungle Captive! Date Sold 11/3/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1952 Realart Re-Release (re-titled "Wild Jungle Captive" for this re-release) Theatrical Linenbacked Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Jungle Captive, the 1945 Harold Young Universal horror thriller ("Half Woman... Half Beast... In A Naked Jungle!" "Weird! Shocking! Primitive!"; "Ravishing beauty... Raging beast fury of the naked jungle!"; "She-monster... loving to kill!"; "Original Story by Dwight V. Babcock") starring Otto Kruger, Phil Brown, Amelita Ward, Jerome Cowan, Vicky Lane ("as the Ape Woman"), and Rondo Hatton ("as Moloch, the Brute"). Note that Rondo Hatton was afflicted with acromegaly, which is a chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw. Hollywood saw in Hatton the chance to make money by exploiting the way the disease had distorted his features, and for several years prior to his death, he was a villain in several Universal horror movies. 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 we have only previously auctioned one example of this half-sheet, but that was 16 years ago! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster was never folded. It had pinholes, smudges, and tears around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades
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