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Auction History Result Lot #: v254 GOW linen 1sh '31 wild striking jungle native image!  Date Sold 12/17/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 9 CATALOG SOLD OUT The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Gow, the 1931 Edward A. Salisbury Papua New Guinea Aborigine headhunter adventure jungle documentary ("Beware!"; which apparently showed actual footage of real headhunters, who were apparently actual cannibals!) featuring Gow, and narrated by William Peck. Note that movie paper of any kind from this 1930s documentary appears to be impossible to find! The only item from this movie I have sold in the past 17 years was a 1950s re-release pressbook, in which the movie was re-titled, "Gow The Killer". I have been e-mailed that there was a silent 1928 documentary with a similar name, and it is possible that the 1931 movie is actually a re-edited version of that movie, but I doubt if anyone knows the full story, and it doesn't really matter which version this poster is from. I DO know that this one-sheet poster is one of the most striking poster images I have ever seen (I have also auctioned a three-sheet with a similar image), and given that it is a sort of teaser poster (given the complete lack of credits, or any information, other than the title), I feel certain this poster must have created quite a stir in 1931, where ever it was displayed. Note that we have only seen or heard of this one example of this poster, but we have auctioned this same example previously. If you have any information about this movie, or know of the existence of any other original release movie paper, please e-mail us and we will post it here. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. The poster had small areas of paper loss across the top foldline and down the top 1/4 of the vertical fold. There was small paper loss at the other two crossfolds and creases and tiny tears along the other foldlines. There were two long tears across the top left of the image (one running above the letters of "BEWARE" and ending near the top of the "B", and the other running along the bottom of the "EWA" of "BEWARE" and turning upward and running through the top of the "B"). There were three diagonal tears running from the top edge of the image down through the "B" into the Aborigine's hair. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was quite nicely backed (the above defects were well corrected, but the poster does not have a heavily restored look at all, and in fact, there is little paint on the poster, except in the areas described above). This rare and possibly unique poster looks fantastic, and it will certainly cause a stir wherever it is displayed! Learn More about condition grades 
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