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Auction History Result 3a1189 WINNERS OF THE WEST chapter 14 1sh 1921 Art Acord serial, The Trail of Mystery, ultra-rare! Date Sold 1/26/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Chapter #14 (The Trail Of Mystery) One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Winners of the West, the 1921 Edward Laemmle (billed as "Eddie Laemmle") silent cowboy western serial ("18 thrilling episodes of red blooded adventure in the early American days of Kit Carson and Capt. John C. Fremont"; "Universal's continued feature"; "Thrilling exploits in the lives of Kit Carson & John C. Fremont") starring Art Acord, Jim Corey, Burton Law, Myrtle Lind, Percy Pembroke, and Burt Wilson. Note that director Edward Laemmle has been largely forgotten by film history, but he has a VERY interesting biography! He is the nephew of Carl Laemmle, who persuaded him to leave his electrical engineering career in 1915 and join him at his recently opened Universal Studios. He started as an assistant director, mainly under John Ford. In 1917, he went to New Guinea to produce a movie about the natives there, and was shipwrecked, and spent two years among the Kia Kia cannibals! This adventure was re-created in the movie "Shipwrecked Among Cannibals", which became the first million dollar movie for Universal Studios. Edward Laemmle went on to direct roughly 50 movies, and had many famous assistants, including William Wyler. Note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. 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 only auctioned one in all our years of auctioning and the last time was in 1995! Condition: poor to fair. The poster was folded in half an extra time resulting in a vertical foldline at left and right and there are many substantial areas of slight discoloration and paper loss along those folds, the regular crossfold and the center horizontal fold (those areas have deteriorated due to exposure to moisture). The poster is fragile and must be handled with care. The rare poster is in urgent need of restoration. Certainly a top restorer can repair the defects described above, but please bear in mind the poster's many defects and the cost of restoration before placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades 
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