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PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE Miscellaneous OR search current auctions Auction History Result 1d186 PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE Harvey Prever lenticular lighted display 1954 Dorn in peril, rare! Date Sold 11/3/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Harvey Prever Lenticular Lighted Display (measures 4 1/2" x 15" x 18" [11 x 38 x 46 cm]) (Learn More) Phantom of the Rue Morgue, the 1954 Roy Del Ruth 3-D (3D; 3-Dimension) monster horror thriller ("Can it be Human?"; "It mauls... It rips... It vanishes! A mammoth monstrous man -or- creature rising out of the depths beneath the city!"; "See It -- But Don't Reveal It! Let your friends feel for themselves the Phantom's full impact!"; "Screendom's most amazing creature holds you in the grip of the world's greatest shock-and-suspense story sensation!"; "The New Warner Bros. Sensation"; "3 Dimension and WarnerColor"; "From Edgar Allan Poe's 'Murders in the Rue Morgue'") starring Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina, Steve Forrest, Anthony Caruso, Dolores Dorn, and Charles Gemora (as Sultan the Gorilla; and amazingly, he had earlier this role when the movie was first by Universal in 1932, 22 years earlier!). Note that starting in 1929 and continuing into the 1940s, Charles Gemora played gorillas in many movies, likely because he owned a gorilla suit, and could do a somewhat convincing job portraying a gorilla. Just a few years later, Ray 'Crash' Corrigan would also start playing gorillas, and no doubt they competed for roles in every movie requiring a gorilla! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this was a special promotional item created for this movie. It consists of a special glass lenticular image that measures 11" x 14", and is in its original 15" x 18" x 5" gold painted wooden frame that has a metal light box behind it that originally contained a light bulb that illuminated the glass lenticular image (and let you see Delores Dorn menaced by a pair of gorilla hands reaching in from out of frame). It was created by Harvey Prever, who was considered the "3D Rembrandt". In the early 1950s, Prever created 3D lenticular photos for several movies using his modified French Bonnet camera system. These glass 3-D lenticulars from Harvey Prever were the "Rolls Royce" of lenticulars. They were all made by hand in a painstaking process that was unfortunately lost with the death of Harvey Prever, and they equal or surpass anything similar done since. They really need to be seen in person to be appreciated. They are that nice!
UPDATED 11/03/2019: Note that two versions of this display were created. Some feature the title of the movie at the bottom and some do not. The display offered here does not show the title of the film. Condition: good to very good. The entire display is in nice condition (including the glass lenticular portion), EXCEPT that the original light bulb is missing. We don't know that the exact same kind of light bulb can be located, but one would surely think that a replacement bulb could be put in its place. We can't determine if it still works because we don't have a bulb, but we would think it does. Once a new working bulb is added, this would surely be graded "very good" or even "very good to fine". However, please consider the above before placing a bid on this wonderful lenticular display. Learn More about condition grades 
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