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Auction History Result 2t1157 SPOOKS RUN WILD 1sh 1941 Bela Lugosi + Leo Gorcey & The East Side Kids & ghost, rare! Date Sold 8/30/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Spooks Run Wild, the 1941 Phil Rosen juvenile delinquent horror comedy starring Bela Lugosi, The East Side Kids (including Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Sunshine Sammy Morrison [one of the original "Our Gang" kids]), Angelo Rossitto, Dave O'Brien, David Gorcey, and Dorothy Short (who was married to Dave O'Brien). Just about every horror fan is familiar with the brilliant move Universal Pictures made in 1948 when they tried to revive their tired Abbott & Costello movies by adding their classic Universal monsters (the first of these was Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and it was so successful that it spawned a number of sequels with Abbott & Costello meeting many other monsters!). But only advanced horror fans know that Monogram had already done something very similar to this much earlier, with this movie! In 1941, the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Little Tough Guys movies were getting stale, and Monogram had the great idea to bring Bela Lugosi in and make a "horror comedy". It was successful enough that they repeated the experiment the following year with "Ghosts on the Loose". So we wonder if Universal didn't get the idea for joining Abbott and Costello and their monsters from these 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 twice before auctioned this really cool first release one-sheet, once 25 years ago (it auctioned for $1,150) and then in 2018 (and that example auctioned or $975!). This is only the third example of this poster that we have ever auctioned! First release posters are probably so rare because the movie was quickly re-released in 1949, and that re-release probably caused the exchanges to use up any first release posters that were left. Condition: fair. The poster has many pairs of staple holes, tears and ratings stamp around the edges with some paper loss in the right corners and a few tape stains around the edges. It has a tear with tiny paper loss on the left of Lugosi's nose and some pairs of staple holes near the center of the poster. It has some separation on parts of the folds with a few tears and someone made some clear tape repairs on the back of the poster. Obviously one would prefer to find an example of this poster in better condition, but it is extremely rare, and of course one could have this restored. But please bear in mind the poster's many defects and the cost of restoration before bidding. Learn More about condition grades 
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