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Tim Tyler's Luck, the 1937 Ford Beebe & Wyndham Gittens Africa juvenile jungle safari adventure serial ("The great adventure strip hero comes to the screen!"; "From the popular newspaper strip by Lyman Young"; "Owned and Copyrighted by King Features, Oct. 1, 1928"; "Original story and screen play by Wyndham Gittens, Norman S. Hall, Ray Trampe"; about a youthful adventurer who travels to Africa in search of his lost father, and he must fight the mysterious "Spider Webb") starring Frankie Thomas (in the title role "as Tim Tyler"), Frances Robinson ("as Lora Lacey"), Jack Mulhall ("as 'Sergeant Gates'"), Norman Willis ("as Spider Webb"), Al Shean ("as Professor Tyler"), William 'Billy' Benedict, Pat J. O'Brien (not THE Pat O'Brien who was part of the "Irish Mafia" with Cagney and McHugh, but another actor who appeared in 17 films between 1921 and 1941), and Jack Leonard (as the man in the gorilla suit). Note that Jack Leonard was one of the first men to play gorillas in movies. He was an extra in Tarzan the Ape Man, and the director did not like the way the men in ape suits were performing, and Jack Leonard said he could do better, and he was given the part! He and his wife made his gorilla suit and he studied real life gorillas to see how they moved and the sounds they made. He appeared in a dozen movies between 1932 and 1940, nine times of them as an ape! We don't know what happened to him after that (perhaps he passed away). If anyone knows more about Jack Leonard, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that Ray 'Crash' Corrigan and Charles Gemora were two actors who played lots of gorillas in movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Emil Van Horn and Jack Leonard each played around a dozen gorillas, and interestingly, that was all they did (no doubt all four of them owned a gorilla suit!). Also note that Lyman Young, the creator of this comic strip, was the older brother of Chic Young, creator of "Blondie"!
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Artist: Guy Beb-Jab (spelling?)

Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare pre-World War II French poster! Not only have we never auctioned it before, but we have auctioned very few French posters from any serials from before 1950! Virtually no French posters survive from before, during, or right after World War II. Apparently there were many paper shortages in France during World War II, resulting in the destruction of almost all pre-World War II posters! Also note that this is a "country of origin" poster for this French movie!

Note that this poster can be sent in a standard size tube, but because it is very long, it can't be combined with other linen posters, so that is why it is in this part of our Major Auction, together with linen posters that need to be shipped in very long tubes. Please bear in mind that it must be sent separately from other posters before you place your bid on this poster.

Note that this poster is very long, but because it is not very wide, it can be sent in a regular size tube. However, it can NOT be combined with other rolled posters, and must be either sent by itself (or combined with other items that are exactly like this). Please bear this in mind before bidding on this poster.

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