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Auction History Result 5c167 WIZARD LC '27 mad doctor with ape monster George Kotsonaros holding unconscious woman, rare! Date Sold 3/9/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) The Wizard, the 1927 Richard Rosson silent fantasy horror murder revenge mystery thriller ("Excitement Runs High in this fascinating drama of a Beauty and a Beast and a Reporter who found Romance in a House of Mystery"; "From the play 'Balaoo' by Gaston Leroux", who also wrote Phantom of the Opera; about a literal "mad doctor" whose son is tried and electrocuted for murder, and he seeks revenge by training an ape to follow his commands and kill those he considers responsible for his son's death, and a newspaper reporter finds the doctor, and stops him from killing two more victims) starring Edmund Lowe, Leila Hyams, Gustav von Seyffertitz, E.H. Calvert, Barry Norton, and George Kotsonaros (as the gorilla; he also played "Buck, the Gorilla Man" in "The Fifty-Fifty Girl" a year later, so we suspect he might have owned a gorilla suit!). Note that we have found Internet pages that speculate that master makeup artist Jack Pierce (later creator of the best Universal monster makeup) did the gorilla suit and makeup for George Kotsonaros on this movie. He is not listed in the credits, but he was active in Hollywood at this time, and both he and Kotsonaros were Greek, and perhaps they were friends! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1927 movie paper from this fantasy movie is incredibly rare. We have only ever auctioned even a single lobby card and a herald from this movie until we received this great lobby card! The other card did not have the "monster" on the card as this one does, but it still sold for $802! Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Condition: very good to fine. There is a tiny pinholes in the top corners. Otherwise, the card is in really nice condition. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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