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Auction History Result 5p0178 TARZAN & THE GOLDEN LION TC 1927 c/u of James Pierce with bow & arrow by lion, ultra rare! Date Sold 12/19/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan and the Golden Lion, the 1927 J.P. McGowan silent action jungle adventure fantasy thriller ("The story that stirred the nation!"; "A mighty spectacle"; "Edgar Rice Burroughs' colossal jungle story"; based on the famous novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs; about Tarzan being visited in Africa by his wife and her niece and others, and his niece is kidnapped and taken to a jungle city where they worship a lion god, and they plan to sacrifice Tarzan's niece to the lion, but Tarzan shows up and kills the lion, which causes the natives to acclaim him as their new god, and all ends well!) starring James Pierce (in the title role as Tarzan, Lord Greystoke), Frederick Peters, Edna Murphy, Harold Goodwin, Dorothy Dunbar (as Lady Greystoke, Tarzan's wife), D'Arcy Corrigan, and Boris Karloff (who plays the native chief, Owaza, with much body makeup). Note that the "golden lion" of the title of the movie refers to Tarzan's pet lion in Africa, named Jad-Bal-Ja, who was featured prominently in the advertising. Also note that after five Tarzan movies between 1918 and 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs held off on making more Tarzan movies, because he was not happy with how Hollywood depicted his legendary hero. In 1927, he authorized this movie, hiring James Pierce to play the title character (and Pierce turned down the Gary Cooper role in "Wings", which made Cooper a major star, to take this role!). While most people did not feel that Pierce made a great Tarzan (they say he is better in the Lord Greystoke scenes than in the jungle scenes), and his career went nowhere after this movie, on the plus side, he married Burroughs' daughter Joan soon after the movie was released! This movie stays much more faithful to the book than most other Tarzan movies, and it was presumed lost for many years, until a French copy of it turned up, and that is 57 minutes long, so it is unclear if that is the entire movie, or a condensed version. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two lobby cards from this movie, and we have NEVER auctioned this great title card! 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: good to very good. There are creases and faint brown stains around the edges, with pinholes in the corners. There is a diagonal crease in the bottom left that slightly enters the edge of the image. There is a 1" tear in the center of the bottom border. Someone put a tiny piece of tape on the back of two of the pinholes and on the back of the tear, but otherwise, no restoration has been performed. Learn More about condition grades 
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