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Auction History Result s781 WHITE GORILLA movie lobby card 1945 Corrigan, Miller Date Sold 7/19/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) The White Gorilla, the 1945 Harry L. Fraser and Jack Nelson Africa wild ape jungle fantasy adventure thriller ("See Savage Tiger Men Tamed by a Woman!"; "See Konga, the White Gorilla, an outcast since Birth, and Nbonga, the Black Gorilla, in a battle for jungle supremacy!"; "The unconscious form of a girl puzzled him!"; "Mystery And Romance! Dangerous Adventure!"; "The greatest wild animal picture ever made!"; "Terrific Drama of Jungle Adventure") starring Ray 'Crash' Corrigan (in the title role as Konga, the White Gorilla, and also as the male lead AND as the narrator!), Lorraine Miller, George J. Lewis, Frank Merrill, Francis Ford, "and an all star cast". Note that this was a VERY cheesy movie! The makers of it started with footage from a 1927 silent serial, "Perils of the Jungle", and then made it into a sort of "documentary" (there was a story about the white gorilla fighting the king of the black gorillas!), with a narrator describing the action (because it was, after all, taken from a silent movie!). Apparently, the movie was shown in many small towns across the country, and the lurid advertising (with a scantily clad girl in the arms of a white gorilla), apparently drew in large crowds! If anyone has seen this movie and can tell us more about it, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that Crash Corrigan made a REALLY wise investment in the 1930s, when he bought a "gorilla suit". In many of the movies in the 1940s where there is a fake gorilla, it is played by Crash Corrigan, no doubt because he could supply the suit! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that the lobby card itself is in quite nice condition, but the inset photo has faded unevenly (not unusual with 60 year-old photos!). Also note that many exhibitors took low-budget 1930s exploitation movies around the country in the 1940s, exhibiting them in small towns with lurid ad campaigns, usually to packed houses! Often, the lobby cards from these 1940s re-releases consisted of a stock lobby card with an inset area that was 5" x 7", and the producers would glue eight different 5x7s on to eight stock lobby cards, thus inexpensively creating an 8 card set. Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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