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Auction History Result 8j327 TIM TYLER'S LUCK whole serial TC 1937 Universal, cool art of Frankie Thomas & wild animals! Date Sold 8/7/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked Movie Title Lobby Card (LC TC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) 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"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this lobby card has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the lobby card was backed onto a heavy paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original lobby card (except somewhat heavier). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards, and lobby cards. 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. What IS paperbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. Prior to paperbacking, the card had a thin strip of paper loss near the center of the top blank border, measuring around one-third of an inch by two inches. There were pinholes in the corners and diagonal paper loss in three corners. There were a few pinholes scattered in the image, with an enlarged one in the top of the "M" of "MULHALL" at top center. Overall, the lobby card was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The card was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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