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Auction History Result 5z627 RETURN OF THE APE MAN 8x10 still R50 Bela Lugosi points torch at bearded Frank Moran! Date Sold 11/3/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1950 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" Movie Still (Learn More) Return of the Ape Man, the 1944 Philip Rosen fantasy horror thriller ("Original Story and Screenplay by Robert Charles"; in 1943, Monogram had a hit of sorts with "The Ape Man" with Bela Lugosi in the title role; they wanted to make a sequel, but Lugosi likely didn't want to have to wear the ape makeup for an entire additional movie, so instead, they made this movie, which is not really a sequel in any way, except for the title, and in it, two scientists find a caveman frozen in the ice, and they revive him, and decide to transplant a "modern" human brain into his body, and the movie goes downhill from there!) starring Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, Frank Moran (in the title role as the Ape Man), Tod Andrews, Teala Loring, Mary Currier, and George Zucco (who is credited but is not really in the movie). What do we mean that Zucco was "not really in the movie"? He was hired to play the title character, and he shot a few test scenes, but then he got sick, and he was replaced by Frank Moran. But he had signed a contract guaranteeing third billing, and they went ahead and gave him the third billing on the posters! They actually did use a little bit of that test footage in the movie, with him in makeup, so he does kind of appear! He recovered from his illness in time to make the sequel movie to this, "Voodoo Man"! Note that the movie was made in 1943, but was not released until 1944 (no doubt due to George Zucco being replaced). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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