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Auction History Result 4f282 TARZAN'S SECRET TREASURE pressbook R48 Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Sheffield Date Sold 8/21/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1948 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 15"; 4 pages). Also included are 3 ad supplements that have 2 pages, 7 pages, and 10 pages (Learn More) Tarzan's Secret Treasure, the 1941 Richard Thorpe Africa action jungle adventure fantasy thriller ("NEW THRILLS 2 years in production"; "See King Tarz The Celebrated Jungle Actor"; "Reenacting one of the Thrilling Scenes from Metro-Goldwyn-Meyers's New Tarzan picture"; "Based upon the characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs") starring Johnny Weissmuller (in the title role as Tarzan), Maureen O'Sullivan (as Jane), Johnny Sheffield (as Boy), Reginald Owen, Barry Fitzgerald, Tom Conway, Philip Dorn, Cordell Hickman (as Tumbo; a black African American juvenile actor who retired when he was 14, but he only received stereotypical roles given to young blacks of that time), Cheeta (the chimpanzee), and "King Tarz" (the "Sensational Jungle Actor", the lion). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this movie was re-released by MGM in both 1948 and 1954, and it seems that the same plates were used for the two re-releases. But the 1948 re-release poster had NSS information, and the 1954 posters do not, and this pressbook is undated, so we really can't tell which release it is from, but we are leaning towards 1948, so we are identifying it that way. Also note that pressbooks were prepared prior to a movie being released. Often, changes would be made in a movie advertising campaign (billing of actors, different images, etc.), and the theaters would print up special supplements that they would send out with the pressbooks that had already been printed. These supplements are very rare, far more rare than the pressbooks themselves! Some pressbooks would have no supplements, some would have one, and some would have several. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: very good, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades 
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