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MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE ('32) MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE ('32) LC OR search current auctions Auction History Result s519 MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE movie lobby card '32 ape attacks! 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) Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue, the 1932 Robert Florey Universal crime horror mystery thriller ("The Super Shocker"; "Based on the Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue"; set in Paris) starring Bela Lugosi (billed as "Dracula himself"; as Dr. Mirakle), Sidney Fox (billed as "Star of 'Strictly Dishonorable'"), Leon Ames (billed as "Leon Waycoff"), Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst, Noble Johnson (as Janos, The Black One), D'arcy Corrigan, Arlene Francis, Iron Eyes Cody, Joe Bonomo (famous early strongman, as one of the gorillas, and he also played a gorilla in 1929's "King of the Kongo"!), and Charles Gemora (as Erik the Gorilla; and amazingly, he reprised this role when the movie was remade by Warner Bros in 1954, 22 years later!). Note that this movie is considered to have been the consolation prize for Florey and Lugosi after they were replaced as director and star on "Frankenstein" by Universal. Note that starting in 1929 and continuing into the 1940s, Charles Gemora played gorillas in many movies, likely because he owned a gorilla suit, and could do a somewhat convincing job portraying a gorilla. Just a few years later, Ray 'Crash' Corrigan would also start playing gorillas, and no doubt they competed for roles in every movie requiring a gorilla! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this card has had EXTENSIVE restoration. It was found under a floor, and it was severely stained and faded. A professional restorer cleaned the card and bleached it and then overpainted significant areas of the image, including the entire image of the girl on the bed. The border art at bottom right did not have much restoration at all. You can clearly tell that the card has had significant restoration, even from a distance, but when you look at it closely, you can tell that there is a lot of the original image still there. The back of the card is pretty much unrestored and it has stamped writing (when the card was used to promote another movie), as well as many light brown water stains (it gives you a sense of what was wrong with the front of the card). Please do not bid on this card unless you have read the above carefully, and can accept the card's defects and restoration (of course, you might well not see this card offered again for many years!)! Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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