eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result d120 BORNEO linen one-sheet movie poster R40s Osa & Martin Johnson safari! Date Sold 12/11/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-release (re-titled "Borneo, Land of the Devil Beast" for this re-release) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Borneo, the 1937 Truman H. Talley tropical Malaysian jungle safari documentary ("The last.. and greatest.. adventure of the man who brought adventure to you! Sights never before seen! The Isle of the Incredible... Where fish climb trees!... Snakes fly!... Monkeys have 'schnozzolas'!... Oysters grow on tree-trunks!... Head-hunters still lurk!... Murut men blow death!... And the raging 'devil-beast' holds the jungle in a reign of terror!") narrated by Lowell Thomas and starring Martin E. Johnson (his billing reads, "Osa Johnson Presents Martin Johnson's Last Picture") and his wife Osa Johnson. Note that Osa Johnson was married to Martin Johnson, and that they made African documentary movies for 20 years, but Martin Johnson was killed in an airplane crash in 1937 during the filming of "Borneo", but his wife finished the movie and released it after his death, and she also released one final movie, "I Married Adventure", in 1940, three years after her husband's death, and on that movie, she was billed as "Osa Johnson (Mrs. Martin Johnson)". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and some creases and scuffs along the folds and around the edges of the poster. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great! Learn More about condition grades
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