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Auction History Result 5b1760 BORNEO/CONGORILLA candid 8x10 still 1960s cool theater lobby display w/ standee & one-sheet! Date Sold 9/26/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage 8 1/4" x 10" [21 x 25 cm] Still (Learn More) the 1960s double-bill release ("2 jungle action features!") of 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)" AND Congorilla, the 1932 Osa & Martin Johnson African jungle documentary "with Mr. & Mrs. Martin 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 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)". If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this wonderful candid showed what was displayed at a theater showing these two movies as a double-bill. Better yet, there is a snipe on the back explaining how any theater could create this out of pieces of other posters (see our images). Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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