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Auction History Result h688 BELA LUGOSI 8.25x10 movie still '31 great portrait in tuxedo! Date Sold 10/30/2007Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8 1/4" x 10" Movie Still (Learn More) Spooks Run Wild, the 1941 Phil Rosen juvenile delinquent horror comedy starring Bela Lugosi, The East Side Kids (including Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Sunshine Sammy Morrison [one of the original "Our Gang" kids]), Angelo Rossitto, Dave O'Brien, David Gorcey, and Dorothy Short (who was married to Dave O'Brien). Just about every horror fan is familiar with the brilliant move Universal Pictures made in 1948 when they tried to revive their tired Abbott & Costello movies by adding their classic Universal monsters (the first of these was Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and it was so successful that it spawned a number of sequels with Abbott & Costello meeting many other monsters!). But only advanced horror fans know that Monogram had already done something very similar to this much earlier, with this movie! In 1941, the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Little Tough Guys movies were getting stale, and Monogram had the great idea to bring Bela Lugosi in and make a "horror comedy". It was successful enough that they repeated the experiment the following year with "Ghosts on the Loose". So we wonder if Universal didn't get the idea for joining Abbott and Costello and their monsters from these movies! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still measures 8 1/4" x 10", and that a knowledgeable collector tells us that Lugosi wore this Tuxedo throughout the movie, and therefore the still can identified as being from "Spooks Run Wild", even though it is not marked on the still! Condition: very good. Some newspaper or magazine took an original 8" x 10" still of Bela Lugosi from this movie, and they put white paint and directions for the printer around the edge of his figure, and then used it in an article. Some people might consider this a significant defect, and some might consider it a cool addition to the still, but either way, the actual image of Lugosi is basically unaffected (the paint and writing is in the background surrounding him). Learn More about condition grades 
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