eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6h278 WHITE GORILLA Argentinean '45 wild savage African ape & other jungle animals! Date Sold 1/22/2013Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Argentinean Movie Poster (measures 28 1/2" x 42 1/2" [72 x 108 cm]) (Learn More) The White Gorilla, the 1945 Harry L. Fraser and Jack Nelson Africa wild ape jungle fantasy adventure thriller ("See Savage Tiger Men Tamed by a Woman!"; "See Konga, the White Gorilla, an outcast since Birth, and Nbonga, the Black Gorilla, in a battle for jungle supremacy!"; "The unconscious form of a girl puzzled him!"; "Mystery And Romance! Dangerous Adventure!"; "The greatest wild animal picture ever made!"; "Terrific Drama of Jungle Adventure") starring Ray 'Crash' Corrigan (in the title role as Konga, the White Gorilla, and also as the male lead AND as the narrator!), Lorraine Miller, George J. Lewis, Frank Merrill, Francis Ford, "and an all star cast". Note that this was a VERY cheesy movie! The makers of it started with footage from a 1927 silent serial, "Perils of the Jungle", and then made it into a sort of "documentary" (there was a story about the white gorilla fighting the king of the black gorillas!), with a narrator describing the action (because it was, after all, taken from a silent movie!). Apparently, the movie was shown in many small towns across the country, and the lurid advertising (with a scantily clad girl in the arms of a white gorilla), apparently drew in large crowds! If anyone has seen this movie and can tell us more about it, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that Crash Corrigan made a REALLY wise investment in the 1930s, when he bought a "gorilla suit". In many of the movies in the 1940s where there is a fake gorilla, it is played by Crash Corrigan, no doubt because he could supply the suit! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good to very good. The poster has darkened somewhat (as is typical of older Argentinean posters because of the type of paper they were printed on) and there is tattering along the foldlines and edges. Learn More about condition grades
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