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Auction History Result 4d0365 RANGO LC 1931 Ernest Schoedsack, close up ape art, real apes screaming their fear, rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Rango, the 1931 Ernest B. Schoedsack Indonesia Sumatra jungle adventure pseudo-documentary ("Real Tigers roaring their death threat! Real Apes screaming their fear! Real Humans fighting to live!"; "You'll laugh at the Charlie Chaplin of the jungle"; "The Wonder Picture of 1931"; "The Motion picture sensation of 1931"; "The most blase man and woman in the world will acknowledge 'Rango' as the Wonder Picture of 1931"; "Truth is stranger than fiction - and in 'Rango' it's much more thrilling!"; about a white father telling his son about Sumatran natives who try to capture a tiger, and their adventures with orangutans, who the man says is man's closest relative!) starring Claude King, Douglas Scott, Ali, and Bin (Ali and Bin were the native father and son within the story who were not credited on any of the posters). Note that director Ernest Schoedsack worked in movies in several capacities starting before World War I. He served in the war, and afterwards, he formed an association with Merian C. Cooper that would prove long lasting! They made the classic documentaries "Grass" and "Chang" together, and Schoedsack independently directed this movie, but then signed with RKO and worked as co-director and cinematographer with Cooper on King Kong, Son of Kong, and The Most Dangerous Game! Schoedsack was larger than life (including literally, as he was 6'6"!) and he was an adventurer who loved making jungle movies. His wife was screenwriter Ruth Rose, who wrote the screenplay for King Kong and other classic movies, and their marriage lasted 50 years until her passing in 1978 at the age of 82, and he passed away the follow year at the age of 86. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: WJH Important Added Info: Note that first release 1931 U.S. movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a one-sheet, a banner, and four lobby cards from this movie until we received this lobby card (and one other lobby card we are auctioning in a separate auction)! Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Note that the vast majority of collectors would assume that this is a title card, but it is not! In the mid to late 1920s, Paramount made many sets of lobby cards where the seven scene cards all LOOK like title cards, but the actual title card is different from the seven scene cards (not too long after this, Paramount abandoned title cards altogether for the most part for the next forty-odd years, instead using a posed portrait of the stars in place of a title card). This scene card is from one of those sets where the scene cards are commonly mistaken for title cards. Please do not bid on it thinking it is a title card, as it is a scene card! Condition: good. The card has darkened, typical of Paramount lobby cards of this period. There were three areas of paper loss in the blank borders and someone taped pieces from another card to those areas. There is a large faint water stain in the lower left corner that extends into the Paramount credit. There is a 1" horizontal crease in the center of the top tagline, with a similar crease in the background 1" above that. See our super-sized images to get a good sense of the condition of this card. Learn More about condition grades 
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