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Auction History Result #8018 TOO MUCH YOUTH Aust db 25 Roaring 20s! Date Sold 5/6/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Australian Daybill Movie Poster (measures approximately 15" x 40") (Learn More) Too Much Youth, the 1925 Duke Worne silent Roaring '20s comedy ("100 laugh scenes") starring Ashton Dearholt (billed as "Richard Holt"), Sylvia Breamer, Eric Mayne, and Charles K. French. Note that the actor named Ashton Dearholt is an interesting footnote in movie history! He made 60 movies between 1916 and 1927, starring in some, but they are almost all forgettable. Dearholt wanted to become a producer in the movie business, and he kept trying to get Burroughs to let him make a Tarzan movie. Burroughs resisted, and in 1932, he signed a deal with MGM for a major Tarzan movie, and that seemed to end Dearholt's chance of making a deal, but in 1934, Dearholt found a beautiful young blonde that he left his wife for, and Dearholt's wife found consolation in the arms of Burroughs, who married her, and took custody of Dearholt's two children! Perhaps out of guilt, Burroughs signed a deal for Dearholt to make a Tarzan movie. Burroughs' sole involvement in the movie was putting up money and selling the rights, and Dearholt went to Guatemala (on the "Ashton-Dearholt Expedition"!), but the movie had all sorts of problems (Dearholt himself played the villain, and his new young girlfriend played the lead actress), and after it was partly completed, they quit filming and left Guatemala. They returned to the U.S. and managed to create a completed film from the footage they had shot, although it was far different from the original script. The movie did surprisingly well at first, but then MGM threatened theaters that showed the movie, and it got terrible U.S. distribution, although it did well overseas. Ultimately, none of the actors or crew were paid, and Dearholt never made another movie. But he remained good friends with Burroughs until his sudden death in 1942! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: This poster was folded originally. But it has been laying completely flat for many many years, and we strongly advise letting us send it in a tube, rather than folding it! Condition: fair. there is vertical paper loss in the upper left of the image background cutting through the text area; there is a similar area in the middle right of the image, in the two girls at right; there is paper loss in the middle of the left border; there are creases, stains, smudges, tiny tears, and tiny paper loss around the edges of the poster and to a lesser extent within the image area. Note that this was one of a group of 24 daybills from the 1920s and 1930s that were found together. All have significant condition defects, but many are quite attractive and some may well be the only (or one of a few) surviving examples! But please read the condition descriptions closely and do not bid on any of these 24 posters unless you can accept their defects or are willing to have them restored! Learn More about condition grades 
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