VALLEY OF HEADHUNTERS 1953 Johnny Weissmuller JUNGLE JIM US 1-SHEET POSTER

Original U.S. 27 inch x 41 inch 1-Sheet Poster for the 1953 William Berke Adventure VALLEY OF HEADHUNTERS starring Johnny Weismuller as Jungle Jim, Christine Larse, Tamba, Robert Foulk, Don Blackman and Vince Townsend Jr.

Bad guys trying to steal the mineral rights away from African natives find it isn't so easy fighting Jungle Jim.

Poster art by Glenn Cravath (1897 - 1964). Cravath started as an illustrator for the New York Journal in the 1920's. He worked for King Features Syndicates as a comic illustrator and did Sunday Frank Buck comics for the New York Journal. In 1928 he began to freelance for movie studios, among them RKO and Columbia. His last published work was The Unforgiven with Burt Lancaster in 1960.
He died in January 1964, leaving his house and collection (containing copies of his published work) to his son Douglas (1918-2002). Douglas, in turn, kept his father's collection intact until his own death in August 2002, leaving no heirs. Because almost none of his artwork was ever sold, Cravath is a relatively little known artist today.
Among the films he worked on were Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932), King Kong (1933), Son of Kong (1933), Call of the Wild (1935), Clive of India (1935), Elephant Boy (1937), The Big Broadcast of 1938, Blondie Meets the Boss (1939), The Reluctant Dragon (1941), Jungle Cavalcade (1941), Song of India (1949), Apache War Smoke (1952), The Petty Girl (1955), as well as Jungle Jim (1948 - 55).

The poster is in very good folded condition with 2 holes - one in Weissmuller’s chest and one just to the right of Tamba the chimp. There is a small area of surface paper loss in the 2 ‘N’s of ‘Johnny’ and corner pinholes.