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One sheet poster is for
"The White Gorilla," a 1945 American adventure film that has gained a reputation among cinephiles as one of the "worst" or most bizarrely made films of its era.
The film is a low-budget "patchwork" production that primarily reuses footage from a 1927 silent serial called Perils of the Jungle. Because the original 1920s footage was silent and shot at a different frame rate, the 1945 version features mismatched film quality and actors moving at unnaturally fast speeds.
Key Facts About the Film
Production: Director Harry L. Fraser "cobbled" the movie together in just a few days, adding a modern framing story to the old silent footage.
Cast: Stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan, who famously played both the human lead (Steve Collins) and the white gorilla (Konga).
Plot: The framing story follows an explorer (Corrigan) at a trading post who narrates his encounters with a rare albino gorilla shunned by its tribe.
Legacy: It is often celebrated by fans of "so-bad-it's-good" cinema for its glaring continuity errors, like actors wearing different clothes in the same scene or animals from completely different continents appearing in the same "jungle". |
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