DEANS RAG BOOK 1935-36 VELVET POPEYE GIFTED BY THE FOUNDER OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES

...FANTASTIC ANTIQUE...
1935-36 VERY RARE MUSEUM QUALITY
DEAN'S RAG BOOK 9" POPEYE DOLL.
THIS PRACTICALLY MINT UNUSED DOLL WAS PRESENTED TO A MISS A.LLOYD IN 1937 ON MR ADOLPH ZUKORS FAMOUS VISIT TO THE BBC STUDIOS IN LONDON TO SEE THE NEW REVOLUTIONARY EMITRON CAMERA.
ADOLPH ZUKOR WAS A HUNGARIAN WHO WAS ORPHANED AT A YOUNG AGE AND EMMIGRATED
TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1886 AT THE AGE OF 16.
HE LATER BECAME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIONEER FIGURES OF ALL TIME IN WORLD OF
FILM AND CINEMATOGRAPHY.
HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES (WHO OWNED THE RIGHTS TO POPEYE) AND THE FIRST PRODUCER OF A FEATURE LENGTH FILM (THE PRISONER OF ZENDA IN 1913).
POPEYE IS A WIRE FRAMED POSEABLE DOLL WITH VELVET FITTED SAILOR SUIT WITH HIS CAP ON A JAUNTY ANGLE ON A HAND PAINTED POTTERY HEAD WHICH HAS A TINY CHIP TO THE NOSE BUT APART FROM THIS AND HIS SLIGHTLY FADED ANCHOR TATTOOS
HE HAS BEEN STORED AWAY FROM LIGHT AND IS IN ALMOST MINT ORIGINAL UNUSED CONDITION.
HE HAS A SMALL WOODEN PIPE AND BOTH ORIGINAL PRESENTATION LABELS AND HIS DEANS RAG BOOK FOOT LABEL WITH 1935-36 REG NUMBER AND 1929 POPEYE KING FEATURES SYNDICATE COPYRIGHT .
APPROX 9" (23cm) TALL.
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