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Posted By: <b>jamie</b><p>Thorpe made a lot more film appearances than I realized- most as an Indian extra but it looks like he also appeared as a baseball football player on occassion. Anyone know if there exists any lobby cards or postcards or other epherma from any of these roles?

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Posted By: <b>J Levine</b><p>I am sure there are movie cards, posters, lobby cards, handbills, etc. for most of the movies but I am also fairly certain that since he really was not a star in any that he is not pictured on any...I do seem to recall a lobby card of "All-American" that does have an original photo of Thorpe and the actor who played him.<br /><br /><br />Courtesy of IMDB...<br />Wagon Master (1950) .... Navajo<br /><br /><br />Yes Sir That's My Baby (1949) (uncredited) .... Assistant Coach <br />White Heat (1949) (uncredited) .... Big inmate <br />Road to Utopia (1946) (uncredited) .... Collins - Ship's Passenger <br />The Vampire's Ghost (1945) (uncredited) .... Native <br />Beyond the Pecos (1945) (uncredited) .... Townsman<br />... aka Beyond the Seven Seas (UK) <br />Outlaw Trail (1944) .... Henchman Spike <br />They Died with Their Boots On (1941) (uncredited) <br />Meet John Doe (1941) (uncredited) .... John Doe Applicant<br />... aka Frank Capra's 'Meet John Doe' (USA: complete title) <br />... aka John Doe, Dynamite (UK) <br />Prairie Spooners (1941) .... Indian <br />Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940) (uncredited) .... Indian <br />Prairie Schooners (1940) .... Chief Sanche <br />Arizona Frontier (1940) .... Gray Cloud<br /><br /><br />Henry Goes Arizona (1939) (uncredited) .... Bus Passenger<br />... aka Spats to Spurs (UK) <br />The Oregon Trail (1939) (uncredited) <br />Man of Conquest (1939) (uncredited) .... Indian <br />The Man From Texas (1939) .... Posse rider <br />Frontier Scout (1938) (uncredited) .... Henchman <br />Start Cheering (1938) (uncredited) .... Head Linesman <br />Cattle Raiders (1938) (uncredited) .... Man at trial <br />Born to the West (1937) (uncredited) <br />... aka Hell Town (USA: reissue title) <br />Green Light (1937) (uncredited) .... Indian <br />Trailin' West (1936) .... Black Eagle<br />... aka On Secret Service (UK) <br />The Phantom Rider (1936) (uncredited) .... Indian <br />Wildcat Trooper (1936) .... Wounded Indian<br />... aka Wild Cat (UK) <br />Treachery Rides the Range (1936) .... Chief Red Smoke <br />Under Two Flags (1936) (uncredited) <br />Hill-Tillies (1936) <br />Silly Billies (1936) (uncredited) .... Medicine Man <br />Sutter's Gold (1936) (uncredited) .... Man <br />Captain Blood (1935) (uncredited) .... Pirate <br />Fiesta de Santa Barbara, La (1935) (uncredited) .... Indian Chief <br />Fighting Youth (1935) (uncredited) .... Carlisle Football Player <br />Moonlight on the Prairie (1935) (uncredited) .... Henchman <br />Barbary Coast (1935) (uncredited) .... Indian<br />... aka Port of Wickedness (USA: reissue title) <br />It's in the Air (1935) (uncredited) .... Indian Father <br />Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935) .... Charlie Jim <br />The Daring Young Man (1935) (uncredited) .... Convict <br />She (1935) (uncredited) .... Captain of the Guard <br />The Arizonian (1935) (uncredited) <br />Alibi Ike (1935) (uncredited) .... Major league baseball player <br />The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) (uncredited) .... Indian <br />Code of the Mounted (1935) .... Indian with furs <br />One Run Elmer (1935) (uncredited) <br />Under Pressure (1935) (uncredited) .... Mucker <br />Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) .... Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11] <br />The Ivory-Handled Gun (1935) (uncredited) .... Henchman<br />... aka Ivory-Handled Guns <br />Behold My Wife (1934) (uncredited) .... Indian <br />The Red Rider (1934) .... Al Abel, Portos henchman <br />Sweepings (1933) (uncredited) .... Indian <br />King Kong (1933) (uncredited) .... Native Dancer<br />... aka The Eighth Wonder <br />... aka The Eighth Wonder of the World <br />Wild Horse Mesa (1932) .... Indian Chief <br />Airmail (1932) (uncredited) .... Indian <br />White Eagle (1932) .... Indian Chief <br />Hold 'Em Jail (1932) (uncredited) .... Football Player <br />My Pal, the King (1932) .... Black Cloud <br />The Dark Horse (1932) (uncredited) .... Blackfeet Indian Chief <br />Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931) .... Swift Arrow<br /><br /><br /><br />Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage<br /><br />Writer - filmography <br /><br />Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) (biography) (as James Thorpe) <br />... aka Man of Bronze (UK) <br /><br /><br /><br />Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage<br /><br />Miscellaneous Crew - filmography <br /><br />Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) (technical advisor) <br />... aka Man of Bronze (UK) <br /><br /><br /><br />Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage<br /><br />Himself - filmography <br /><br />Big City (1937) .... Himself<br />... aka Skyscraper Wilderness (USA: TV title) <br />Off His Base (1932) .... Himself, Jim Thorpe <br />Touchdown (1931) (uncredited) .... Himself<br />... aka Playing the Game (UK) <br /><br /><br /><br />Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage<br /><br />Archive Footage<br /><br /><br />100 Years of Olympic Glory (1996) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself (with King Gustav in 1912) <br />"Idols of the Game" (1995) (mini) .... Himself (segment "Inventing the All-American") <br />

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p><a href="http://imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards</a><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>J Levine</b><p>...this was why we needed Adam around...glad to see you still around and sorry I missed you at Hollywood Park...<br /><br />Joshua

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Posted By: <b>jamie</b><p>thanks adam! terrific image. any idea what movie it's from or how scarce an issue it is?<br /><br />very cool site. thanks for putting it together. i mustve spent an hour this morning on it.<br />jamie

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>In many years of searching for them I have run across only 3-4. It took me 5 years of active searching to procure the one on my site (at the 2004 National). I haven't seen one on ebay for years and have not seen one for sale anywhere since I bought mine.