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A Screen-Used Planet of the Apes Chimp Face Appliance.

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia Start Price:1,400.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
A Screen-Used Planet of the Apes Chimp Face Appliance.
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This item SOLD at 2024 Sep 21 @ 10:11UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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(20th Century Fox, 1968-73) A screen-used Chimp child facial prosthetic appliance from a “Planet of the Apes” movie. John Chambers designed the makeup for the simians in these films, and received a Special Academy Award for his ground-breaking work in creating non-human characters that could portray emotion. One of his innovations was to brush the piece with pigmented rubber cement to provide color to the latex, which is designed to fade to lighter tones on the edges of the chimp appliances. This piece was likely worn by a little person portraying a chimp child in the Ape City scenes of the films. The appliance measures 4.75” x 6” displayed on a 6” x 7.5” face form. This fragile piece was designed for very short term use and is nonetheless preserved in very good condition, with frayed edges where the appliance was attached and removed from the performer, a split in the bridge of the nose, and creasing in the delicate edges beside the eyes.