{"product_id":"cat-00106123-ray-crash-corrigan","title":"Cat. #00106123:  RAY \"CRASH\" CORRIGAN","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eScarce vintage inscribed blue fountain pen signature-- unusual, in that he signed with his full name and nickname-- on a light grey album page, acquired in-person by an inveterate autograph hound in 1942. In good condition, with a few minor surface creases. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eAfter working as a personal trainer to an assortment of movie stars, handsome, hulking athlete Ray \"Crash\" Corrigan entered films himself in 1934, initially working as a stunt man for Johnny Weissmuller in a spate of \u003ci\u003eTarzan\u003c\/i\u003e pictures. By 1936, he was a popular western serial and action star, beloved for his work in sci-fi's \u003ci\u003eUndersea Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e (1936); the role of Tucson Smith, alongside Bob Livingston and Max Terhune, in the \u003ci\u003eThree Mesquiteers \u003c\/i\u003e(1936-1939) films; and \u003ci\u003eThe Range Busters\u003c\/i\u003e (1940). Like fellow actors Charles Gemora and George Barrows, Corrigan was frequently called upon to don gorilla suits in a long string of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and cowboy B-pictures, including \u003ci\u003eFlash Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), \u003ci\u003eRound-Up Time in Texas\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), \u003ci\u003eThree Missing LInks\u003c\/i\u003e (1938), \u003ci\u003eThe Ape\u003c\/i\u003e (1940) with Bela Lugosi, \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Doctor Rx\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), \u003ci\u003eDr. Renault's Secret \u003c\/i\u003e(1942), \u003ci\u003eShe's for Me\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eaptive Wild Woman \u003c\/i\u003e(1943), \u003ci\u003eNabonga\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), \u003ci\u003eThe Monster Maker\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), \u003ci\u003eWhite Pongo\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), \u003ci\u003eThe Monster and the Ape\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), \u003ci\u003eThe White Gorilla \u003c\/i\u003e(1945), \u003ci\u003eCrime on Their Hands\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), and \u003ci\u003eBela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla \u003c\/i\u003e(1952). He also made a handful of non-simian contributions to those genres, memorable in \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (1935), \u003ci\u003eDarkest Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), \u003ci\u003eUnknown Island\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), \u003ci\u003eKiller Ape \u003c\/i\u003e(1953), \u003ci\u003eZombies of Mora Tau\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), and \u003ci\u003eIt! The Terror Beyond Space\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), as the titular alien.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67873943355494,"sku":"bjq1793397955491","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/2931\/2870\/files\/cat-00106123-ray-crash-corrigan_1.jpg?v=1793397963","url":"https:\/\/slowfashionwear.shop\/products\/cat-00106123-ray-crash-corrigan","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}