I saw this card the other day on eBay and couldn’t resist. It’s not all that rare…I have seen it around before. And it’s not technically a Disney post card. But in this instance the price was right and my resistance broke down!
What a cool card though, eh? It’s an advertising card for Grauman’s Chinese 
Theatre, and what do we see on the marquee but the world premiere of the Jungle Book…”Tonight” no less! It’s not often you can say exactly when an image on a card was taken, but in this case we can. The film debuted on October 18th, 1967. Take a look at this Wikipedia entry…budget $4 million dollars, box office $205 million!! (That’s a far cry from the Silly Symphonies!) I am not sure how they got that box office number…but it’s not surprising based on this movie being one of the all time classics from the studio. “Come on Baggy…get with the beat!” Phil Harris as Baloo, Louis Prima as King Louie…just fantastic!
Anyway…no new status on the checklist…I have been focusing on a few other things. But I plan on picking it up again soon.
Until next time…
