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I went
bananas![Dancing](images/smilies/dancing.gif)
![Awesome](images/smilies/awesome.gif)
when I found these things today!
MONKEY BUSINESS!
by Eddy Graneman
(An Informative Souvenir)
I wish I'd discovered this eBay listing before the auction closed a month ago!
Link here:
eBay
Starting bid was $29.95 and it sold (with 3 bids) for $32.00.
This approx. 30 page item was sold at Monkey Island!
The seller didn't have much info on it. He writes, "This is fresh from a closet and shows normal wear and patina for an item of this vintage."
Printed by Elmer M. Greening
5654 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif.
![](http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p228/Mooskanate/Monkey%20Island/2%20inside%20cover%20page.png)
eBay
Copyright 1939.
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I'd sure like to see the photos on some of these other pages, especially on page 20.
A couple new (to us) photos:
MONKEY LOVE IS INTENSE!
(enlarged) Interior of one of the "Monkey Dormitories."
The booklet cover:
Profusely Illustrated
And now, presenting some actual film footage of Monkey Island!
As happens online, I discovered this quite by accident. This is a
short from comedian Lew Lehr called "Monkies is the Cwaziest
People!" (That's how it's spelled on the film, not at the youtube post.)
After the titles, there's about a minute of footage at Monkey Island!
(I wish they'd show the front of the building, but they do not.)
• Video Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcUYi3ZXYSc&t=12s
I also found a slightly longer version (about 15 more seconds) of this Monkey Island footage,
with slightly different narration in a "Movietone Newsette" on this Getty Images site:
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/...tage/594663519
The notes say it was created on January 7, 1939, and has this info: "Comedian [Lew Lehr] visits
Monkey Island in Hollywood; monkeys fight over peanuts and pretzels.