Original Large RAY-MOND Zombies Jamboree Magic Spook Show Hand Painted Poster For Sale

Ray-Mond “Zombie’s Jamboree” Hand-Painted Midnight Ghost Show Poster, Vintage 1951 Magic and Horror Theater Signs

This is an original large vintage hand-painted theater poster for Ray-Mond’s “Zombie’s Jamboree,” a midnight spook show that combined stage magic, séance illusions, and a horror film. It’s a one-of-a-kind lobby board with two original mounted photographs, made for a single midnight performance paired with the vampire film “Condemned to Live.”. A hole remains at the top for a 3rd photo that has been lost to history.

Ray-Mond and the Midnight Spook Show

• Ray-Mond (Raymond Corbin) was one of the leading ghostmasters of the 1940s and 1950s spook show circuit
• His “Zombie’s Jamboree” toured theaters from the mid-1940s into the early 1950s
• The show was notorious for its staged gore, including a mock surgery on a volunteer pulled from the audience
• Spook shows mixed magic, ghost illusions, a theater-wide blackout, and a horror movie, usually at midnight

Dating and Provenance

• The board advertises a midnight show on Friday, September 14th, at 75¢ admission
• The only Friday, September 14 during the show’s run fell in 1951
• Ray-Mond’s Zombies Jamboree played Lima and Chillicothe, Ohio, earlier that same month at the same 75¢ admission
• Likely from an Ohio or Pennsylvania theater on that 1951 circuit
• Purchased from an estate sale in Pennsylvania, together with a hand-painted Ray-Mond “Voo Doo Show” board (also listed)

Details

• Hand-lettered on board stock in pink, cream, white, blue, and red on a deep maroon ground
• “On the Stage / Midnight Only / Friday September 14th / Zombie’s Jamboree / Plus on the Screen ‘Condemned to Live’ / Admission 75¢ / Tickets on Sale Now”
• Two original black-and-white photographs mounted in painted frames: a costumed showgirl, and a man in evening dress with a draped “ghost” figure
• “Condemned to Live” (1935) is a vampire film from Poverty Row studio Chesterfield/Invincible, a typical spook show feature
• Approximately 40.75" × 26.75"

Condition:

• See photos for accurate representation of overall condition.
• Numerous tears, rips, scuffs and marks on poster / board.

Why It Matters

• It’s hand-painted, not a printed stock poster
• It’s tied to a specific night on a documented Ray-Mond tour
• It crosses into magic memorabilia, horror film, ghost show, and Ohio/Pennsylvania regional theater collecting
• It makes a standout Halloween display piece with genuine history behind it

Shipping

• Ships flat, professionally packed with rigid backing. Likely via UPS.
• Local pickup available in the NY/NJ area

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