Offering for sale thisrestored vintage INTERNATIONAL MUTOSCOPE movie machine with ORIGINAL top signframe, ALL ORIGINAL metal cabinet with original lock and key, ALL ORIGINAL cashbox with period-correct old lock and key, the ORIGINAL mutoscope stand and anORIGINAL Hoot Gibson movie reel of “GALLOPING FURY” circa 1927. It even has the ORIGINAL frosted glass on top of the cabinet and a separate inside lamp (original porcelain fixture) that glows and illuminates the marquee card.

Note that this is a FULL-SIZED Mutoscope machine. Mutoscope also made \"kiddie\" machines that are lower to the ground - - this machine is intended for adults.

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO TO SEE THE ACTUAL MOVIE REEL

The cardboard marquee cardis a newer reproduction – having been faithfully reproduced using the artworkfrom an original Mutoscope marquee card. (note that the metal frame is alloriginal).

The movie reel is anexcerpt from the 1927 film GALLOPING FURY featuring the famous HOOTGIBSON. The movie – produced by CarlLaemmle – features Hoot Gibson and Sally Rand.It has a clever storyline: Billy Haven, a young rancher (Hoot Gibson), accidentally discoversthat clay found on his ranch will, when mixed with water, become the mostbeautifying mud-pack cosmetic that any young girl, or old woman, could desire.Then the land-grabbers, clay-speculators, cosmetic companies and a show girl ortwo show up to get a piece of the action.

TheMutoscopeisa coin operated, hand cranked, all mechanical animated picture machine. Whenyou insert a nickel and turn the crank, a light bulb illuminates to reveal areel of still photos that flash or flicker one by one in front of the magnifiedviewer into which you look.

Approximately 850 stillphotos with blank cards in between them are on theMutoscopereel. Becausethey are just a short segment of a full-feature movie, they are created fromabout fifty feet of regular movie film.

Introduced in 1895, theMutoscopewas one of the mostpopular and profitable machines in the penny arcade. Its popularity was sogreat that in just one location in New York City in 1903, the arcade owner tookin over $100,000. Marcus Loew, the theater chain magnate, apparently made hisfortune by setting upMutoscope and penny arcades. To this day, mutoscopesare considered icons of the bygone era of Penny Arcades.

This is a wonderfulspecimen ready for your gameroom.

It is quite modular – and canship in three boxes for a total cost of $95.

If you are in the greater Los Angeles area you arewelcome to come inspect the machine prior to offerding. If you are the highbuyer and would prefer to pick up the machine you can (no charge of course).You may pay using paypal or you can pay cash at the time of pick-up.

I can offer an interest-free payment plan – pleasemessage me if you would like information on this option.

Please ask any and all questions prior to placing a offer –the machine is sold as-is. Review myrecent response for similar vintage coin op machines – offer with confidence.

Have a look at my other sales – there are several niceexamples of vending machines, trade stimulators and other penny arcade coin opmachines offered for sale.