eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1k415 KING OF THE WILD 1sh R46 stone litho of half-man half-ape grabbing unconscious man! Date Sold 9/24/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1946) Re-Release Theatrical Unfolded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) King of the Wild, the 1931 B. Reeves Eason & Richard Thorpe Africa jungle adventure horror serial ("A Mascot Serial"; "An all-talking serial in twelve stirring chapters"; written by Ford Beebe) starring Walter Miller, Nora Lane, Dorothy Christy, Tom Santschi, Boris Karloff, Victor Potel, Carroll Nye, and Arthur McLaglen (as Bimi the Ape Man). Note that this movie was made prior to "Frankenstein", which resulted in Boris Karloff being fifth billed, and he is pictured on very few posters. Had the movie been released a year later, no doubt he would have been top billed! Also, this serial didn't start production with "all-talking" in mind, and some of the actors did not have very good speaking voiced and not much dialog was written. Though no one is actually credited, a great deal of narration was added to the serial in Post Production. It is generally thought that Boris Karloff (who had lots of stage experience) did all the voice-over narration. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: UPDATED 09/18/2015: Note that we initially listed this as a 1930s re-release but new information indicates that this poster is from a 1946 re-release, and the litho numbers on the poster support this. We have updated the auction accordingly. Condition: very good. There is a very light horizontal crease across the poster at upper and lower center from it being stored with posters that were tri-folded. There is a small blank border tear at lower right and the upper left corner was folded back at one time and has darkened slightly. It is otherwise in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades
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