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Auction History Result 5f0900 KING KONG 1sh R1947 art of the giant ape carrying Fay Wray on Empire State Building! Date Sold 10/24/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1947 Re-Release Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) King Kong, the classic 1933 Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack Africa New York City giant ape fantasy romantic love triangle adventure horror thriller ("'The most awesome thriller of all time' the one and only"; "Not beast.. Not human.... Not devil.. But all three magnified! Raging.. Roaring.. Crushing.. Killing.."; "Strangest story ever conceived by man!"; "Out-leaping the maddest imaginings! Out-thrilling the wildest thrills!"; "See the living, fighting monsters of Creation's dawn rediscovered in the world today!"; "See the death-fight between giant ape and prehistoric dinosaur... the most amazing combat since the world began!"; "See the ape as big as a battleship wrecking New York!"; "Unique..! Thrilling! Startling!"; "From an idea conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper"; based on the story by Edgar Wallace, with incredible special effects by Willis O'Brien) starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong (as Carl Denham), Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, and Sam Hardy 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: Know that this movie was of course one of the most successful of all time, and because of this, it was re-released many, many times to theaters, both in the U.S. and in other countries. There was a U.S. re-release in 1946, and it had a set of lobby cards, but we have not seen a poster from that release. This poster is dated 1947, and it is pretty rare (we have only auctioned it five times before), and we have never seen any other movie paper from that release (of course, it is possible that the 1946 re-release was carried over into 1947, but paper from either of these re-releases is definitely scarce, even more scarce than the original 1933 movie paper!). Obviously, one would prefer to own a full-color one-sheet from the 1933 original release or from the 1938 re-release, but both of those almost never change hands, and when they do, it is for staggering amounts of money! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: fair to good. The poster is in lesser condition. It has pinholes (some are torn or enlarged due to rough removal) and discoloration around the edges and there is spotty discoloration scattered in the poster (mainly along portions of the vertical foldline). There is 7" of separation in the left edge of the lower horizontal fold where there are also some creases and tears in Wray's image. There are tears, creases and areas of separation along the vertical foldline and its crossfolds. There are two tiny areas of surface paper loss at upper center. Obviously the poster could be restored and display well, but bear in mind the poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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