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Auction History Result 7a0041 KING OF THE UNDERWORLD 1sh 1939 King of Killers Humphrey Bogart & Kay Francis, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/4/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) King of the Underworld, the 1939 Lewis Seiler female medical doctor gangster crime thriller ("Don't kill this killer! Bring him back alive!"; "Cornered! Cringing in fear stands the King of Killers!... Useless the gun at his hip. He's trapped by a daring woman's trick!"; "'Let me go! I'm a doctor! What do you want of me?'"; "'Get smart, sister! We can do business together!'"; "He was too tough to die, this ruthless dictator of crime... until this daring woman doctor gambled her life that medicine would win where bullets had failed!"; "When she double-crosses the king of double-crossers it's excitement with the silencers off!"; "Humphrey Bogart now blasts his way to stardom as the ruthless, thrilling King of the Underworld"; "The super-gangster of 'Angels With Dirty Faces' in his most ruthless role"; about a female doctor in a small town who is forced to help a notorious gangster) starring Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge, and Jessie Busley. Note that this was a remake of the 1935 Paul Muni movie, "Dr. Socrates", except the sex of the doctor was changed to female for this remake! 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: Note that we have never before auctioned this first release one-sheet! Condition: good to very good. The poster has pinholes and creases around the edges, with pinholes at the crossfolds. It has some tiny tears and tiny bits of paper loss in the vertical fold, with separation at the bottom crossfold and in the 2" above that. Someone put tape on the back of the bottom fold and the separation, and also tape on the back of the middle crossfold, and also some tape on the back of border pinholes or tears. After a relatively simple linenbacking, the poster will display really well. Learn More about condition grades 
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