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Auction History Result 7k111 KING KONG linen 1sh R1956 different art of him carrying Fay Wray on Empire State Building! Date Sold 6/15/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1956 Re-Release Theatrical Linenbacked Style A 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 1956, and there are one-sheets from that re-release that have a 1956 NSS number and copyright, and there are also one-sheet that have a 1957 NSS number, but have the same 1956 copyright, indicating that this re-release was so popular that it carried over into 1957, requiring additional one-sheets to be printed! The same situation is true with the 1946 re-release that carried over into 1947. The poster offered here is the one with the 1956 copyright and the 1956 NSS number. Paper from this re-release is definitely scarce, perhaps even more scarce than the original 1933 movie paper, because surely the movie played in far fewer theaters in 1956 than it did in 1933. While of course, everyone 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, so this 1956 re-release can be a very attractive alternative! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds, with separation on parts of most folds. Someone once put tape on the back of all the folds and also on the back of each corner. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. A talented restorer removed all the tape from the back of the folds and corners, and then did an excellent job linenbacking the poster, and it displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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