eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 9h093 KING OF THE CONGO linen chapter 1 1sh 1952 Crabbe as The Mighty Thunda, art by Glenn Cravath! Date Sold 9/3/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Chapter #1 (Mision of Menace) One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) King of the Congo ("The Mighty Thunda"), the 1952 Spencer Gordon Bennet (billed as "Spencer Bennet") & Wallace Grissell jungle action adventure fantasy serial ("Crash of Doom!"; "Quest of 'The Strange Mist!"; "Firing squad escape!"; "Based on Adventures of the Dynamic Hero of 'Thunda' Cartoon Magazine"; "A Columbia Super-Serial"; adapted from the comic book character drawn by Frank Frazetta!) starring Buster Crabbe ( in the title role "as Thunda"), Gloria Dea, Leonard Penn, Jack Ingram, Rick Vallin, and Steve Calvert (as the man in the gorilla suit!). Note that in 1948, Steve Calvert bought Ray 'Crash' Corrigan's gorilla costume, which Corrigan had been using in movies since at least 1932. He appeared in 12 movies between 1948 and 1958 as a gorilla wearing Corrigan's costume! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Glenn Cravath Important Added Info: Note that we have auctioned a number of chapter one-sheets from this serial, but we have never before auctioned this chapter 1 one-sheet, which has a large image of Buster Crabbe in the photo inset. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had separation and tiny bits of paper loss down the vertical fold, with a tape stain near the bottom of the vertical fold, at the end of the chapter title. It had a lesser amount of wear on the horizontal folds. It had pinholes around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Any talented restorer could surely touch up this poster without re-backing it. Learn More about condition grades
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