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2g001 KING KONG 40x60 R56 great art of the fierce ape holding tiny Fay Wray + photo of top stars!

Date Sold 9/5/2013
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A 1956 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Forty by Sixty Movie Poster (40x60; measures 40" x 60" [102 x 152 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
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Important Added Info: Note that for this 1956 re-release, only this Forty by Sixty uses the great "fierce" image of King Kong from the 1933 three-sheet (the poster that sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars). We have not seen this image on any other U.S. King Kong poster other than the three-sheet and this poster, original or re-release!

Condition: good to very good. The poster was never folded, but it was roughly handled while it was rolled, and there are now many horizontal creases, each spaced 3" apart in the top half of the poster, and in the bottom third, with very few in the area of the top of the Empire State Building and the top of the title. There are some tiny creases and scuffs on those folds, and some creases and scuffs in the rest of the image. There are smudges, scuffs, and stains around the edges of the poster, with a 1 1/2" tear and a 1/2" tear near the center of the top border, and a diagonal crease in the bottom left corner, ending in the middle of the bottom border, where there is a tiny tear. In spite of all these defects, the poster could still be displayed as it is, because they are not terribly distracting, and certainly, restoration can be performed (simply flattening the poster completely would greatly improve its appearance), but please read our description above and look at our super-sized image before placing a bid on this poster.
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