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Not a reproduction
item!
This auction is for an 11x14-inch lobby card promoting mexican
screenings of the original version of "King Kong." Featuring early
rko-poster art, this card is probably for the original release or for the
1938 or 1942 major studio re-release. (obviously, astute collectors in
ebay-land may know, though! we welcome any hard facts, as this auction
goes on for 10 days to give everyone a fair look at the poster.)
As can be seen in the accompanying detailed photos and blowup, the
years have aged the paper. Also, this lobby card was obviously used
repeatedly in theaters to promote actual exhibitions of this classic film!
The distributor reinforced the card on the back, with paper tape and just
kept sending it out to the theaters. Again, lease the accompanying digital
photos of this item.
As seen often in the pages of "Famous Monsters of Filmland," the
original RKO Radio Pictures version of "King Kong" debuted at Graumann's
Chinese Theater in Hollywood in March 1933. RKO co-owner David O. Selznick
("Gone With the Wind") bankrolled nearly two exhaustive, unprecedented
years of "Kong" production, and the film became the first real blockbuster
of the Sound Era, rocketing RKO from minor-studio status to that of one of
the country's most-creative and best-funded. Effects pioneer and maestro
Willis O'Brien ("The Lost World," "KK," "Son of Kong," "It's a Mad, Mad
Mad Mad World") helmed the stop-motion animation team that brought the
giant gorilla to life. Thanks to "O'Bie's" stop-motion wizardry and
guidance, "Kong" was the penultimate technical achievement of its time!
Merian C. Cooper's role in conceiving the original story came in a time
when Frank Buck's silent adventure travelogues were popular in the
nation's theaters, and it was Director Cooper's "pipe dream" -- using the
technical combination of O'Bie's talents and the breakthrough of SOUND
films! -- to make an exciting, yet thought-provoking adventure film.
THOUGH THIS LOBBYCARD IS FOR THE MEXICAN FILM EXHIBITIONS, IT WOULD BE
A COLLECTOR'S PRIZE FOR ANY FAN OF FAMOUS MONSTERS OR THE ORIGINAL RKO
VERSION OF "KING KONG"! IT MAY DISPLAYED AS IS AND IS A GREAT CANDIDATE
FOR PROFESSIONALL FRAMING.
In recent years, original 11X14 lobbycards for the original "King Kong"
have sold at auction for over $4,000 to more than $7,000. How much will
this Mexican-version "King Kong" lobby card be worth in the future? Happy
bidding! Best of luck!
More pictures sent on request.
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