King Kong (1933) 3 Sheet Movie Poster

King Kong (1933)

Illustrated by S. Barret McCormick and Bob Sisk

Movie Poster - 3 Sheet Recreation Movie Poster
Medium: Lithograph on paper, limited edition
Year: 1933
Condition: New
Dimension: 41" x 81"
Genre: Action/Adventure

Oh, no. It wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty that killed the Beast."

King Kong was released in the middle of the Depression, and the elaborate advertising used for this film resulted in it earning $1,761,000 at the Radio City Music Hall and the Roxy during its first run alone. The pressbook for King Kong states: "If Kong stood atop the dizzy tower of the Empire State building…roaring out in tones audible around the world, so should your handling of this picture create such an impression. Twenty-four sheets should grow to forty-eight…six foot enlargements should bound to sixty foot enlargements!…" McCormick and Sisk worked from production sketches by Mario Larrinaga and Byron Crabbe to create images of a primal beast laying waste to the wonders of the machine age.

Cast: Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong, Frank Reicher, Noble Johnson, Sam Hardy, James Flavin, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper; Directed by: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper