King Kong
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, before I tell you any more, I'm going to show you the greatest thing your eyes have ever beheld. He was a king and a god in the world he knew, but now he comes to civilization...Ladies and Gentlemen, look at Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World." It was the declaration made to the citizens of New York by King Kong's captor Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) in the movie and at the world premiere of the film in March 1933 at RKO's Radio City Music Hall. How prophetic a statement it was as it applied to the film and this poster as well as it is surely one of the greatest ever beheld. RKO knew they had a major hit on their hands when Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack turned in this legendary fantasy full of dinosaurs and adventure.
Cooper and Schoedsack, who were good friends, turned their mutual interest in film-making into reality by creating documentaries set in far off destinations full of adventure. They eventually made their way to Hollywood where they would continue their careers at RKO.
The two were obviously inspired by Harry O. Hoyt's 1925 epic The Lost World as the plot of that film would resemble that of King Kong. They also realized that in order for the dinosaurs in their film to appear life-like, they needed the special effects wizardry of stop-motion animator Willis O'Brien, the same man who created the effects in The Lost World. Not only did O'Brien animate the dinosaurs in King Kong, but he also animated the great ape himself, sending him on his climb up the side of the Empire State Building and into cinematic history in the process. This incredible poster features Kong on the side of the Empire State Building, clutching Fay Wray in his taloned paw and snarling at the world below him. The other scene, at the bottom of the poster, is that of Kong battling with one of Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs on Skull Island.
Title
King Kong – 1933
Studio
RKO
Image Size
3750 px x 7416 px
12.50" w x 24.72" h
300 DPI
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, before I tell you any more, I'm going to show you the greatest thing your eyes have ever beheld. He was a king and a god in the world he knew, but now he comes to civilization...Ladies and Gentlemen, look at Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World." It was the declaration made to the citizens of New York by King Kong's captor Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) in the movie and at the world premiere of the film in March 1933 at RKO's Radio City Music Hall. How prophetic a statement it was as it applied to the film and this poster as well as it is surely one of the greatest ever beheld. RKO knew they had a major hit on their hands when Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack turned in this legendary fantasy full of dinosaurs and adventure.
Cooper and Schoedsack, who were good friends, turned their mutual interest in film-making into reality by creating documentaries set in far off destinations full of adventure. They eventually made their way to Hollywood where they would continue their careers at RKO.
The two were obviously inspired by Harry O. Hoyt's 1925 epic The Lost World as the plot of that film would resemble that of King Kong. They also realized that in order for the dinosaurs in their film to appear life-like, they needed the special effects wizardry of stop-motion animator Willis O'Brien, the same man who created the effects in The Lost World. Not only did O'Brien animate the dinosaurs in King Kong, but he also animated the great ape himself, sending him on his climb up the side of the Empire State Building and into cinematic history in the process. This incredible poster features Kong on the side of the Empire State Building, clutching Fay Wray in his taloned paw and snarling at the world below him. The other scene, at the bottom of the poster, is that of Kong battling with one of Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs on Skull Island.
Title
King Kong – 1933
Studio
RKO
Image Size
3750 px x 7416 px
12.50" w x 24.72" h
300 DPI
Tiff
Note: Watermark will not appear on downloaded file