Rediscovered: More Kong in the House

Autograph Hound Saturday — and Brian Leno got so excited over his new bust of King Kong he began digging in his extensive files of John Hancocks, and look what he’s found: Here’s some King Kong fun. The drawing of Kong is signed by the three principals in the film, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot and Robert “Bob” Armstrong. The Armstrong is a little messy but he added 1934, which helps a lot. It also bears the signature of John Northpole, who played a sailor in Kong. He had parts in Citizen Kane, Captain Blood, One Million B. C. and others. Pretty obscure autograph. Noble Johnson played the chief of the natives on Skull Island. Extremely hard John Hancock to come across. Friend of Lon Chaney Sr., he appeared in The Most Dangerous Game, Lost Horizon, The Mummy. Noble also played Queequeg in the John Barrymore version of Moby Dick. I don’t know who did the drawing of Kong, but above the Fay Wray signature, underneath Kong’s left shoulder, I can make out either 1934 or HS 34. It’s tough. It’s…