Title: King Kong /
Authors: Creelman, James.; Cooper, Merian C.; Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932; Cabot, Bruce, 1904-1972; Armstrong, Robert, 1890-1973; Wray, Fay, 1907-2004; Schoedsack, Ernest B., 1893-1979.; RKO Radio Pictures
Publisher: RKO Radio Pictures,
Year: 1933
Subjects: King Kong Drama.; Monsters in motion pictures.; Actresses Drama.
Abstract: Perhaps the most famous horror movie of them all, King Kong is the story of a gigantic ape who is captured by a movie-maker and taken to the United States where he subsequently terrorizes New York City. In New York Kong breaks free of his captors, and pursues his love interest Ann through the city, killing the city's citizens until he has Ann in his grasp. With Ann, (Fay Wray) in his clutches he climbs to the top of the Empire State Building where he is shot down by airplanes. The figure of Kong was brought to life by the special effects photography of Willis O'Brien. This was one of the first feature films to use stop motion photography. The tropical island sets were used again by Schoedsack when he directed The Most Dangerous Game.