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Synopsis
"How would you like to star opposite the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood?" Enticed by these words, brunette leading lady Fay Wray dyed her hair blonde and accepted the role of Ann Darrow in King Kong -- and stayed with the project even after learning that her "leading man" was a 50-foot ape. The film introduces us to flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), who sails off to parts unknown to film his latest epic with leading lady Darrow in tow. Disembarking at Skull Island, they stumble on a ceremony in which the native dancers circle around a terrified-looking young girl, chanting, "Kong! Kong!" The chief (Noble Johnson) and witch doctor (Steve Clemente) spot Denham and company and order them to leave. But upon seeing Ann, the chief offers to buy the "golden woman" to serve as the "bride of Kong." Denham refuses, and he and the others beat a hasty retreat to their ship. Late that night, a party of native warriors sneak on board the ship and kidnap Ann. They strap her to a huge sacrificial altar just outside the gate, then summon Kong, who winds up saving Ann instead of devouring her. Kong is eventually taken back to New York, where he breaks loose on the night of his Broadway premiere, thinking that his beloved Ann is being hurt by the reporters' flash bulbs. Now at large in New York, Kong searches high and low for Ann (in another long-censored scene, he plucks a woman from her high-rise apartment, then drops her to her death when he realizes she isn't the girl he's looking for). After proving his devotion by wrecking an elevated train, Kong winds up at the top of the Empire State Building, facing off against a fleet of World War I fighter planes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Robert Armstrong Carl Denham
Bruce Cabot Jack Driscoll
James Flavin Second Mate
Sam Hardy Charles Weston
Noble Johnson Native Chief
Frank Reicher Capt. Englehorn
Fay Wray Ann Darrow
Steve Clemento Witch King

Production Crew

Alfred Herman Art Director
Carroll Clark Art Director
Van Nest Polglase Art Director
Eddie Linden Cinematographer
J.O. Taylor Cinematographer
Vernon Walker Cinematographer
Max Steiner Composer (Music Score)
Walter Plunkett Costume Designer
Ernest B. Schoedsack Director
Merian C. Cooper Director
Ted Cheesman Editor
David O. Selznick Executive Producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack Producer
Merian C. Cooper Producer
Alfred Herman Production Designer
James Ashmore Creelman Screenwriter
Ruth Rose Screenwriter
Thomas K. Little Set Designer
Edgar Wallace Short Story Author
Edgar Wallace Short Story Author
Byron L. Crabbe Special Effects
Carroll L. Shepphird Special Effects
E.B. Gibson Special Effects
Fred Reese Special Effects
Linwood G. Dunn Special Effects
Marcel Delgado Special Effects
Mario Larrinaga Special Effects
Orville Goldner Special Effects
Willis O'Brien Special Effects
Year: 1933
Runtime: 105
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: NR
Category: Feature

Genre
Adventure

Produced by
RKO Pictures

Release
by RKO Radio Pictures

Awards
1976 - Film Presented - Telluride Film Festival
1990 - U.S. National Film Registry - Library of Congress
1998 - 100 Greatest American Movies - American Film Institute
2005 - Film Presented - Telluride Film Festival