King Kong (1933)
Country: US
Technical: bw 100m
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot
Synopsis:
An enterprising film-maker takes an unemployed actress off on a voyage to do location shooting on an uncharted island in the East Indies, home of a mythical creature called 'Kong'. Once there she is kidnapped by a cult devoted to a giant ape, and intent on using her golden haired beauty to placate the beast.
Review:
The first great monster movie, this was a breakthrough in stop-motion and matte techniques and a real hit for Radio Pictures, RKO's earlier incarnation. Now, inevitably, the animatronics seem coarse and the differences in scale can grate, but nothing has diminished the energy and vision of the storytelling or the full-throated contribution of Fay Wray.
Country: US
Technical: bw 100m
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot
Synopsis:
An enterprising film-maker takes an unemployed actress off on a voyage to do location shooting on an uncharted island in the East Indies, home of a mythical creature called 'Kong'. Once there she is kidnapped by a cult devoted to a giant ape, and intent on using her golden haired beauty to placate the beast.
Review:
The first great monster movie, this was a breakthrough in stop-motion and matte techniques and a real hit for Radio Pictures, RKO's earlier incarnation. Now, inevitably, the animatronics seem coarse and the differences in scale can grate, but nothing has diminished the energy and vision of the storytelling or the full-throated contribution of Fay Wray.
Country: US
Technical: bw 100m
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot
Synopsis:
An enterprising film-maker takes an unemployed actress off on a voyage to do location shooting on an uncharted island in the East Indies, home of a mythical creature called 'Kong'. Once there she is kidnapped by a cult devoted to a giant ape, and intent on using her golden haired beauty to placate the beast.
Review:
The first great monster movie, this was a breakthrough in stop-motion and matte techniques and a real hit for Radio Pictures, RKO's earlier incarnation. Now, inevitably, the animatronics seem coarse and the differences in scale can grate, but nothing has diminished the energy and vision of the storytelling or the full-throated contribution of Fay Wray.