monster adventure film
co-directed by Merian C. Cooper
and Ernest B. Schoedsack
, and written by Ruth Rose
and James Ashmore Creelman
after a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace
. The film tells of a gigantic island-dwelling apeman creature called Kong
who dies in an attempt to possess a beautiful young woman. The film stars Bruce Cabot
, Fay Wray
and Robert Armstrong
and opened in New York City
on March 2, 1933 to good reviews. Kong is distinguished for its stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien
and its musical score by Max Steiner
.
It's money and adventure and fame. It's the thrill of a lifetime and a long sea voyage that starts at six o'clock tomorrow morning.
You won't find that island on any chart. That was made by the skipper of a Norwegian barque...A canoe full of natives from this island was blown out to sea. When the barque picked them up, there was only one alive. He died before they reached port, but not before the skipper had pieced together a description of the island and got a fairly good idea of where it lies.
I'd have got a swell picture of a charging rhino but the cameraman got scared. The darned fool, I was right there with a rifle. Seems he didn't trust me to get the rhino before it got him. I haven't fooled with cameramen since, I do it myself.
The bravest girl I have ever known...There the Beast. And here the Beauty. She has lived through an experience no other woman ever dreamed of. And she was saved from the very grasp of Kong by her future husband. I want you to meet a very brave gentleman, Mr. Jack Driscoll.
Don't be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen. Those chains are made of chrome steel.
[to the photographers, taking Ann's pictures] Wait a minute! Hold on! He thinks you're attacking the girl!
Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty that killed the beast!
And the Prophet said, 'And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty. And it stayed its hand from killing. And from that day, it was as one dead.
Dock night watchman: ...that crazy fella that's a runnin' it....They say he ain't scared of nothing. If he wants a picture of a lion, he just goes up to him and tells him to look pleasant.