King Kong (1933) is the world famous
introduction of the large ape and beauty and the beast narrative that has
become a perpetual classic. The film has been remade multiple times and Kong
himself has appeared in many other films. This groundbreaking work which was
revolutionary for the stop motion creature effects was directed by Merian C.
Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Everyone knows the story by now, but in case
you don’t it is about a filmmaker and his team who travel to an exotic location
to shoot a movie where they encounter a giant ape named Kong and are attacked
by him and dinosaurs on this exotic island. They end up capturing Kong and
returning him to New York where he causes havoc. The film stars Fay Wray,
Robert Armstrong, and Bruce Cabot.
