![]() "It was beauty killed the beast." But in these and other great scenes, Kong lives forever. ![]() King Kong teems with memorable moments: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures the giant simian's lovestruck obsession with the film shoot's blonde starlet (scream queen Fay Wray) Kong's capture his Manhattan rampage and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes. King Kong saved RKO from bankruptcy and became an all-time classic, ranking 43rd on the American Film Institute's list of Top-100 American Movies. It might almost be said that King Kong is about the making of a movie called King Kong. It is also a movie about the making a monster movie. ![]() "His breakfast!" The studio chief wasn't buying but the public was. King Kong is the greatest monster movie of all time. ![]() "You know what a 50-foot gorilla would see in a five-foot girl?" the mogul asked. Seeking a backer for his movie, Merian C. ![]()
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