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Title King Kong / Radio Pictures presents ; produced and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack ; screenplay by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2006, 1933.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Video  PN1997 .K564 2006    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Standard format.
Description 1 DVD (approximately 104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330
Physical Medium monochrome
Description digital
optical
stereo
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1
System Details DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.; region 1.
Note Title from container.
Cast Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot.
Note Based on a story by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1933.
Audience Not rated.
Summary A moviemaking expedition to a fantastic island is filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. A giant simian becomes lovestruck with the film's blonde starlet. King Kong is captured and is brought to Manhattan, where he goes on a rampage, culminating in the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building where he cradles his beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes.
Note Special features: Newly restored and digitally mastered; Commentary by visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston, with interpolated interview excerpts of Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray; Merian C. Cooper movies trailer gallery.
Credits Directors of photography, Eddie Linden, J.O. Taylor, Vernon Walker ; art directors, Carroll Clark, Al Herman ; editor, Ted Cheesman ; music, Max Steiner.
Language English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Provenance Gift of Diane M. Hunter.
Subject King Kong (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
King Kong (Fictitious character)
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Actresses -- United States -- Drama.
Actresses.
United States.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
Genre/Form Films for the hearing impaired.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Horror films.
Horror films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Action and adventure films.
Action and adventure films.
Fiction films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Wray, Fay, 1907-2004.
Armstrong, Robert, 1890-1973.
Cabot, Bruce, 1904-1972.
Cooper, Merian C.
Schoedsack, Ernest B., 1893-1979.
Creelman, James Ashmore.
Rose, Ruth, 1896-1978.
Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932.
Radio Pictures.
Added Title King Kong (Motion picture : 1933) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95030682
ISBN 079076525X
9780790765259
Standard No. 053939601022
Music No. T6010 Warner Home Video