{"id":42495,"date":"2026-08-30T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42495"},"modified":"2026-08-28T21:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T01:50:06","slug":"king-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42495","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;King Kong&#8221; (1933) directed by Merian C. Cooper &amp; Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Faye Wray, Robert Armstrong &amp; Bruce Cabot \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z083026review_kingkong.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>King Kong <\/i>(1933)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: \u00a0<strong>James Creelman, Ruth Rose; <\/strong>story by <strong>Edgar Wallace, Merian C. Cooper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher <\/strong>and<strong> Noble Johnson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>A Monster of Creation&#8217;s Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Carl Denham, known for his wildlife films, has plans to create his greatest movie yet!\u00a0 With his small film crew and Ann Darrow, a struggling actress he just discovered, they set sail for a mysterious uncharted island.<\/p>\n<p>On this strange land dangers abound.\u00a0 There are natives, prehistoric beasts and KONG!\u00a0 Kong is a giant ape that the natives worship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Denham gets a brainstorm.\u00a0 They will capture Kong, bring him to New York City and make a fortune.\u00a0 People will pay good money to see&#8230; KING KONG.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of course Denham doesn&#8217;t consider what would happen should Kong escape in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>He should have.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kong&#8217;s fur appears to move.\u00a0 This was caused when animators held the figure in order to change its position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em> King Kong<\/em> co-stars Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong also co-starred in <em>The Most Dangerous Game<\/em> released the previous year. <em>King Kong<\/em> re-used some of the jungle sets of <em>The Most Dangerous Game<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>K<em>ing Kong<\/em> is an undisputed classic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>King Kong <\/i>(1933)<\/strong> rates 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z083026review_kingkong2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Kong (1933) Director: Merian C. 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