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Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher and Sam Hardy in...

King Kong

( Catalog Number CC102 )
(4 Sides) (CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

King Kong
1933 - 101 min. - Black and White
Genre: Horror

LaserDisc Movie Review:
"How would you like to star opposite the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood " Enticed by these words, brunette leading lady Fay Wray dyed her hair blonde and accepted the role of Ann Darrow in King Kong --- and stayed with the project even after learning that her "leading man" was a 50-foot ape. The film introduces us to flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), who sails off to parts unknown to film his latest epic with leading lady Darrow in tow. Disembarking at Skull Island, they stumble on a ceremony in which the native dancers circle around a terrified-looking young girl, chanting, "Kong! Kong!" The chief (Noble Johnson) and witch doctor (Steve Clemente) spot Denham and company and order them to leave. But upon seeing Ann, the chief offers to buy the "golden woman" to serve as the "bride of Kong." Denham refuses, and he and the others beat a hasty retreat to their ship. Late that night, a party of native warriors sneak on board the ship and kidnap Ann. They strap her to a huge sacrificial altar just outside the gate, then summon Kong, who winds up saving Ann instead of devouring her. Kong is eventually taken back to New York, where he breaks loose on the night of his Broadway premiere, thinking that his beloved Ann is being hurt by the reporters' flash bulbs. Now at large in New York, Kong searches high and low for Ann (in another long-censored scene, he plucks a woman from her high-rise apartment, then drops her to her death when he realizes she isn't the girl he's looking for). After proving his devotion by wrecking an elevated train, Kong winds up at the top of the Empire State Building, facing off against a fleet of World War I fighter planes. --- Hal Erickson

Generally thought of as a monster movie (not difficult to understand when your title character is a 50-foot-tall gorilla with a habit of killing people who get in his way), King Kong is actually an old-fashioned adventure story on the grand scale, complete with fearless hunters in search of uncharted islands, angry natives appeasing their god, damsels in distress, and a dashing hero on hand to save said damsel. Much of this story probably seemed a bit clich even when King Kong was first released in 1933, but directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack tell their tale with two-fisted gusto, leavened with a genuine sense of wonder, and the result captures the imagination from the start and never lets go. It also helps that they had a cast capable of handling the heroics in grand form while knowing how to play the abundant comic relief in appropriate style; Robert Armstrong's Carl Denham is ham at its tastiest, Bruce Cabot's Jack Driscoll is a hero with his feet planted solidly on the ground (and his tongue just entering his cheek), and has any screen heroine ever screamed more eloquently than Fay Wray Willis H. O'Brien's stop-motion effects animation was legendary in its day, and it retains its magic today; while technology has progressed considerably since King Kong, O'Brien was able to give his great ape a personality, and Kong's moments of fear, curiosity, pain, and occasional goofiness gave him a sympathetic, ultimately tragic dimension that adds immeasurably to the picture's effectiveness. And Max Steiner's bombastic score is always there to cheer the picture along when its energy starts to flag. While the 1976 remake already seems hopelessly dated, the original King Kong remains rousing entertainment with brains, brawn, and a heart. --- Mark Deming

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Cast for King Kong

Fay Wray - Ann Darrow
Robert Armstrong - Carl Denham
Bruce Cabot - Jack Driscoll
Frank Reicher - Capt. Englehorn
Sam Hardy - Charles Weston
Noble Johnson - Native Chief
James Flavin - Second Mate
Steve Clemento - Witch King
Russell Powell - Dock Watchman
Sandra Shaw - Woman Dropped by Kong
Mme. Sul Te Wan - Handmaiden
Ernest B. Schoedsack - Chief Observer
Paul Porcasi - Fruit Vendor
Blackie Whiteford - Sailor
Victor Wong - Charley the Cook
Charles Sullivan - Sailor
Harry Tenbrook - Sailor
Raymond Turner - Native
Jim Thorpe - Native Dancer
Roscoe Ates - Photographer
Dick Curtis - Crewman
Dorothy Gulliver - Girl
Ethan Laidlaw - Mate
Reginald Barlow - Engineer
Merian C. Cooper - Flight Commander
Lynton Brent - Reporter
Gil Perkins - Sailor
Frank Mills - Reporter
Carlotta Monti - Girl
Vera Lewis - Theater Patron
George MacQuarrie - Police Captain
Etta McDaniel - Native Woman
LeRoy Mason - Theater Patron

Crew for King Kong

Merian C. Cooper - Director / Producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack - Director / Producer
James Ashmore Creelman - Screenwriter
Ruth Rose - Screenwriter
Edgar Wallace - Story Author
Eddie Linden - Cinematographer
J.O. Taylor - Cinematographer
Vernon Walker - Cinematographer
Max Steiner - Composer (Music Score)
Ted Cheesman - Editor
Alfred Herman - Production Designer / Art Director
Carroll Clark - Art Director
Van Nest Polglase - Art Director
David O. Selznick - Executive Producer
Thomas K. Little - Set Designer
Walter Plunkett - Costume Designer
Byron L. Crabbe - Special Effects
Marcel Delgado - Special Effects
Linwood G. Dunn - Special Effects
E.B. Gibson - Special Effects
Orville Goldner - Special Effects
Mario Larrinaga - Special Effects
Willis O'Brien - Special Effects
Fred Reese - Special Effects
Carroll L. Shepphird - Special Effects

Awards for King Kong

U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1991 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

Feature Details

Title: King Kong
Feature Release Date: 1933
Genre: Horror
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 101 Minutes
Playback Format: CAV

Technical Details

Catalog Number: CC102

Sides: 4
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC102
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Mega-Rare Criterion CAV, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Box with several corner splits

Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher and Sam Hardy in...

King Kong

( Catalog Number CC102 )
(4 Sides) (CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

King Kong
1933 - 101 min. - Black and White
Genre: Horror

LaserDisc Movie Review:
"How would you like to star opposite the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood " Enticed by these words, brunette leading lady Fay Wray dyed her hair blonde and accepted the role of Ann Darrow in King Kong --- and stayed with the project even after learning that her "leading man" was a 50-foot ape. The film introduces us to flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), who sails off to parts unknown to film his latest epic with leading lady Darrow in tow. Disembarking at Skull Island, they stumble on a ceremony in which the native dancers circle around a terrified-looking young girl, chanting, "Kong! Kong!" The chief (Noble Johnson) and witch doctor (Steve Clemente) spot Denham and company and order them to leave. But upon seeing Ann, the chief offers to buy the "golden woman" to serve as the "bride of Kong." Denham refuses, and he and the others beat a hasty retreat to their ship. Late that night, a party of native warriors sneak on board the ship and kidnap Ann. They strap her to a huge sacrificial altar just outside the gate, then summon Kong, who winds up saving Ann instead of devouring her. Kong is eventually taken back to New York, where he breaks loose on the night of his Broadway premiere, thinking that his beloved Ann is being hurt by the reporters' flash bulbs. Now at large in New York, Kong searches high and low for Ann (in another long-censored scene, he plucks a woman from her high-rise apartment, then drops her to her death when he realizes she isn't the girl he's looking for). After proving his devotion by wrecking an elevated train, Kong winds up at the top of the Empire State Building, facing off against a fleet of World War I fighter planes. --- Hal Erickson

Generally thought of as a monster movie (not difficult to understand when your title character is a 50-foot-tall gorilla with a habit of killing people who get in his way), King Kong is actually an old-fashioned adventure story on the grand scale, complete with fearless hunters in search of uncharted islands, angry natives appeasing their god, damsels in distress, and a dashing hero on hand to save said damsel. Much of this story probably seemed a bit clich even when King Kong was first released in 1933, but directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack tell their tale with two-fisted gusto, leavened with a genuine sense of wonder, and the result captures the imagination from the start and never lets go. It also helps that they had a cast capable of handling the heroics in grand form while knowing how to play the abundant comic relief in appropriate style; Robert Armstrong's Carl Denham is ham at its tastiest, Bruce Cabot's Jack Driscoll is a hero with his feet planted solidly on the ground (and his tongue just entering his cheek), and has any screen heroine ever screamed more eloquently than Fay Wray Willis H. O'Brien's stop-motion effects animation was legendary in its day, and it retains its magic today; while technology has progressed considerably since King Kong, O'Brien was able to give his great ape a personality, and Kong's moments of fear, curiosity, pain, and occasional goofiness gave him a sympathetic, ultimately tragic dimension that adds immeasurably to the picture's effectiveness. And Max Steiner's bombastic score is always there to cheer the picture along when its energy starts to flag. While the 1976 remake already seems hopelessly dated, the original King Kong remains rousing entertainment with brains, brawn, and a heart. --- Mark Deming

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Cast for King Kong

Fay Wray - Ann Darrow
Robert Armstrong - Carl Denham
Bruce Cabot - Jack Driscoll
Frank Reicher - Capt. Englehorn
Sam Hardy - Charles Weston
Noble Johnson - Native Chief
James Flavin - Second Mate
Steve Clemento - Witch King
Russell Powell - Dock Watchman
Sandra Shaw - Woman Dropped by Kong
Mme. Sul Te Wan - Handmaiden
Ernest B. Schoedsack - Chief Observer
Paul Porcasi - Fruit Vendor
Blackie Whiteford - Sailor
Victor Wong - Charley the Cook
Charles Sullivan - Sailor
Harry Tenbrook - Sailor
Raymond Turner - Native
Jim Thorpe - Native Dancer
Roscoe Ates - Photographer
Dick Curtis - Crewman
Dorothy Gulliver - Girl
Ethan Laidlaw - Mate
Reginald Barlow - Engineer
Merian C. Cooper - Flight Commander
Lynton Brent - Reporter
Gil Perkins - Sailor
Frank Mills - Reporter
Carlotta Monti - Girl
Vera Lewis - Theater Patron
George MacQuarrie - Police Captain
Etta McDaniel - Native Woman
LeRoy Mason - Theater Patron

Crew for King Kong

Merian C. Cooper - Director / Producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack - Director / Producer
James Ashmore Creelman - Screenwriter
Ruth Rose - Screenwriter
Edgar Wallace - Story Author
Eddie Linden - Cinematographer
J.O. Taylor - Cinematographer
Vernon Walker - Cinematographer
Max Steiner - Composer (Music Score)
Ted Cheesman - Editor
Alfred Herman - Production Designer / Art Director
Carroll Clark - Art Director
Van Nest Polglase - Art Director
David O. Selznick - Executive Producer
Thomas K. Little - Set Designer
Walter Plunkett - Costume Designer
Byron L. Crabbe - Special Effects
Marcel Delgado - Special Effects
Linwood G. Dunn - Special Effects
E.B. Gibson - Special Effects
Orville Goldner - Special Effects
Mario Larrinaga - Special Effects
Willis O'Brien - Special Effects
Fred Reese - Special Effects
Carroll L. Shepphird - Special Effects

Awards for King Kong

U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1991 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

Feature Details

Title: King Kong
Feature Release Date: 1933
Genre: Horror
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 101 Minutes
Playback Format: CAV

Technical Details

Catalog Number: CC102

Sides: 4
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

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