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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videocassette (approximately 125 min.) : sound, black and white w/ color sequence ; 1/2 in.
Kong, a giant gorilla, falls in love with Ann Darrow, the leading lady in a film being made on the remote island where he is worshipped as a god. He carries her into the jungle, but she is rescued by the director, Carl Denham and their ship's captain, Jack Driscoll. Enraged, Kong goes on a rampage, killing islanders and destroying the village. He is subdued with a gas bomb. Denham decides to take him back to New York and put him on display. Kong breaks free, and pursues Ann through New York, killing more people. He catches her, climbs to the top of the Empire State Building and is shot down by airplanes.
Feature (100 mins.) -- Documentary (25 min.)
RKO Radio Pictures ; produced and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack ; screenplay, James A. Creelman, Ruth Rose.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1933.
From an idea conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.
Includes the documentary It was beauty killed the beast, a commemorative 60th anniversary tribute to the making of King Kong featuring interviews with the innovators who made it all possible.
Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot.
Photographed by Eddie Linden, Vernon Walker, J.O. Taylor ; film editor, Ted Cheesman ; music by Max Steiner.