King of Beers!

''Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.''


A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star.

Fay Wray: Ann Darrow

King Kong is the story of Carl Denham played by Robert Armstrong, a filmmaker known for his films being set in exotic locations, who has a new mysterious project but finds himself without a star for the film.

On the street he meets Ann Darrow wonderfully played by beautiful Fay Wray, a young woman who has been driven to poverty by the Depression. Denham convinces Darrow to join his crew, offering her a starring role in his new project. They then sail aboard the freighter Venture and head off to Denham's secret location. As the ship gets closer to their destination, Denham reveals them that the place they are looking for is a secret island where a legendary monster named Kong is supposed to live. It is only after Ann Darrow gets kidnapped by the island's inhabitants when the director discovers what he has come to find that being Kong, the giant gorilla and now that he has Darrow in his hand, the crew will have to venture into the dangerous jungle to save her.

The story is a mixture of horror, fantasy and adventure.
Put together by famous crime writer Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper himself, but the actual script was completed by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose actually Schoedsack's wife, who developed the story and in the process created one of the most memorable and ahead of its time film in history.

While the plot is certainly simple, it's filled with a constant series of thrilling scenes that propel it forward and literally reinvented the adventure genre.

Also, there is a good deal of character development despite some clichéd, even for the time period, dialogs. The fact that Rose and the directors were notorious adventurers on their own account, gives the plot a strong sense of realism despite its fantastic plot, as the adventure mirrors the group's real exploits.

Director Ernest B. Schoedsack was definitely the best man for the job of making Cooper's ideas a reality, as his great eye for visuals and remarkable technical proficiency were instrumental in the making of this, the duo's greatest challenge. For it's time the effects granted look dated now but miraculously grand for 1933, the acting and performances are effortless and faultless. The breath taking finale also that lasts 6 minutes really shows off aerial photography and the tragedy of Kong.

King Kong will remain a classic for hundreds of years, which unsurprisingly inspired admirer Peter Jackson to remake this colossus.

9/10