King Kong
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.
September 24, 1906 in Los Angeles, California, USA
June 12, 1896 in Toledo, Ohio, USA
May 22, 1887 in Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
20 January 1895, Grange, Mississippi, USA
January 5, 1900 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
24 October 1893, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
May 30, 1907 in Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]
May 6, 1910 in Los Angeles, California, USA
16 September 1875, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
October 6, 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA
17 June 1866, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
14 May 1906, Portland, Maine, USA
August 19, 1899 in Birmingham, England, UK
24 October 1901, Dracut, Massachusetts, USA
April 20, 1899 in Toledo, Ohio, USA
October 30, 1902 in Pennsylvania, USA
24 March 1895, Chicago, Illinois, USA
December 19, 1897 in Yugoslavia
10 June 1873, New York City, New York, USA
17 October 1883, San Diego, California, USA
May 11, 1902 in Newport, Kentucky, USA
April 11, 1881 in New York City, New York, USA
January 12, 1893 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
8 June 1893, Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
9 October 1887, Oslo, Norway
2 December 1875, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
2 June 1873, San Francisco, California, USA
22 November 1885, Mexico
October 10, 2012
The grand-daddy of all monster movies.
August 09, 2011
...throbbing with metaphorical implications. The riveting, stop-motion battle between the great ape and a T. Rex is just a bonus.
April 05, 2011
One of the best adventure horror films ever made, an icon of pop culture with truly erotic and emotionally touching scenes between Fay Wray and the massive gorrilla
October 05, 2013
Arguably the monster movie of all time, this abiding take on Beauty and the Beast has a mythic power that belies its years.
July 02, 2007
Kong mystifies as well as it horrifies, and may open up a new medium for scaring babies via the screen.
October 09, 2013
It's unrivaled in its sheer cinematic quality, and one of a kind.
July 02, 2007
Willis O'Brien did the stop-action animation for this 1933 feature, which is richer in character than most of the human cast.
March 07, 2013
"King Kong," as spectacular a bolt of celluloid as has thrilled audiences in a couple of sophisticated seasons, is the product of a number of vivid imaginations.
October 10, 2012
Unfortunately, it was thought necessary to mitigate some of the predominant horror by introducing a human, all-too-human theme.
October 07, 2008
It might seem that any creature answering the description of Kong would be despicable and terrifying. Such is not the case. Kong is an exaggeration ad absurdum, too vast to be plausible. This makes his actions wholly enjoyable.
June 24, 2006
The throbbing heart of the film lies in the creation of the semi-human simian himself, an immortal tribute to the Hollywood dream factory...
October 05, 2013
The story, like Frankenstein and Dracula, has taken on the significance of a modern folk tale, layered with obvious moralizing and as familiar as personal history.

