Double page spread for RKOs release of King Kong in 1933
Tag: Fay Wray
2nd Record Week!
King Kong, playing its second week at the New Roxy, Radio City NYC
Fay Wray Christmas
Hanging the plastic wreath on the painted window…
The Most Dangerous Game
After a shipwreck, big game hunter Bob Rainsford (Joel McCrea), finds himself to be the sole survivor on an island called Baranka, but he is not alone. The hunter becomes the hunted as a bored and crazed Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks), forces him to become the prey. The prize is Eve Trowbridge (Fay Wray), who was on the island because of similar circumstances. The Most Dangerous Game is currently playing on tubitv
If some of the scenery looks familiar, it’s because its the same set as used in the film King Kong.
The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island
Detail of map above
Some Fay Wray on May Day
Fay Wray, Easter, 1929
But it Looked So Real!
Detail from Screen Oddities, December 22, 1932
Black Moon, 1934
A young girl who lives on a tropical island loses her parents to a voodoo sacrifice, but although she manages to escape the island, a curse is put on her. Years later, as an adult, she feels a strong compulsion to return to the island to confront her past. (IMDb)
King Kong!
King Kong was released 85 years ago today. April 7, 1933 (wide release)
