Information
- BFI identifier34765
- Date1933 (Copyright)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisWhilst making an adventure film on an uncharted island, an actress is kidnapped by an ape. The ape is eventually captured and taken for exhibition in New York. He escapes and has to be killed by the means of modern weapons. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- Subject
- Credits
- Cast
Title
King Kong (Original)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
16mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Wallace, Edgar; Cooper, Merian C. - SCR-457
Script - Original story: Idea by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper - SCR-10885
Script - Original story: Idea by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper - SCR-10886
Script - Original story: Idea by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper - SCR-10887
Script - Original story: by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper - SCR-10888
Large (encapsulated) and Small pressbooks held. For examples of programmes see CINEMA EPHEMERA: LONDON List (Troxy).
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Illustrated three sheet poster for the original theatrical release - PD-12733
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-67z
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-def
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-dee
Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-deg
Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-ded
view all - Articles
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes April 2014
BFI Southbank Programme Notes February 2020
BFI Southbank Programme Notes February 2020
available to view in BFI Reuben Library