King Kong (1933)






A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition.


Books with substantial mentioning of King Kong

Paul Verhoeven, Rob van Scheers
Meer Verhoeven, Op stap door de filmgeschiedenis met Paul Verhoeven
Amsterdam, 2014

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Ray Morton
King Kong, The history of a movie icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson
New York, Milwaukee, WI, 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Joseph D. Andriano
Immortal Monster, The Mythological Evolution of the Fantastic beast in Modern Fiction and Film
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1999

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Neil Sinyard
Classic Movies
London, 1993

Peter van Gelder
Offscreen Onscreen, The inside stories of 60 great films
London, 1990

Danny Peary
Cult Movies, The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful
New York, 1989

Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

William K. Everson
Klassiker des Horrorfilms
München, 1982

William K. Everson
Classics of the Horror Film, From the days of the Silent Screen to The Exorcist
Secaucus, NJ, 1974

Chris Steinbrunner and Burt Goldblatt
Cinema of the Fantastic
New York, 1972

David Zinman
50 Classic Motion Pictures, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
New York, 1970

Articles on King Kong

Simon Braund, The Daddy, in: Empire, nr. 199 (January), 2006 pp. 106-107

Articles with an entry on King Kong

John Caps, Soundtracks 101, Essential movie music: a listener's guide, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (Nov/Dec), 2003 pp. 31-49

Reviews

Andrew Osmond, Magic in motion, in: Empire, nr. 199 (January), 2006 pp. 186-187 (DVD review)