Road to Gojira Episode 6: King Kong (1933)
724Let's examine the timeless classic King Kong from 1933 in this episode. It tells the story of a fierce Giant Ape who fell in love with a tiny beauty and went on to become one of the most iconic movie monsters in Cinema history.
Sources
A Century of Stop Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman
by Ray Harryhausen, Tony Dalton
Documentary: "RKO Production 601"
Documentary: "I'm King Kong! The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper"
From the Land Beyond Beyond: The films of Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen
by Jeff Rovin
KING KONG - 1984 Criterion Collection Audio Commentary by film historian Ronald Haver
King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson
by Ray Morton
Kong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island REVISITED: Volume I (1925-1960)
by John LeMay
KONG: An Original Screenplay by Edgar Wallace
by Stephen Jones
Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong
by Mark Cotta Vaz
Movie Magic: The Story of Special Effects in the Cinema
by John Brosnan
The Making of King Kong
by George E. Turner, Dr. Orville Goldner
The Kaiju Transmissions Podcast : The Legacy of Kong with Author Ray Morton!