King Kong

King Kong is a landmark black-and-white adventure film about a gigantic gorilla named "Kong" and how he is captured and brought to civilization against his will. The film was made by RKO and was originally written for the screen by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman, based on concepts from Merian C. Cooper. A major on-screen credit for Edgar Wallace, sharing story with Cooper, was unearned, as Wallace became ill soon after his arrival in Hollywood and died without writing a word, but Cooper had promised him credit.). A novelization of the screenplay actually appeared in 1932, a year before the film, adapted by Delos W. Lovelace and contains descriptions of scenes not present in the movie. The film was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, starred Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot, and is notable for Willis O'Brien's ground-breaking stop-motion animation, Max Steiner's memorable musical score and Fay Wray's performance as the ape's improbable love interest... full article at wikipedia