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KING KONG
The Eighth Wonder of the World
and still is, as far as Maven is concerned,
regardless of all the remakes that
Hollowood comes up with!

     Here is Maven's take on some of the background of making King Kong come to life on screen plus extras:

THE MAKING OF KING KONG

Maven came across some internet websites about King Kong worth checking out:
 
King Kong Special Effects:
 
King Kong Stop Motion Photography:

The Lost Word; or, Before Kong:
 
KIng Kong - 1933 and 2005:
 
A Germ of an Idea for King Kong?

The Making of King Kong
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By Orville Coldner and George E. Trner

     This book, The Making of King Kong, has been a fabulous resourse for Maven about the Eighth Wonder of the world!
    She suspects that it's out of print but maybe you can find it in the nearest library, used bookstore, google and/or ebay!

Get your red-hot information for King Kong right here!!  Get your red-hot information right here!
These are links from the Internet Movie Database for King Kong:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Would you believe that King Kong was done for radio in 1938?!

King Kong: 1938 Radio Show

     Here's an interesting clip Maven came across:  King Kong (1933) fighting the T. Rex . . . IN COLOR! 
 
     And Kong climbing the Empire State Building at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qBA750YNiE&feature=related
 
     Plus an independently-made homage Maven found on www.youtube.com:  
 
     Would you believe King Kong in a Volkswagon commercial from 1972?! 

  

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