King Kong Articles
Janet Leigh, Fay Wray: Top Ten Scream Queens
Fay Wray, King Kong (top); hear Fay Wray's King Kong scream (middle); hear Janet Leigh's Psycho scream (bottom) Claire Bloom, Julie Harris, Mary Philbin, Jane Wyman: Top Ten Scream Queens Pt.2 5 – Janet Leigh, Psycho (1960). I don't recall myself recoiling in horror while watching Janet Leigh's shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, but I do recall quite vividly one night long ago when [...]
KING KONG Review – Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black d: Peter Jackson
KING KONG (2005) Direction: Peter Jackson Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Kyle Chandler, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Craig Hall, Evan Parke Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson; from Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace's story for the 1933 film Oscar Movies Recommendation: Naomi Watts Naomi Watts, King Kong The biggest disappointment about Peter Jackson's King Kong is [...]
Dino De Laurentiis – Prolific, Eclectic Producer Dies: LA STRADA, DUNE, BITTER RICE, BLUE VELVET, KING KONG
Some will remember Dino De Laurentiis, who died in Los Angeles at the age of 91, as the producer of Serpico (1973), King Kong (1976), and Dune (1984). The Sidney Lumet-directed Serpico, which stars Al Pacino as a New York cop battling widespread corruption within the police force, remains one the most important Hollywood productions of the '70s. King Kong, for its part, introduced [...]
Best Films – 1933
Greta Garbo in Queen Christina FILM Baby Face d: Alfred E. Green; scr: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola The Barbarian d: Sam Wood; scr: Anita Loos, Elmer Harris Dinner at 8 d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Donald Ogden Stewart Gold Diggers of 1933 d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: Erwin Gelsey, James Seymour, David Boehm, Ben Markson I'm No Angel d: Wesley Ruggles; scr: [...]