King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien and music by Max Stein
Theatrical release poster
Charles R. Knight's Tyrannosaurus in the American Museum of Natural History, on which the large theropod of the film was based
Promotional image featuring Kong battling the Tyrannosaurus, though Cooper emphasized in an interview with film historian Rudy Behlmer that it was an Allosaurus
Brontosaurus stop motion armature
King Kong is an American monster media franchise that consists of thirteen films, as well as television, novels, comic books, video games, attractions, and other merchandise. The franchise is centered
Cover of the 1932 novelization of King Kong written by Delos W. Lovelace. This novelization was released just over two months before the film premiered in New York City on March 2, 1933.
Skull Island: Reign of Kong at Universal's Islands of Adventure