


Searching in the streets of New York City, he finds Ann Darrow and promises her the adventure of a lifetime. However, he is unable to secure an actress for a female role he has been reluctant to disclose. In New York Harbor, filmmaker Carl Denham, known for wildlife films in remote and exotic locations, charters Captain Englehorn's ship, the Venture, for his new project. A sequel, titled Son of Kong, was fast-tracked and released the same year, with several more films made in the following decades, including two remakes which were made in 19 respectively, and a reboot in 2017. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. King Kong opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews, and has since been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the fifty-sixth greatest film of all time. It is the first entry in the King Kong franchise. It features stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and a music score by Max Steiner. It stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot, and tells the story of a giant ape dubbed Kong who attempts to possess a beautiful young woman. The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was developed from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure fantasy horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C.
