in the Movie: King Kong (1933)
by: coca-cola-movies
Producer: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, David O. Selznick
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Description: Seeking a backer for his movie, Merian C. Cooper approached a top Hollywood mogul. "You know what a 50-foot gorilla would see in a five-foot girl?" the mogul asked. "His breakfast!" The studio chief wasn't buying but the public was. King Kong saved RKO from bankruptcy and became an all-time classic, ranking 43rd on the American Film Institute's list of Top-100 American Movies. King Kong teems with memorable moments: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; the giant simian's lovestruck obsession with the film shoot's blonde starlet (scream queen Fay Wray); Kong's capture; his Manhattan rampage; and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes. "It was beauty killed the beast." But in these and other great scenes, Kong lives forever.
Coke Brands: An aerial shot of the Coca-Cola sign at Times Square in the early 1930s. Possibly the very first motion picture of the Coca-Cola sign at Times Square.
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