26 oct. 1933 - King Kong (1933)

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RKO's classic adventure-action film King Kong (1933), a "Beauty and the Beast" tale - dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World" - featured "Scream Queen" Fay Wray, and astonishing stop-motion special effects animation from Willis O'Brien. It ended with the iconic image of Kong atop the Empire State Building, appropriately since the film premiered in New York City in early March of 1933 at Radio City Music Hall and at the Roxy Theatre. It was one of the first major films to have a life-like (stop-motion) animated central character, alongside live-action. It was the first film heavily promoted and marketed on the radio. When released, it broke all previous box-office records. Its massive, money-making success helped to save RKO Studios from bankruptcy.

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