King Kong
Edgar Wallace · Merian C. Cooper
Sep 2018 · Sold by Modern Library
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The original novelization of King Kong, featuring a new introduction by Jack Thorne, the Tony-winning playwright of King Kong: Alive on Broadway, and cover art by the celebrated Olly Moss
The giant primeval gorilla King Kong is one of the most recognized images in our culture. So great is the mighty Kong’s hold on the popular imagination that his story has inspired an entire cinematic universe. Now the legendary monster comes to the stage in the brand-new musical King Kong: Alive on Broadway.
Beneath King Kong’s cultural significance, however, is a tense and surprisingly tender story. One cannot help but be frightened by Kong’s uncontrollable fury, be saddened over the giant’s capture, mistreatment, and exploitation by venal showmen, or sympathize with the beast’s ill-fated affection for the down-on-her-luck starlet Ann Darrow.
With a foreword by Mark Cotta Vaz, the preeminent biographer of Merian C. Cooper, producer of the original 1933 classic film.
The giant primeval gorilla King Kong is one of the most recognized images in our culture. So great is the mighty Kong’s hold on the popular imagination that his story has inspired an entire cinematic universe. Now the legendary monster comes to the stage in the brand-new musical King Kong: Alive on Broadway.
Beneath King Kong’s cultural significance, however, is a tense and surprisingly tender story. One cannot help but be frightened by Kong’s uncontrollable fury, be saddened over the giant’s capture, mistreatment, and exploitation by venal showmen, or sympathize with the beast’s ill-fated affection for the down-on-her-luck starlet Ann Darrow.
With a foreword by Mark Cotta Vaz, the preeminent biographer of Merian C. Cooper, producer of the original 1933 classic film.
About the author
Merian C. Cooper was a filmmaker, an adventurer, a war hero, and a man who enjoyed living a dangerous life. Along with creating and producing the original King Kong, over the course of his lifetime he was shot down in flames during World War I; traveled the world in the 1920s making documentary films in exotic locals; organized relief work in the Carpathian Mountains; spent time as a prisoner of the Cossacks; went on military missions during World War II (at the age of fifty); served as studio chief of RKO Pictures; and collaborated with John Ford on some of his most famous Westerns.
Edgar Wallace was born in London, England, in 1875, and began his career by selling newspapers at the age of eleven. Eventually, he began writing, and for a time he was one of the most popular writers in the UK, releasing numerous titles, many of which would eventually become movies. He died in Hollywood in 1932, while working with Merian C. Cooper on the film that would become King Kong.
Delos W. Lovelace was a short-story writer chosen by Merian C. Cooper to write the novelization of King Kong. He was married to a popular children's author of the time, Maud Hart Lovelace.
Edgar Wallace was born in London, England, in 1875, and began his career by selling newspapers at the age of eleven. Eventually, he began writing, and for a time he was one of the most popular writers in the UK, releasing numerous titles, many of which would eventually become movies. He died in Hollywood in 1932, while working with Merian C. Cooper on the film that would become King Kong.
Delos W. Lovelace was a short-story writer chosen by Merian C. Cooper to write the novelization of King Kong. He was married to a popular children's author of the time, Maud Hart Lovelace.
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