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. In the film, a giant ape dubbed Kong captured from Skull Island attempts to possess a beautiful young woman. The film stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot.
Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it is the first film in the King Kong franchise. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C.
