(1933, MERIAN C. COOPER & ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK) “’Twas beauty killed the Beast!” “Bring-’em-back-alive” filmmaker Robert Armstrong, with champion screamer (and Film Forum member) Fay Wray and sidekick Bruce Cabot in tow, sets out in search of the Ultimate Attraction. The Greatest Ape of Them All — animated by the great Willis O’Brien — immortalized the just-constructed Empire State Building en route to his own enshrinement in world folklore. March 2 marks the 75th anniversary of the mighty Kong’s debut at Radio City Music Hall in New York (and its then-sister theater, the RKO Roxy), a date we reverently celebrate today.
1:00*, 4:00
*FAY WRAY SCREAM-ALIKE CONTEST FOLLOWING 1:00 SHOW! [See below for full information]

• Bruce Bennett's feature in The New York Sun
• Lou Lumenick's feature in the New York Post
• Feature in am New York

ALL 1:00 TICKETHOLDERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE “FAY WRAY SCREAM-ALIKE” CONTEST!

Come to the 1:00 show of KING KONG on Sunday, March 2, and be instantly eligible to enter the FAY WRAY SCREAM-ALIKE CONTEST!

Following the movie, the contestants who most emulate Fay Wray’s legendary KING KONG scream will be eligible for prizes (see below). Contestants will be judged by pitch, tone, timbre, loudness, and general histrionics.

PRIZES!!

GRAND PRIZE! DELUXE KING KONG TWO-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD TIN and A ONE-YEAR FILM FORUM MEMBERSHIP and A TRIP FOR TWO TO THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING and A CHANCE TO APPEAR ON THE TODAY SHOW!!

FOUR (4) RUNNERS UP WILL RECEIVE A DELUXE KING KONG 2-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD TIN (courtesy Warner Home Video).

FIVE (5) SECOND RUNNERS UP WILL RECEIVE THE "FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD VOL. 1" DVD SET: THREE PRE-CODE MOVIES INCLUDING BABY FACE.

Prizes for all contestants!

JUDGES…

• Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum repertory program director
• Richard Gordon, legendary horror producer (Corridors of Blood, Fiend without a Face, many others)
• Larry Steller of the fan group “Sons of Kong” (kongisking.net)
• Elliott Stein,Village Voice film critic (who saw Kong first-run at the RKO Roxy), author of 1977 Rolling Stone article on Kong
• Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, journalist/horror specialist, New York correspondent for Italian newspaper Il Manifesto
• Tom Weaver, author/horror historian and frequent contributor to Fangoria magazine
• and playwright/actress Susan Riskin, daughter of Fay Wray