| February 27, 2008 | FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE |
Dryden Theatre celebrates 75th anniversary of King Kong with two screenings Sunday, March 2
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — On March 2, 1933, the Eighth Wonder
of the World was unleashed upon Manhattan (at Radio City Music Hall and
RKO Roxy, to be exact), as King Kong took to the silver screen for the
first time. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of this film classic,
to the day, the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House presents
two screenings on Sunday, March 2, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
King Kong (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack,
US 1933, 100 min.) features a crew that sets out to explore a remote
island, soon discovering its natives worship a huge gorilla named
Kong. Among the crew is a beautiful actress, portrayed by Fay Wray
(who spent her 90th birthday at the Dryden, proclaiming that
"King Kong was the best publicist I ever had!"), who is captured
as a sacrifice for the great gorilla. The crew in turn captures Kong,
who has fallen in love with the starlet, and brings him back to
New York for exhibition. When Kong escapes in the middle of a show
on Broadway, panic erupts in the Big Apple and Kong is forced to
makes his famous climb up the Empire State Building.
You are invited to celebrate moviedom's greatest gorilla,
now three-quarters of a century old. Tickets at the door are
$6 general admission, $5 students, and $4 Eastman House members.
For more information visit dryden.eastmanhouse.org or call (585) 271-4090.
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