King Kong Cometh!

by Woods, Paul A.

• ISBN13: 9780859653626
• ISBN10: 0859653625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-16
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing

Summary

Published to coincide with the release of director Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong, King Kong Cometh! is the ultimate tribute to the archetypal 50-foot gorilla, who has wreaked havoc on the silver screen since 1933.

Table of Contents

Introduction
`The Beauty of the Beast'	5	(6)
Paul A. Woods
EVOLUTION
`Missing Links: The Jungle Origins of King Kong'	11	(6)
Gerald Peary
Chang	17	(9)
Kevin Brownlow
`His Majesty, King Kong -- I'	26	(5)
Donald F. Glut
The Lost World	31	(1)
Denis Gifford
`The Lost World: Merely Misplaced?'	32	(8)
Scott MacQueen
`Restoration: The Lost World'	40	(1)
Lokke Heiss
`His Majesty, King Kong -- II'	41	(4)
Donald F. Glut
KONG (King Kong -- 1933)
`His Majesty, King Kong -- III: Eighth Wonder of the World'	45	(4)
Donald F. Glut
`The King of Kongs'	49	(3)
Denis Gifford
`The Men Who Saved King Kong'	52	(6)
Steve Vertlieb
`His Majesty, King Kong -- IV'	58	(9)
Donald F. Glut
`Interview with Ray Harryhausen'	67	(2)
Lawrence French
King Kong	69	(5)
Danny Peary
`Beauties and Beasts: The Eroticism of King Kong'	74	(10)
Steve Vertlieb
`Untold Horrors of Skull Island'	84	(7)
Paul Mandell
SONS OF KONG (Son of Kong -- 1933; Mighty Joe Young -- 1949; Konga -- 1961; King Kong vs. Frankenstein -- aborted 1962; King Kong vs. Godzilla -- 1962; King Kong Escapes -- 1967)
`His Majesty, King Kong -- V: The King's Successors'	91	(2)
Donald F. Glut
`Orphan in the Storm: Son of Kong'	93	(6)
Gerald Peary
`His Majesty, King Kong -- VI'	99	(3)
Donald F. Glut
`Father of Kong Farewell -- Willis O'Brien in Memoriam, 2 March -- 8 November 1962'	102	(4)
Forrest J Ackerman
`Interview with Ray Harryhausen -- II'	106	(4)
Lawrence French
`His Majesty, King Kong -- VII: The Second Banana Kongs'	110	(8)
Donald F. Glut
`King Kong Appears in Edo (A Literal Translation): The Toho Kong Years'	118	(9)
Ken Hollings
DINO KONG (King Kong -- 1976)
`An Open Letter to Universal and Dino De Laurentiis'	127	(6)
Paul Mandell
`His Majesty, King Kong -- VIII: The Usurpers of the Throne'	133	(9)
Donald F. Glut
`Return of the Urban Gorilla -- The Two Kongs: A Comparative Review'	142	(2)
Kenneth Thompson
`They Killed King Kong'	144	(7)
Robert F. Wilson, Jr.
SONS OF KONG II (A.P.E. -- 1976; The Mighty Peking Man -- 1977; Queen Kong -- 1977; King Kong Lives -- 1986)
`His Majesty, King Kong -- IX'	151	(1)
Donald F. Glut
`The Ape Goes East'	152	(6)
Pete Tombs
`His Majesty, King Kong -- X: King Kong Lives'	158	(11)
Donald F. Glut
`King Kong Lives: Is It Monkey Sequel, Monkey Do?'	169	(5)
Will Murray
King Kong Lives review	174	(1)
Roger Ebert
`Racial Imagery in King Kong'	175	(2)
Bruce M. Tyler
KING OF KONGS? (King Kong -- 2005)
`Kingdom Kong'	177	(2)
Jeff Giles
`Kiwi Kong Cometh!'	179	(13)
Paul A. Woods
Acknowledgements	192