LOVELACE, Delos W.; Edgar Wallace; Merian C. Cooper.
King Kong.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers , 1932.
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"Here is a story that has never been told before...a story to challenge all who admit imagination": First Edition of King Kong; the original novelization from the 1933 Radio Picture movie classic
First edition of the original novelization for the 1933 King Kong movie classic. Octavo, original publishers green cloth, pictorial endpapers illustrated with scenes from the radio picture. Near fine in a facsimile dust jacket. Screenplay by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose. Novelized from the radio picture by Delos W. Lovelace.
The 1933 film King Kong, directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, stands as a landmark in cinematic history, blending adventure, horror, and groundbreaking special effects to create a mythic narrative about beauty, conquest, and the monstrous unknown. Released a year earlier, the 1932 novelization by Delos W. Lovelace—based on the original story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace—helped establish the King Kong mythos in literary form before the film’s debut, offering a vivid and fast-paced prose version of the story. Cooper was the key creative influence, saying that he got the initial idea after he had a dream that a giant gorilla was terrorizing New York City. Both works reflect early 20th-century anxieties about nature, colonialism, and modernity, with the towering Kong serving as both a terrifying force and a tragic figure. Together, the novel and the film helped shape American popular imagination and influenced monster storytelling for generations.
King Kong.
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