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...years since Fay Wray was strung up in a delightfully sadistic way as bait for the huge ape, only to conquer his marshmallow heart. Universal will follow the original faithfully. Wray's part has not yet been cast, but Fay herself, now 68, will have a cameo role...
...Blair performs bravely as the tormented girl; the rasping voice of her demon is hauntingly dubbed (without screen credit) by Mercedes McCambridge. Ellen Burstyn, a good actress who is especially adept at portraying a beleaguered strength, is stuck here with an assignment that might once have suited Fay Wray: look hysterical and scream. The role, alas, is the very essence of The Exorcist...
Died. Bruce Cabot, 68, who saved Fay Wray from her simian captor in the 193 3 film classic King Kong; of lung cancer; in Woodland Hills, Calif. Though he alternated between playing heroes and heavies during the early part of his 40-year film career, Cabot eventually settled down to a routine of bad-guy supporting roles in shoot...
...When I am in New York, I look at the Empire State Building and feel as though it belongs to me." Fay Wray, N.Y. Times...
...plot never transcends the ape-meets-girl, ape-gets-girl, ape-loses-girl framework. We have to assume the purity of Kong's love for Ann. Anything more carnal raises insuperable anatomical difficulties. Except for the deadpan delivery of a few antique cliches, the acting is entirely forgetable. Fay Wray screams very well, but the range of her talent ends at the top of her register. Special effects do retain much if not all of its wizardry. But the movie's charm comes from more than technical proficience. King Kong is camp--but it's more than that...