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Wray was approached by director Merian C. Cooper to play the blonde captive of King Kong; the role of Ann Darrow for which she was paid $10,000 ($200,000 in 2023 dollars) to portray. [7] The film was a commercial success and Wray was reportedly proud that the film saved RKO from bankruptcy.
King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film [5] directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien and music by Max Steiner. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it is the first film in the King Kong franchise.
Jaime Barbara King [2] (born April 23, 1979) is an American actress and model. In her modeling career and early film roles, she used the names Jamie King and James King , which was a childhood nickname given to King by her parents, [ 3 ] because her agency already represented another Jaime—the older, then-more famous model Jaime Rishar.
After the success of King Kong, Rose wrote several other movies including Blind Adventure, Son of Kong, She, The Last Days of Pompeii, and Mighty Joe Young, another giant ape adventure. Her Kong screenplay was the basis for two remakes of King Kong, one in 1976 and one in 2005. Rose did not write any more films before her death on June 8, 1978 ...
Lange made her film debut in the 1976 King Kong, beating actresses Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn for the role of damsel-in-distress. [ citation needed ] Despite the film's success – it was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 1976 and received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects – it and Lange's performance were widely panned. [ 22 ]
Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress. Known for portraying tough, resilient characters, [1] [2] she made her film debut in 1979 before achieving fame with her starring role as Sarah Connor in The Terminator (1984) and two of its sequels, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019).
The two later went on to have two children, Kelly and Bud. In a season five episode that aired in 1990, it is mentioned that Al is 43 years old. Much like the name "Rhoades", the creators chose the surname "Bundy" after professional wrestler King Kong Bundy (Christopher Alan Pallies, who later guest-starred as one of Peggy's 'Wanker' relatives).
Kong defeated Wilde to become a two-time Knockout Champion. [7] Two weeks later Wilde's tag team partner Rhaka Khan turned on her and aligned herself with Kong and Saeed. [52] The alliance of Kong, Saeed and Khan became known as The Kongtourage, with a fourth wrestler named Sojourner Bolt joining later. [53]