He isn't Cary Grant (movie trivia)
Oct 12, 2020 14:28:53 #
In his attempts to entice Fay Wray into starring in King Kong (1933), director Merian C. Cooper promised, “You're going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood.” “While my thoughts were flying toward the hope that Cooper might be waiting for Cary's [Grant] arrival just as I was, Cooper went on to point at the giant ape and say, again, ‘The tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood,’” Wray recalled.
Oct 13, 2020 04:17:45 #
Starman441
Loc: Iguana Land, Fl.
samantha90 wrote:
In his attempts to entice Fay Wray into starring in King Kong (1933), director Merian C. Cooper promised, “You're going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood.” “While my thoughts were flying toward the hope that Cooper might be waiting for Cary's [Grant] arrival just as I was, Cooper went on to point at the giant ape and say, again, ‘The tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood,’” Wray recalled.
Good one!!
Oct 13, 2020 06:14:43 #
Was “beauty that killed the beast”, still one of my favorite movies. That, and the Wizard of Oz.
Oct 13, 2020 08:05:15 #
Oct 13, 2020 08:29:40 #
samantha90 wrote:
In his attempts to entice Fay Wray into starring in King Kong (1933), director Merian C. Cooper promised, “You're going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood.” “While my thoughts were flying toward the hope that Cooper might be waiting for Cary's [Grant] arrival just as I was, Cooper went on to point at the giant ape and say, again, ‘The tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood,’” Wray recalled.
I forget where I saw the story, but Wray once quipped a funny line to a reporter while in New York. Near the Empire State Building, she said she needed a moment to remember a dear friend she had ‘lost here’.
Oct 13, 2020 09:14:44 #
Oct 13, 2020 10:51:19 #
cigar dude
Loc: South Central MA
One of my favorite movies.
I love the old B&W movies.
Maybe because I'm old myself.
I love the old B&W movies.
Maybe because I'm old myself.
Oct 13, 2020 11:31:06 #
According to a cbsnews.com article about the sale of the "actor" who played the lead character in the 1933 movie, King Kong was:
"He was a giant on screen, but the King Kong figurine which climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in 1933 was less than 2 feet tall."
Looks like Fay Wray was deceived.
"He was a giant on screen, but the King Kong figurine which climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in 1933 was less than 2 feet tall."
Looks like Fay Wray was deceived.
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