King Kong Page #5

It makes me think

of that awful day on the island.

I wouldn't have brought you,

but you know how Denham insisted.

We had to come

when he said it would help the show.

Do you think we'll

make a lot of money?

Well, enough to pay him back

for these clothes anyway.

It's the first time I ever had on

one of these open-front suits.

Hello, there. Just in time.

Gee, Ann, you look great.

I'm glad I dressed you up for this show.

Well, Jack, $10,000 in the box office.

- Not bad for one night.

- That's a lot of money.

We're gonna do that every night.

- Look at the size of that.

- I hope he's tied up tight.

Sure he is.

Denham's taking no chances.

Here are the press.

Come in, boys.

- This is Ms. Darrow and Mr. Driscoll.

- How do you do?

Mr. Driscoll saved you from the ape?

Yes. He was alone too.

All the sailors with him had been killed.

- How did you ever tackle that baby?

- Well, Mr. Denham got him.

The rest of us

were running scared.

He had the nerve

to stand there and chuck bombs.

Oh, so you're the hero.

Come on, give us a story.

Here now, wait a minute.

Lay off me, boys.

Miss Darrow is the story.

If it hadn't been for her...

...we couldn't have gotten near Kong.

He followed her.

- Beauty and the beast, huh?

- That's it.

Play up that angle,

beauty and the beast.

Kong could have stayed safe...

...but he couldn't stay away

from beauty.

- That's your story, boys.

- That's a lead story, all right.

- How about some pictures?

- Just a minute.

Come on the stage. Take pictures

in front of the audience.

I'll make a speech and tell them

about Kong, Darrow...

...Driscoll. When I call you,

come take pictures.

- Okay.

- That's fine.

Stand by, Ann, when I call you.

Now, now, it's all right.

We've knocked some of the fight

out of him since you saw him.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am here tonight

to tell you a very strange story.

A story so strange that no one

will believe it.

But, ladies and gentlemen,

seeing is believing...

...and we, my partners and I...

...have brought back the living proof

of our adventure.

...an adventure in which 12

of our party met horrible deaths.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

before I tell you any more...

...I am going to show you the greatest

thing your eyes ever beheld.

He was a king and a god

in the world he knew...

...but now he comes to civilization

merely a captive...

...a show to gratify your curiosity.

Ladies and gentlemen, look at Kong.

The Eighth Wonder of the World.

And now I want to introduce

Miss Ann Darrow...

...the bravest girl

I have ever known.

There the beast

and here the beauty.

She has lived through an experience

no other woman ever dreamed of.

And she was saved from the very grasp

of Kong by her future husband.

I want you to meet a very brave

gentleman, Mr. John Driscoll.

And now before I tell you

the full story of our voyage...

...I will ask the gentlemen

of the press to come forward...

...so that the audience may see them

take the first photographs...

...of Kong and his captors.

All right, boys.

Miss Darrow first, alone.

Stand in front of Kong, Ann.

- All set? Make it a good one.

- Okay.

Shoot.

Don't be alarmed. Those chains

are made of chrome steel.

- It's all right, Ann.

- Get them together, boys.

- They're going to be married tomorrow.

- Put your arm around her, Driscoll.

Wait a minute. Hold on.

- He thinks you're attacking the girl.

- All the roaring, swell picture.

Come on, it's loose!

Send the riot squad and ambulances.

Kong has escaped.

You're safe now, dear.

It's like a horrible dream.

It's like being back

on the island again.

Now, it's all right. Don't worry.

I'm gonna stay right here with you.

Anyhow, you know

they're bound to get him.

Jack, he's climbing up

outside there.

- He's got Ann. He's taken her up.

- The roof, quick.

Ann, Ann!

How can we follow him?

What'll we do?

Fire department searchlights

on the roof.

Yeah, they'll keep him in sight.

Attention all stations.

Kong is going west.

He is making for

the Empire State Building.

Stand by for further reports.

- If he goes up there, what can we do?

- We won't get near him.

Kong is climbing

the Empire State Building.

He is still carrying Ann Darrow.

That is all.

That licks us.

- One thing we haven't thought of.

- What?

Airplanes. If he should put

Ann down...

...and they fly close

to pick him without her...

You're right. Planes.

Call the field.

- Here come the planes.

- They'll get him.

- Can they shoot him and not hit Ann?

- They'll be shooting.

Ann. Ann, hang on, dear.

- Ann, are you all right?

- Jack!

Just a moment. Wait a minute.

Let me through.

My name is Denham.

Just a moment. Oh, lieutenant.

- Lieutenant, I'm Carl Denham.

- Carl Denham.

Denham? Oh, that's the man

that captured the monster.

Well, Denham, the airplanes got him.

Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes.

It was beauty killed the beast.

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