Monsters and Mountains

Submitted by Maxine on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 4:53pm

With the Academy Awards presentation coming up this Sunday, it seems only right to re-celebrate the openings on March 2 of two groundbreaking movies as different as scorpions and teddy bears: King Kong and The Sound of Music. The original 1933 production of King Kong is considered one of the greatest adventure movies of all times. And to think that he was only 18 inches tall! The use of stop motion photography gave the illusion of this ape climbing the Empire State Building and clutching the screaming Fay Wray in his hands while planes attacked him. The other film, The Sound of Music, premiered on this day in 1965. Who can ever forget the smiling Julie Andrews leading her pack across the mountains singing her heart out?

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Submitted by LuckyDuck on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 8:05pm.

cool

Submitted by sandylib123 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 8:30pm.

nice

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