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Q: Need March, 1933 radio broadcast from NBC Los Angeles affiliate. ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Need March, 1933 radio broadcast from NBC Los Angeles affiliate.
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Movies and Film
Asked by: philnoir-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 24 Mar 2004 17:01 PST
Expires: 23 Apr 2004 18:01 PDT
Question ID: 320196
Need March, 1933 radio broadcast from NBC Los Angeles affiliate. In 
March of 1933 there was a promotional radio broadcast for the movie 
King Kong. It featured the producer Merian C. Cooper and the animator 
Willis O'Brien. The spot aired on the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles and 
was heard in Santa Barbara, among other locations. I need to get a 
copy of this recording for a documentary I am making about King Kong. 
I checked with some "old time radio" aficionados on the Internet but 
they never heard of it. In 1933 it was fairly unusual to make 
permanent recordings of live broadcasts. This was before the days or 
wire recordings so they had to make lacquer discs which were fragile. 
If there is any possibility that this recording exists, I need it 
asap. I already have a transcription so it {must be the actual audio}. 
Thank you!
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Subject: Re: Need March, 1933 radio broadcast from NBC Los Angeles affiliate.
From: bowler-ga on 25 Mar 2004 08:55 PST
 
The date I think was Feb 10, 1933:

"On February 10th, 1933, Willis O'Brien participated in a half-hour   
                        promotional radio broadcast on the NBC
network. "Speaking for myself,"                             the
animator said, "King Kong represents the goal of more than 20         
                years. For that long a time I have delved into bygone
periods, studied the                             life of animals long
before the descent of man, preparing myself for the                   
         day when someone would dare to reproduce on the screen the
giant                            beasts that once ruled the world.
Without knowing it, I was waiting for                             King
Kong -- I feel it has been worth the long years of research."         
                   Indeed it was. Standing tall atop his mountain
aerie, King Kong sets                             astride the very
pinnacle of Fantastic Cinema."

http://www.bmonster.com/horror32.html

Also given that this may be very difficult to find if not impossible
you may want to consider raising the price which will generate more
interest in tracking this down.  Just a thought.

Bowler-g

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