Kong eventually knocks Jack out by stopping the taxi he is fleeing in and flipping it, then encounters Ann again. Causing chaos throughout the town searching for Ann by picking up several look alikes, Jack looks him in the eye and a chase through the streets.
Ann has become an anonymous chorus girl and a double of her is used as a replacement in the play however Kong becomes enraged from the fake 'Ann' and breaks free from his chrome-steel chains. In New York around Christmas, Carl presents Kong - the Eighth Wonder of the World on Broadway. Kong bursts through the gate and struggles to get her back, killing several sailors, but is subdued when Carl knocks him out with Chloroform. They arrive at the village wall with the angry Kong following them, where Ann becomes distraught by what Carl plans to do. As Kong fights a swarm of giant bats, Ann and Jack escape by grabbing the wing of a Terapusmordax and then jumping to a river. Jack comes to Kong's lair, and disturbs him from his slumber. Englehorn and the rest of the crew rescue whomever is left of the rescue party from the pit of giant insects, and as Jack decides to continue to search for Ann, Carl decides to capture Kong. While there, Ann briefly attempts to communicate with Kong using sign language, but without success. He returns to rescue Ann from three Vastatosaurus Rex (modern Tyrannosaurus), and takes her up to his mountain lair. The survivors stumble across a log where Kong attacks, shaking them off the log into a ravine. It is here that Bruce Baxter and two others leave the group. The rest of the rescue party come across a swamp. Ann manages to entertain Kong with juggling and dancing, but he does not kill her when she refuses to continue, leaving her instead. The rescue party is caught up in a Venatosaurus pack's hunt of Brontosaurus, and four of them (including Herb, the cameraman) are killed while Jack and the rest of the crew survive. Kong takes Ann into the jungles of the island.Ĭaptain Englehorn organises a rescue party to find Ann and hunt down the beast. In the meantime, Ann discovers the remains of the previous sacrifices, and stabs Kong's hand with her ceremonial necklace to no avail. Englehorn gives them 24 hours to find her. Carl sees the gorilla that has taken her. On the island, Ann is hung from a balcony to the other side of a valley. They finally lighten the load to steer away, until Jack discovers Ann has been kidnapped. Englehorn and his crew break up the attack and return to the damaged ship.
The matriarch vows to sacrifice her to "Kong", a 25 ft (7.6 m) gorilla. Ann screams, and a roar beyond the wall responds. Mike, the sound technician, is speared, one of the sailors has his head crushed, and Jack is knocked out. Despite his attempt to turn around, their ship is sucked up into a fog and crashes into one of the encircling rocks.Ĭarl and his crew explore the island, with a deserted village against a wall, but they are attacked by the vicious natives. As for Carl, a warrant is out for his arrest and Captain Englehorn begins to have second thoughts, following the fears of his crew over the legend of Skull Island.
On the SS Venture, they slowly fall in love. With time running out, Ann signs on when she learns her favourite playwright Jack Driscoll is the screenwriter. Having lost her job as a vaudeville actress, Ann Darrow is hired by troubled filmmaker Carl Denham to be an actress in his new motion picture against the famous and popular actor Bruce Baxter. The film opens in New York City, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression.