"You're going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood."
— Merian C. Cooper

January 1, 1970

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Speaking with Fay Wray, prior to production on King Kong, as quoted in On the Other Hand (1988) by Wray; reproduced in "Coming Soon; Sneak previews of Forthcoming Books of Special Interest to Southern Californians: Meeting King Kong" by Wray, Los Angeles Times (December 4, 1988), p. 8B