A scene from King Kong 1933
Denham

A wall...built so long ago that the people who live there have slipped back, forgotten the higher civilization that built it. That wall is as strong today as it was centuries ago. The natives keep that wall in repair. They need it.

Driscoll

Why?

Denham

There's something on the other side of it, something they fear.

Captain

A hostile tribe.

Denham

Did you ever hear of...Kong?

Captain

Why, yes. Some native superstition isn't it? A god or a spirit or something?

Denham

Well anyway, neither Beast nor man. Something monstrous. All powerful. Still living. Still holding that island in a grip of deadly fear. Well, every legend has a basis of truth. I tell you, there's something on that island that no white man has ever seen.

Captain

And you expect to photograph it?

Denham

If it's there, you bet I'll photograph it.

Driscoll

Suppose it doesn't like having its picture taken?

Denham

Well, now you know why I brought along those cases of gas bombs.

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