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Written By: Ken Hulsey Sources: BBC News / Avery Guerra Earlier this week I posted an article about a rare copy of the classic monster movie "King Kong " that was discovered in the wall of a London movie house. The article has been linked on several different websites and referenced on several others. It seems that many a movie buff was more than just a little excited about the possibility of a rare print of "Kong", with possibly 'missing' footage in tact, being found for everyone to enjoy. Alas, I hate to be the one to dash every ones hopes, but the copy of the film that sat in a wall for decades waiting to be unearthed, may not be what was advertised. The print that was discovered is indeed old, and somewhat rare, but further examination has revealed that the film stock is composed of celluloid and not nitrate means that it probably dates back to the 1950s, not the 30s as first reported. If this is indeed true, any hopes of this copy of "King Kong...

Written By: Ken Hulsey Sources: Bloody Disgusting / Avery Guerra It seems that a rare print of the 1933 classic film "King Kong" has turned up in a rather unlikely place, buried in the wall of a London cinema. During recent renovations to the Grosvenor Cinema, a worker named Ross McMillan was working on knocking down a partition wall in the projection room when he noticed something odd looking in the rubble. To his amazement he discovered that it was a copy of "King Kong." Not just any copy, mind you, a copy that has been missing from the vaults of RKO for more than seventy years. An original print, that may very well contain scenes cut out of the film, including the long-lost Lizard and Spider canyon sequences. Mr McMillan said: “I didn ’t know what it was at first, I hoped it was hidden treasure but when I realised it wasn ’t I was about to throw it in the skip. “One of the cinema staff stopped me and took it away to find out what it was. “When I heard it was ...