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Category: Just a thought

The Eternal King Kong and Ann Darrow

Posted October 19, 2018February 5, 2019 Victoria RiskinLeave a commentPosted in Just a thought

It may never have occurred to the creators of King Kong – producers and directors Merion C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and screenwriter Ruth Rose – nor to my mother, Fay Wray, the damsel in distress in the iconic 1933 movie, that the giant ape would still be captivating, and capturing, New York audiences 85 […]

Fay Wray and Robert Riskin : A Hollywood Memoir…Why I Wrote This Book

Posted August 9, 2018February 5, 2019 Victoria RiskinPosted in Just a thought

At some point, I don’t remember when, I had a burning desire to write this book. Like most memoirs, mine too begins in childhood. When I was six years old, my father suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed and mentally impaired. My world, which until that moment had been idyllic, turned grey. My […]

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Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir

A Hollywood love story, Hollywood memoir, and (dual) Hollywood biography about the woman who stole the heart of King Kong and the man, Robert Riskin, one of the greatest screenwriters of all time, by their daughter, an acclaimed writer and producer.

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