Edgar Wallace
1) King Kong
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carl Denham is a filmmaker and entrepreneur who leads an expedition to Skull Island. The island is a place where time has stood still. The natives pay homage to the one whom they revere as "Kong", and who is, indeed, king of the island. Denham, together with his beautiful starlet, Ann Darrow, and the crew of the ship, investigate the strange ritual being performed on the island by its native population. Ann finds herself captured by the natives and...
2) King Kong
Language
English
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Description
Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville, who is down on her luck. She meets Carl Denham, an over-ambitious filmmaker, who brings her on an exploratory expedition to Skull Island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape named Kong. Together, beauty and beast finally meet their fate in New York, where the filmmaker has taken and displayed the ape in the quest of finding his fame by...
5) King Kong
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Language
English
Description
The Big Apple is besieged by the monstrous ape, King Kong. The gargantuan ape battles attacking aircraft high above the streets of New York and plunges to his death from the top of the World Trade Center.
Author
Publisher
HarperKidsEntertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"After arriving on Skull Island, Carl Denham and his crew soon discover that the legend of the massive gorilla Kong is very real. When the giant best is appeased by the beautiful actress Ann Darrow, the crew uses the opportunity to capture Kong"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher
Retromedia
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The racetrack murders: A well-known thoroughbred is slain by a rival horse owner. Soon jockeys are being murdered by a mysterious killer. Scandals, blackmail, and drugs abound in this fine Bryan Edgar Wallace thriller.
The house in the woods: When a mystery novelist moves into an old house to complete his latest chiller, he discovers that the scary events in his book are coming to life.
Series
Publisher
Retromedia
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The Phantom of Soho (1964) haunts the lavish strip clubs of Soho, stalking his victims while wearing a skull mask and glitter gloves. Unravel the enigma that is the Curse of the Yellow Snake (1963), a nifty little film that pits our heroes against a deadly Asian cult determined to control the famous "Yellow Snake", a symbol of great power that people will literally kill to possess.
Series
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Chief Inspector Tanner arrives at the house of Lord and Lady Lebanon to investigate the murder of their chauffeur, he quickly notices a lot of strange things about the household; when a priceless Buddhist artefact is stolen from a Japanese temple, a popular radio personality accidentally becomes involved in the case; a gambler falls in love with a young woman and believes she is bringing him luck, but his gambling rival also becomes interested...
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Racketeer Steve Recka rules his town and the sultry, silk-gowned Madam Lan Ying with an iron hand. But when he falls fo r the enchanting Margaret Van kase, a socialite not impressed by his power nor his wealth, he makes frantic efforts to win her and turns his back on the loyal Lan Ying.
Publisher
Playaway Digital Audio
Pub. Date
[released 2009]
Language
English
Description
Prepare to meet a host of heroes and villains as you take a tour through the shadier sides of life. This riveting and comprehensive collection brings together some of the best crime writing of all time. Ruth Rendell and Frances Hegarty spearhead the modern genre, moving through the popular and rarely-recorded Graham Greene, to Edgar Wallace and G.K. Chesterton and his master detective Father Brown.