Round 2: Tossup 8

This structure is the subject of an “anti-film” that uses the same techniques as its creator’s earlier film Sleep. Eight hours and five minutes (15[2])of footage of this structure (15[1])comprises (15[1])a 1964 (15[1])film by Andy Warhol. (15[1])Merian C. (15[1])Cooper directed an (15[1])RKO Pictures film in which Fay Wray plays a character stuck in this building named (*) Ann Darrow. A 1933 film that pioneered several special effects techniques ended with sequences using stop-motion to depict airplanes flying around this building. Carl Denham claims that “Beauty killed the Beast” after a massive creature falls to his death from this building. For 10 points, name this real-life 102-story skyscraper climbed by King Kong. ■END■

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