There is almost no let up in the action in this sequence. Ann captured-natives dance-a sacrifice to kong-rescue mission-defeat of stegasoraus-swamp adventure-swamp escape-log catastrophe-trex battle-snake creature fight-pterydactil disposal-rescue/escape-kong wrecks village-gas bomb. My favourite part would be the big middle chunk on the island. Everything is right-the effects,the photography,the score,pacing,continuity. But this is the best 'monster' movie, it is so well made-it is a masterpiece. I could never tire of this movie, i've seen it so many times and always watch it when it's on tv-in fact i watched it just a week ago! It's one of those films that is rewatchable countless times, like many other 'monster' movies. In conversations I had with people who attended and remembered this opening, there was no music from the film used in any of these shows.' Source: John Morgan, 'Reconstruction Notes by John Morgan,' Steiner: King Kong. Hearing the recorded 'proof' of this Overture confirmed our suspicions: it was merely those same few acetates that have been floating around for years, professionally edited into a short Suite and called an Overture. Morgan writes, 'Another rumour has recently surfaced that Steiner composed an Overture for the film's world premiere opening in 1933 - there was even a recent recording claiming to be this long-lost Overture. According to John Morgan's notes on the score's re-construction, the overture was not written by Max Steiner. Note, however, that the overture was not part of the film's original exhibition. two-disc DVD collector's edition version. This increased the run time to slightly over 104 minutes.

On November 22, 2005, Turner Classic Movies premiered a version with a four minute overture added.

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