Bizarre Facts About Fay Wray

Series Summary

Ripley's Believe It Or Not and The Guinness Book Of World Records both have something in common. They are full of things we can't believe. Have you ever looked at any of the stories in these books? They are amazing and unbelievable for the most part. Those of us who have picked one up have rarely seen a good occasion to put it back down. One story after the next is as amazing if not more amazing than the one before. The world is full of amazing things and happenings that could happen to any one of us at any time.

In this free video series our expert on the weird will expose you to some of the most odd medical accounts from around the world. Dr. Rhuel is an expert on all things weird and will teach you that no matter how weird you might think something is he's probably got something that tops it. Enjoy!

Video Transcript

"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, to Expert Village, and this presentation entitled "Intriguing Factoids from the Sci-Fi/Horror Film Genre". I?m your host Dr. Frankline Ruehl, and we start off with Fay Wray, the "queen of scream", known from the movie from 1933, "King Kong". The producers at that time did not want Fay Wray. They wanted the blond Jean Harlow, but she was tied up with MGM. They approached Fay Wray, and one of the producers actually told her that she'd be working with a tall, dark leading man, not telling her that it was a great ape. They demanded that she blond her brunette tresses, perhaps because there is a scene in the movie where the native Chieftain says he will trade six of his wives for the "golden goddess". When Fay first saw the premiere of this movie she thought, first of all, that she screamed too much. Secondly, she realized that she and her fate were linked with King Kong for the rest of her life and beyond. Sadly, "beyond" came in 2004 when Fay died at age 96. Fay was born up in Alberta, Canada. Her family moved down to Kansas, and then ultimately Hollywood, where she attended Hollywood High and got the acting bug. Her first film was a silent in 1923, "Gasoline Love". She was very successful in the silents, and easily made the transition with her excellent voice to the talkies. But in the 40s, her career waned, and her final film was 1958, "Dragstrip Riot". She was also in a number of television shows. Probably the best, the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Fatal Fetish", which dealt with voodoo. Her final T.V. appearance was in 1980, "Gideon's Trumpet". But we will always remember her as the "queen of scream"."