Great story--It seems like no matter when we "met" Fay (and her big furry
friend too) and under which circumstances we, (or the world maybe?) come
away from that meeting permanently changed. Thanks again

-Steve B
----- Original Message -----
From: JOSE GOMEZ <veritas8@...>
To: <faywray@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:56 PM
Subject: [FayWray] Life- long admirer.


> From: "JOSE GOMEZ" <veritas8@...>
>
> Hello Fay, or maybe I should say "Ann" with whom I've had a life-long
> acquaintance. It started in Manhattan way back in 1936. My father had
> just got back from work (suggesting & implementing improvements for
> the Horn & Hardardt "Automat" machinery)and surprised me by
> announcing that I should pick out a movie, ANY movie, and we'd go,
> right then and there, to see it! Excited no end by this
> out-of-the-blue invitation, I dived into the movie-theater section of
> our "New York Journal American", and avidly began examining the
> illustrations displayed in the ads. One in particular immediately
> caught my attention. It was of a gigantic ape battling a "prehistoric
> monster," while down in the right hand corner a beautiful blond lady
> looked on, terrified! No further scrutiny was necessary. "This one?,"
> I said tentatively, suddenly assaulted by the notion that this was
> almost too good to be true. And on a weekday! "Alright," my father
> nodded in what to me seemed the grand manner in which only a King
> would offhandedly bestow an enormous favor. Off we went in the
> subway, arrived at the theater just as the lights were dimming and
> then, enveloped in total darkness, the first three foreboding chords
> of KING KONG blasted into my ears. I instantly fell into a trance,
> never to fully emerge from it. I could go on, Fay, to recount the
> influence you and Kong wrought in me, but a first visit, even over
> the "ether," should not be overlong. Bless you. Jose
>
>
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