Fay Wray - Cardston, Alberta
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N 49° 11.768 W 113° 18.115
12U E 332300 N 5451809
The Fay Wray fountain and accompanying signage commemorates Hollywood leading lady Fay Wray. She became best known for her role in the original King Kong. Location: Main Street near the Westwood Regional School No. 9. You can visit anytime.
Waymark Code: WMYWRG
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 08/03/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
Views: 3

Fay Wray, born Vina Fay Wray at Cardston, Alberta on September 15, 1907 she died at Manhattan on August 8, 2004 at the age of 96. Fay Wray spent her early childhood on her family's ranch in Alberta before the family moved to California.

She achieved lasting worldwide fame in 1933 as the shrieking heroine in one of the most famous films of all time, King Kong.

The sign is transcribed as follows:

from Cardston to King Kong and beyond

"Fay Wray is known to almost everyone on the planet as the woman with the problem boyfriend."

Born in a wilderness ranch southwest of Cardston in 1907, Fay Wray was carried to fame in the hand of a giant gorilla in the 1933 film classic "King Kong".

Appearing in nearly eighty movies in the course of a thirty-three year career, Fay Wary was a leading lady during Hollywood's Golden Age.

The Fay Wray fountain commemorates her visit "back home" in 1962. This interpretive plaque was installed in September 1993, when Fay visited Cardston during the 60th anniversary year of the legendary film and the immortal character known as King Kong.

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Department Number, Category Name, and Waymark Code:
2-Buildings • Art Deco - Art Nouveau • Carriage House Theatre - Cardston, AB • WMQERY
4-Culture • Figurative Public Sculpture • So Long, Charley • WMGAME
5-Entertainment • Live Stage Theaters • Carriage House Theatre • WMQET1
8-Monuments • Citizen Memorials • Fay Wray • WMPKYM
10-Oddities • Satellite Imagery Oddities • Carriage House Theatre • WMQERX
11-Recreation • Roadside Attractions • Fay Wray Fountain • WMPKYH
13-Structures • Fountains • Fay Wray Fountain • WMPKYA


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