The Unexpected Origins of the First Scream Queen

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Actress Fay Wray is often credited with being American cinema’s first scream queen, specifically for her performance in 1933’s King Kong. After reading listicle after listicle citing Wray as the first, my question became…why? Horror films have existed since the invention of film. Surely, other women had made a name for themselves in horror by 1933. Why then would this actress in this performance be considered the first? In this video, I try to find out why!

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