Why do the natives want Dwan for Kong?
The film does not explicitly answer this question. The scene where the Chief offers six of his women for Dwan is taken directly from the original 1933 version. In that earlier film, the Chief notes that Ann Darrow is a “golden woman” and then asks to have her for Kong. Ann Darrow had blonde hair, as did Dwan. Her pale skin color might also have been important to the Chief, or her unusual beauty. In any case, he felt she was worth six native women and was even worth the risk of kidnapping her from off the white man’s ship, guaranteeing retaliation from a technologically superior foe.
