King Kong (1933) - A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!

King Kong

A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!
( Adventure / Fantasy / Horror )

US Runtime: 104 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Mar 15, 1933 [USA]

Directors:	Merian C. Cooper [Director] Ernest B. Schoedsack [Director]

Writers:	Merian C. Cooper [Story] James Ashmore Creelman [Screenplay] Leon Gordon [Writer] Ruth Rose [Screenplay] Edgar Wallace [Story]

Producers:	Merian C. Cooper [Producer] Walter Daniels [Producer] Ernest B. Schoedsack [Producer] David O. Selznick [Executive Producer]

Cinematography:	Edward Linden [Director of Photography] Kenneth Peach [Director of Photography] J.O. Taylor [Director of Photography] Vernon L. Walker [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Ted Cheesman [Editor]

Music Composed by	Max Steiner [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Carroll Clark [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Walter Plunkett [Costume Design]

Casting by	Fred Schuessler [Casting]

Production Companys:	Radio Pictures RKO Radio Pictures (US) RKO Radio Pictures Inc.

Plot Summary:

A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.

Cast:

Robert Armstrong Carl Denham Fay Wray Ann Darrow Bruce Cabot Jack Driscoll Frank Reicher Captain Englehorn Victor Wong Ship's Cook Charlie James Flavin Mate Briggs Sam Hardy Charles Weston		Noble Johnson Skull Island Native Chief Steve Clemente Skull Island Witch Doctor Dorothy Gulliver New York Theatergoer Carlotta Monti New York Theatergoer Sandra Shaw Woman Who Screams From Hotel Window Louise Emmons Old Woman in Line at Mission Everett Brown Native in Ape Costume

Uncredited Cast:

Roscoe Ates Press Photographer (uncredited) Merian C. Cooper Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited) Frances Curry Intended Sacrificial Bride for Kong (uncredited) Paul Porcasi Apple Vendor (uncredited) Ernest B. Schoedsack Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited) Harry Strang Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited) Bill Williams Theatre Usher (uncredited) Dick Curtis Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Reginald Barlow Ship's Engineer (uncredited) Roy Brent Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Edward Clark Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Harry Cornbleth Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) James Dime Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)		Charlie Hall Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Allen Jenkins Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) George Magrill Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) John Northpole Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Gil Perkins Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Jack Perry Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Harry Tenbrook Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Sailor Vincent Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Blackie Whiteford Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) Onest Conley Warrior (uncredited) Odel Conley Warrior (uncredited) Madame Sul-Te-Wan Native Handmaiden (uncredited) Jim Thorpe Native Dancer (uncredited)

Stunt Crew:

Marcella Allen Stunt Double Aline Goodwin Stunt Double Lillian Jones Stunt Double		Judy Malcolm Stunt Double Buddy Mason Stunt Double Pauline Wagner Stunt Double

Sound Crew:

Eddie Harman Sound Recordist Clem Portman Sound Re-Recording Mixer Murray Spivack Sound Effects Murray Spivack Sound Designer		Harold E. Stine Boom Operator Richard Van Hessen Boom Operator Earl A. Wolcott Sound Recordist

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Willis H. O\'Brien Visual Effects Harry Redmond Jr. Special Effects		Harry Redmond Sr. Special Effects Frank D. Williams Special Effects Technician

Art Department:

John Cerisoli Sculptor George Gabe Property Master Thomas Little Set Decoration Ray Moyer Set Decoration		Van Nest Polglase Supervising Art Director Steve Rez Paint Coordinator Ernest Smythe Additional Storyboarding

Directing Crew:

Doran Cox Assistant Director Walter Daniels Assistant Director		Ivan Thomas Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Ernest Bachrach Still Photographer William H. Clothier First Assistant "B" Camera Duke Krantz Pilot George Marquenie Best Boy Electric		Sam Redding Key Grip Ernest B. Schoedsack Camera Operator Bert Willis First Assistant "A" Camera

Other Crew:

Carroll Clark Settings		Alfred Herman Settings

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