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King Kong (1933) [NR]

Release Date:
March 15, 1933

Original Title:
King Kong

Alternate Titles:
Die Fabel von King Kong - Ein amerikanischer Trick- und Sensationsfilm
Кінг-Конг

Genres:
Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: L  CA: 14A  DE: 6  FR: U  GB: PG  HU: KN  IT: T  NL: 9  SE: 15  US: NR 

Runtime: 104

A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!

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Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

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1998
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2001
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2002
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Production

Additional Storyboarding:
Ernest Smythe

Art Direction:
Carroll Clark
Alfred Herman

Assistant Director:
Walter Daniels
Doran Cox
Ivan Thomas

Best Boy Electric:
George Marquenie

Boom Operator:
Richard Van Hessen
Harold E. Stine

Camera Operator:
Ernest B. Schoedsack

Casting:
Fred Schuessler

Costume Design:
Walter Plunkett

Director:
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Merian C. Cooper

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

Editor:
Ted Cheesman

Executive Producer:
David O. Selznick

First Assistant "A" Camera:
Bert Willis

First Assistant "B" Camera:
William H. Clothier

Hairstylist:
Dotha Hippe

Idea:
Merian C. Cooper
Edgar Wallace

Key Grip:
Sam Redding

Makeup Artist:
Sam Kaufman

Makeup Supervisor:
Mel Berns

Original Music Composer:
Max Steiner

Paint Coordinator:
Steve Rez

Pilot:
Duke Krantz

Producer:
Walter Daniels
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Merian C. Cooper

Production Design:
Carroll Clark

Property Master:
George Gabe

Screenplay:
Ruth Rose
James Ashmore Creelman

Script Supervisor:
Betty Goode

Sculptor:
John Cerisoli

Set Decoration:
Ray Moyer
Thomas Little

Settings:
Alfred Herman
Carroll Clark

Sound Designer:
Murray Spivack

Sound Effects:
Murray Spivack

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Clem Portman

Sound Recordist:
Eddie Harman
Earl A. Wolcott

Special Effects:
Harry Redmond Sr.
Harry Redmond Jr.

Special Effects Technician:
Frank D. Williams

Still Photographer:
Ernest Bachrach

Story:
Edgar Wallace
Merian C. Cooper

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

Supervising Art Director:
Van Nest Polglase

Visual Effects:
Willis H. O'Brien

Writer:
Leon Gordon

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