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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.
Language
Budget$672,000
Revenue $10,001,781
English
Budget$672,000
Revenue $10,001,781
Keywords
new york city
ship
exotic island
island
unsociability
screenplay
movie business
great depression
dinosaur
black and white
pre-code
sea voyage
damsel in distress
empire state building
giant ape
animal horror
great ape
king kong
Casts
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
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)
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
Onest Conley
Warrior (uncredited)
Odel Conley
Warrior (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Native Handmaiden (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe
Native Dancer (uncredited)
Crews
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
J.O. Taylor
Director of Photography
Kenneth Peach
Director of Photography
Ruth Rose
Screenplay
Vernon L. Walker
Director of Photography
Walter Daniels
Producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director
Merian C. Cooper
Director
David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Producer
Edward Linden
Director of Photography
James Ashmore Creelman
Screenplay
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Camera Operator
Ted Cheesman
Editor
George Marquenie
Best Boy Electric
Murray Spivack
Sound Effects
Murray Spivack
Sound Designer
Alfred Herman
Settings
Ernest Smythe
Additional Storyboarding
Merian C. Cooper
Idea
Carroll Clark
Settings
Van Nest Polglase
Supervising Art Director
Eddie Harman
Sound Recordist
John Cerisoli
Sculptor
Steve Rez
Paint Coordinator
Frank D. Williams
Special Effects Technician
Mel Berns
Makeup Supervisor
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
Leon Gordon
Writer
Alfred Herman
Art Direction
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Harry Redmond Sr.
Special Effects
Richard Van Hessen
Boom Operator
Harry Redmond Jr.
Special Effects
Edgar Wallace
Idea
Ernest Bachrach
Still Photographer
Sam Redding
Key Grip
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Earl A. Wolcott
Sound Recordist
William H. Clothier
First Assistant "B" Camera
Walter Daniels
Assistant Director
Lillian Jones
Stunt Double
Pauline Wagner
Stunt Double
Betty Goode
Script Supervisor
Edgar Wallace
Story
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Harold E. Stine
Boom Operator
Merian C. Cooper
Story
Fred Schuessler
Casting
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Sam Kaufman
Makeup Artist
Marcella Allen
Stunt Double
Judy Malcolm
Stunt Double
Doran Cox
Assistant Director
Duke Krantz
Pilot
Buddy Mason
Stunt Double
Ivan Thomas
Assistant Director
Dotha Hippe
Hairstylist
Aline Goodwin
Stunt Double
Bert Willis
First Assistant "A" Camera
Carroll Clark
Production Design
George Gabe
Property Master
Willis H. O'Brien
Visual Effects
Backdrops & Posters
