
King Kong (1933)
7.6|15 Mar, 1933|104 min
A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!
7.6|15 Mar, 1933|104 min
Released
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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 $10,000,000
English
Budget$672,000
Revenue $10,000,000
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
Merian C. Cooper
Director

Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director
James Ashmore Creelman
Screenplay
Ruth Rose
Screenplay

David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
Merian C. Cooper
Producer

Ernest B. Schoedsack
Producer

Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Edward Linden
Director of Photography
J.O. Taylor
Director of Photography

Vernon L. Walker
Director of Photography
Kenneth Peach
Director of Photography
Ted Cheesman
Editor
George Marquenie
Best Boy Electric

Ernest B. Schoedsack
Camera Operator
Walter Daniels
Producer
Merian C. Cooper
Idea

Edgar Wallace
Idea
Leon Gordon
Writer
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
Alfred Herman
Art Direction
Mel Berns
Makeup Supervisor
Carroll Clark
Settings
Alfred Herman
Settings
John Cerisoli
Sculptor

Van Nest Polglase
Supervising Art Director
Steve Rez
Paint Coordinator
Ernest Smythe
Additional Storyboarding
Murray Spivack
Sound Effects
Murray Spivack
Sound Designer
Eddie Harman
Sound Recordist
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Van Hessen
Boom Operator
Harry Redmond Jr.
Special Effects
Harry Redmond Sr.
Special Effects

Frank D. Williams
Special Effects Technician
Ernest Bachrach
Still Photographer
Sam Redding
Key Grip
Merian C. Cooper
Story

Edgar Wallace
Story
Fred Schuessler
Casting
Carroll Clark
Production Design
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration

Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Dotha Hippe
Hairstylist

Sam Kaufman
Makeup Artist
Doran Cox
Assistant Director
Walter Daniels
Assistant Director
Ivan Thomas
Assistant Director
George Gabe
Property Master
Earl A. Wolcott
Sound Recordist
Harold E. Stine
Boom Operator
Marcella Allen
Stunt Double
Aline Goodwin
Stunt Double
Lillian Jones
Stunt Double
Judy Malcolm
Stunt Double
Buddy Mason
Stunt Double
Pauline Wagner
Stunt Double

William H. Clothier
First Assistant "B" Camera
Bert Willis
First Assistant "A" Camera
Betty Goode
Script Supervisor
Duke Krantz
Pilot
Willis H. O'Brien
Visual Effects
Backdrops & Posters




















