KING KONG
(1933)















PLOT
The classic masterpiece of the giant ape who falls in love with a woman. Anne Darrow is a homeless street urchin who is hired by filmmaker Carl Denham to star in his next project, "Kong". Denham and his crew travel to the uncharted Skull Island to find Kong, the star of his film, whose identity he has kept secret the entire voyage. That's when the real action begins.



CAST
ANN DARROW: Fay Wray
CARL DENHAM: Robert Armstrong
JACK DRISCOLL: Bruce Cabot
CAPTAIN ENGLEHORN: Frank Reicher
WESTON: Sam Hardy
NATIVE CHIEF: Noble Johnson
WITCH KING: Steve Clemente
2ND MATE BRIGGS: James Flavin



UNCREDITED CAST
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER: Roscoe Ates
REPORTER: Lynton Brent
PILOT: Barney Capehart
PILOT OF PLANE:
THAT KILLS KONG
Merian C. Cooper
SAILOR: Dick Curtisi
PILOT: Bob Galloway
GIRL: Dorothy Gulliver
MATE: Ethan Laidlaw
THEATRE PATRON: Vera Lewis
LUMPY: Victor Long
POLICE OFFICER: George MacQuarrie
THEATRE PATRON: LeRoy Mason
NATIVE WOMAN: Etta McDaniel
REPORTER: Frank Mills
PILOT: Dusty Mitchell
GIRL: Carlotta Monti
SAILOR: Gil Perkins
APPLE VENDOR: Paul Porcasi
WATCHMAN: Russ Powell
PILOT: Russ Rogers
MACHINE-GUNNER OF:
PLANE THAT KILLS KONG
Ernest B. Schoedsack
WOMAN KONG DROPS: Sandra Shaw
MAID: Madame Sul-Te-Wan
SAILOR: Charles Sullivan
SAILOR: Harry Tenbrook
NATIVE DANCER: Jim Thorpe
NATIVE: Ray Turner
SAILOR: Blackie Whiteford
CHARLIE, THE COOK: Victor Wong
PILOT: Eric Wood



ANIMATED CREATURES

King Kong
Stegosaurus
Allosaurus
Elasmosaur
Birds
Pterodactyl




CREDITS
DIRECTORS: Merian C. Cooper
Ernest B. Schoedsack
PRODUCED BY: Merian C. Cooper
Ernest B. Schoedsack
David O. Selznick
SPECIAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR: Willis H. O'Brien
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Max Steiner
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Edward Linden
(As Eddie Linden)
Kenneth Peach
(uncredited)
J.O. Taylor
Vernon L. Walker
(As Vernon Walker)
EDITOR: Ted Cheesman
ART DIRECTION: Carroll Clark
Alfred Herman
(As Al Herman)
Van Nest Polglase
(uncredited)
SET DECORATION: Thomas Little
(uncredited)
MAKE-UP SUPERVISOR: Mel Berns
SOUND EFFECTS ASSOCIATE: Walter Elliot
(uncredited)
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER: Clem Portman
(uncredited)
SOUND EFFECTS: Murray Spivack
SOUND RECORDIST: Earl A. Wolcott
SPECIAL EFFECTS: Harry Redmond, Jr.
(uncredited)
SCULPTOR: John Cerisoli
(uncredited)
ART TECHNICIAN: Byron L. Crabbe
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Walter Daniels
TECHNICIAN: Marcel Delgado
TECHNICAL ARTIST: Victor Delgado
(uncredited)
OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHER: Linwood G. Dunn
(uncredited)
DUNNING PROCESS SUPERVISORS: C. Dodge Dunning
(uncredited)

Carroll H. Dunning
(uncredited)
TECHNICIAN: E.B. Gibson
TECHNICIAN: Orville Goldner
MATTE PAINTER: Henri Hillinck
(uncredited)
TECHNICAL ARTIST: Zachary Hoag
(uncredited)
ORCHESTRATOR: Bernhard Kaun
(uncredited)
ART TECHNICIAN: Mario Larrinaga
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Archie F. Marshek
TECHNICIAN: Fred Reese
REAR PROJECTION PROCESS: Sidney Saunders
(uncredited)
TECHNICIAN: Carroll L. Shepphird
(as Carroll Shepphird)
PAINTING TECHNICIAN: Peter Stitch
(uncredited)
OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHER: William Ulm
(uncredited)
CONSTRUCTION TECHNICIAN: W.G. White
(uncredited)
MATTE SUPERVISOR: Frank Williams

All images from King Kong © 1933 RKO Radio Pictures.
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