King Kong
Year:
1933
Production Country:
USA
Directed by Merian C. Cooper / Ernest B. Schoedsack
Featuring Fay Wray / Robert Armstrong / Bruce Cabot
Featuring Fay Wray / Robert Armstrong / Bruce Cabot
Whilst making an adventure film on an uncharted island, an actress is kidnapped by an ape. The ape is eventually captured and taken for exhibition in New York. He escapes and has to be killed by the means of modern weapons.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Ann Darrow Fay Wray
- Carl Denham Robert Armstrong
- John Driscoll Bruce Cabot
- Captain Englehorn Frank Reicher
- Charles Weston Sam Hardy
- native chief Noble Johnson
- witch king Steve Clemento
- Briggs, second mate James Flavin
- himself King Kong
- [Lumpy] Victor Wong
- [member of ship's crew] Fred Behrle
- [member of ship's crew] Earl 'Hap' Hogan
- [member of ship's crew] Walter Kirby
- [member of ship's crew] John Northpole
- [member of ship's crew] Henry Warwick
- [member of ship's crew] Jack Gallagher
- [member of ship's crew] Duke Green
- [member of ship's crew] Jockey Haefeli
- [member of ship's crew] Sam Levine
- [member of ship's crew] Sailor Vincent
- [member of ship's crew] Kid Wagner
- [member of ship's crew] Charles Hall
- [member of ship's crew] George Magrill
- [member of ship's crew] Van Alder
- [member of ship's crew] John Collins
- [member of ship's crew] Charles Sewell
- [member of ship's crew] William Van Vleck
- [member of ship's crew] Ralph Bard
- [member of ship's crew] T.C. Jacks
- [member of ship's crew] Harry Claremont
- [member of ship's crew] Arthur Flavin
- [member of ship's crew] Walter Kimpton
- [member of ship's crew] Richie McCarew
- [member of ship's crew] Jack Perry
- [member of ship's crew] Bert O'malley
- [member of ship's crew] Jack Silver
- [member of ship's crew] Joe Dill
- [member of ship's crew] Joe Beard
- [member of ship's crew] Dick Curtis
- [member of ship's crew] James Dime
- [member of ship's crew] Tex Duffy
- [member of ship's crew] Shorty English
- [member of ship's crew] Bill Fisher
- [member of ship's crew] Ethan Laidlaw
- [member of ship's crew] Hugh Starkey
- [member of ship's crew] Bill Dagwell
- [member of ship's crew] Roy Brent
- [member of ship's crew] Larry Fisher
- [member of ship's crew] Walter Taylor
- [member of ship's crew] Skeets Noyes
- [member of ship's crew] Edward Clark
- [member of ship's crew] Blackie Whiteford
- [member of ship's crew] Jack Saunders
- [member of ship's crew] Harry Walker
- [member of ship's crew] Frank Gerrity
- [member of ship's crew] Harry Cornbleth
- [member of ship's crew] Buddy Mason
- [member of ship's crew] Charles Sullivan
- [member of ship's crew] Al Mcdonald
- [ship's crew/assistant director] James Casey
- [ship's crew/assistant director/cabbie] Tex Higginson
- [native dancer] John Crawford
- [native dancer] Nim Nixon
- [native dancer] Edward Patrick
- [native dancer] T.J. Rankin
- [native dancer] Gus Robinson
- [native in ape costume] Everett Brown
- [warrior] John Wade
- [warrior] Milton Shockley
- [warrior] John Brakins
- [warrior] Sam Marlowe
- [warrior] Ivory Williams
- [warrior] Tobias Tally
- [warrior] Al Knight
- [warrior] Charles Washington
- [warrior] William Duran
- [warrior] Henry Martin
- [warrior] Floyd Shackelford
- [warrior] Johnnie Bland
- [warrior] Jack Best
- [warrior] George Washington
- [warrior] Cliff Ingram
- [warrior] Roy Thompskin
- [warrior] Earl Turman
- [warrior] Blue Washington
- [warrior] Odel Conley
- [warrior] Onest Conley
- [warrior] John Davis
- [native] Wade Walker
- [native] William Dunn
- [native] Ed Allen
- [native] A.J. Prather
- [native] Walter Knox
- [native] Ray Turner
- [native] Jack West
- [native] Tony Shelly
- [native] Nathan Perry
- [native] Alice Nichols
- [native] Kathryn Curry
- [native] Nathan Curry
- [native] Annie L. Johnson
- [native] Evelyn Garrison
- [native] Etta Mae Allen
- [native] Rose Dandridge
- [native] Etta Mae Henry
- [native] Joe Flourney
- [native] Almeta Muse
- [native] Fanny Donahue
- [native] Lawrence Green
- [native] William Solder
- [native] Katherine Sparks
- [native child] Hannah Washington
- [native child] James Adamson
- [native child] Bernice Dandridge
- [native child] Rena Marlowe
- [native child] Malcon Potts
- [native child] Mahlon Potts
- [native child] Harold Garrison
- [baby] Irene Henry
- [police captain] Raymond Nye
- [police captain] George Mcquarrie
- [police officer] Frank Fanning
- [police officer] Monte Vandergrift
- [police officer] Frank Meredith
- [police officer/usher] Tim Lonergan
- [motorcycle policeman] Allen Pomeroy
- [conductor] Ivan Thomas
- [motorman] Joseph Marba
- [machine gunner] George Daly
- [gunman] Lew Harvey
- [gunman] Pat Harmon
- [Greek storekeeper] Paul Porcasi
- [ballyhooer] Edwin Sturgis
- [ballyhooer] King Mojave
- [ballyhooer] Harry Eaton
- [ballyhooer] Mae Marrin
- [ballyhooer] Larry Mcgrath
- [radio announcer] Jack Pratt
- [reporter/cameraman] Eddie Boland
- [reporter/cameraman] Lynton Brent
- [reporter/cameraman] Paddy O'flynn
- [reporter] Frank Mills
- [reporter] Frank O'connor
- [reporter] Rus Saunders
- [reporter] Harry Bowen
- [reporter] Edward Hart
- [reporter] Peter Duray
- [reporter] Wesley Hopper
- [reporter] Roy Stewart
- [reporter] Charles O'malley
- [reporter] Jack Smith
- [reporter] Ed Stevens
- [reporter] Ed Reed
- [reporter] Ed Rochelle
- [reporter] Jack Chapin
- [reporter] Harry Mount
- [reporter] Ralph Easton
- [reporter] Frank Cullen
- [reporter] Frank Angel
- [reporter] Walter Ackerman
- [reporter] Arnold Gray
- [cameraman] James Harrison
- [cameraman] Lee Phelps
- [New Yorker] Jean Fenwick
- [New Yorker] Betty Gale
- [New Yorker] Bill Williams
- [New Yorker] LeRoy Mason
- [theatregoer] Larry Steers
- [theatregoer] Earl Dwyer
- [fat woman] June Gittelson
- [husband] Oliver Eckhardt
- [dowager] Vera Lewis
- [.] Walter Downing
- [.] John Lester Johnson
- [.] Harry Duval
- [.] Gertrude Sutton
- [.] Helen Worthington
- [.] Jean Doran
- [.] Florence Dudley
- [.] Betty Burns
- [.] Tom O'grady
- [.] Harry Strang
- [.] Lillian Young
Credits
Direction
- Director Merian C. Cooper
- Director Ernest B. Schoedsack
- [Assistant Director] Ivan Thomas
- [Assistant Director] Doran Cox
- [Assistant Director] Walter Daniels
Rights
Production
- a Radio Picture/Radio Pictures presents RKO Radio Pictures
- Executive Producer David O. Selznick
- a Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack production Merian C. Cooper
- a Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack production Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Production Assistant Archie Marshek
- Production Assistant Walter Daniels
Writing
- Screen Play by James Creelman
- Screen Play by Ruth Rose
- [Contributing Writer] Leon Gordon
- From an idea conceived by Edgar Wallace
- From an idea conceived by Merian C. Cooper
Photography
- Photographed by Eddie Linden
- Photographed by Vernon L. Walker
- Photographed by J.O. Taylor
- [Camera Operator] Edward Henderson
- [Camera Operator] Felix Schoedsack
- [Camera Operator] Lee Davis
- [Assistant Camera] Bert Willis
- [Assistant Camera] William Reinhold
- [Assistant Camera] William H. Clothier
- [Assistant Camera] Clifford Stine
Special Effects
- Chief Technician Willis O'brien
- Art Technician Mario Larrinaga
- Art Technician Byron L. Crabbe
- Technical Staff E.B Gibson
- Technical Staff Marcel Delgado
- Technical Staff Fred Reese
- Technical Staff Orville Goldner
- Technical Staff Carroll L. Shepphird
Editing
- Film Editor Ted Cheesman
Design
- Settings by Carroll Clark
- Settings by Al Herman
Costumes
- [Costumes Supplied by] Western Costume Company
Music
- Music by Max Steiner
Sound
- Recorded by Earl A. Wolcott
- [Sound] Recorded by RCA Photophone
- Sound Effects Murray Spivack
Stunts
- [Stunts] Duke Green
- [Stunts] James Casey
- [Stunts] Dorothy Curtis
- [Stunts] Frank Cullen
- [Stunts] Joe Dill
- [Stunts] Charles Watt
- [Stunts] Harry Wagner
- [Stunts] Mike Lally
- [Crash Stunt] Harvey Parry
- [Stunt Double] James Casey
- [Stunt Double] Tex Higginson
- [Stunt Double for Bruce Cabot] Al Mcdonald
- [Stunt Double for Fay Wray] Marcella Allen
- [Stunt Double for Fay Wray] Cherie May
- [Double on Log] Mike Graves
- [Double for Bruce Cabot] Gil Perkins
- [Double for Fay Wray] Aline Goodwin
- [Double for Fay Wray] Pauline Wagner
- [Double for Fay Wray] Lee Kinney
- [Double for Fay Wray] Lillian Jones
- [Double for James Flavin] Buddy Mason
- [Double for Robert Armstrong] Charles Sullivan
- [Double for Robert Armstrong] Robert Mckee
- [Double for Robert Armstrong] Mike Lally
- [Double for Robert Armstrong] Bob Williams
- [Double] Sam Cummings
- [Double] Edith Haskins
- [Double] Billy Jones
- [Double] Chick Collins
- [Double] Johnny St. Claire
- [Double] Jack Holbrook
- [Double] Betty Collins
- [Double] Loretta Rush
- [Double] Bob Rose
- [Double] Frances Mills
