King Kong is a 1933 landmark black-and-white monster film about a gigantic gorilla named "Kong" and how he is captured from a remote lost prehistoric island and brought to civilization against his will. The film was made by RKO and was originally written for the screen by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman, based on a concept by Merian C. Cooper. A major on-screen credit for Edgar Wallace, sharing the story with Cooper, was unearned, as Wallace became ill soon after his arrival in Hollywood and died without writing a word, but Cooper had promised him credit. A novelization of the screenplay actually appeared in 1932, a year before the film, adapted by Delos W. Lovelace, and contains descriptions of scenes not present in the movie.
The film was directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, starred Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot, and is notable for Willis O'Brien's ground-breaking stop-motion animation, Max Steiner's musical score and Fay Wray's performance as the ape's love interest. King Kong premiered in New York City on March 2, 1933 at Radio City Music Hall.
Fay Wray - (Ann Darrow)
Robert Armstrong - (Carl Denham)
Bruce Cabot - (Jack Driscoll)
Frank Reicher - (Capt. Englehorn)
Sam Hardy - (Charles Weston)
Noble Johnson - (Native Chief)
James Flavin - (Second Mate)
Steve Clemento - (Witch King)
Roscoe Ates - (Photographer)
Reginald Barlow - (Engineer)
Lynton Brent - (Reporter)
Dick Curtis - (Crewman)
Dorothy Gulliver - (Girl)
Ethan Laidlaw - (Mate)
Vera Lewis - (Theater Patron)
George MacQuarrie - (Police Captain)
LeRoy Mason - (Theater Patron)
Etta McDaniel - (Native Woman)
Carlotta Monti - (Girl)
Gil Perkins - (Sailor)
Paul Porcasi - (Fruit Vendor)
Russell Powell - (Dock Watchman)
Sandra Shaw - (Woman Dropped by Kong)
Mme. Sul Te Wan - (Handmaiden)
Charles Sullivan - (Sailor)
Harry Tenbrook - (Sailor)
Jim Thorpe - (Native Dancer)
Raymond Turner - (Native)
Blackie Whiteford - (Sailor)
Victor Wong - (Charley the Cook)
Merian C. Cooper - (Flight Commander)
Frank Mills - (Reporter)
Ernest B. Schoedsack - (Chief Observer)
Production Credits:
Van Nest Polglase (Art Director)
Alfred Herman (Art Director)
Carroll Clark (Art Director)
J.O. Taylor (Cinematographer)
Eddie Linden (Cinematographer)
Vernon Walker (Cinematographer)
Max Steiner (Composer (Music Score))
Walter Plunkett (Costume Designer)
Merian C. Cooper (Director)
Ernest B. Schoedsack (Director)
Ted Cheesman (Editor)
David O. Selznick (Executive Producer)
Merian C. Cooper (Producer)
Ernest B. Schoedsack (Producer)
Alfred Herman (Production Designer)
James Ashmore Creelman (Screenwriter)
Ruth Rose (Screenwriter)
Thomas K. Little (Set Designer)
Edgar Wallace (Short Story Author)
Orville Goldner (Special Effects)
Byron L. Crabbe (Special Effects)
E.B. Gibson (Special Effects)
Fred Reese (Special Effects)
Linwood G. Dunn (Special Effects)
Mario Larrinaga (Special Effects)
Carroll L. Shepphird (Special Effects)
Willis O'Brien (Special Effects)
Marcel Delgado (Special Effects)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)
Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893, Jacksonville, Florida, USA — April 21, 1973, San Diego, California, USA, died of cancer) was an American aviator, United States Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, director, screenwriter and producer.
Cooper's most famous film work was the 1933 movie King Kong.
Cooper was the father of Polish translator and writer Maciej Słomczyński and was married to Dorothy Jordan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merian_C._Cooper
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