Schoedsack, with robert armstrong, helen mack, frank reicher, at tcm. The 1933 king kong film and character inspired imitations and installments. Yes, this is an early example of a cashgrab sequel, but i always felt it was decent at best. Son of kong is a 1933 american giant monster film produced by rko radio pictures and a sequel to king kong, released earlier that same year. Carl denham and friends return to skull island in search of. The history of a movie icon from fay wray to peter jackson free boook. But first, a brief history on king kongs sordid fate is necessary. A woman from the news gets in, and denham acknowledges the swamping by propoerty owners suing him. The son of kong film by schoedsack 1933 britannica. Son of kong 1933 after his disastrous venture with the giant ape king kong, promoter carl denham robert armstrong flees new york to avoid indictment from a grand jury. Enticed by these words, brunette leading lady fay wray dyed her hair blonde and accepted the role of.
Cooper 18931973 had in which a giant gorilla was terrorizing new york city. Back in 1933 when king kong was first seen in black and white, the villain that destroyed the peace was the great depression. This sequel to king kong is about a month after the big ape death. The son of kong is an early example of two hollywood tendencies that can almost entirely explain why sequels are usually so much worse than the original movie other than the obvious fact that, by definition a sequel cant be an original idea. The greatest and most famous classic adventurefantasy and parthorror film of all time is king kong 1933. King kong, landmark american monster film, released in 1933, that was noted for its pioneering special effects by willis obrien. Download the son of kong 1933 x264 torrent kickasstorrents. In 2005 it received a dvd release and was available both by itself and as part of a collectors set alongside king kong 1933 and mighty joe young 1949, with commentary by ray harryhausen.
Mar 06, 2017 the son of kong opens as director carl denham robert armstrong is holed up in his rented room in a boarding house, being hounded by the press and sued to shit by the city of new york for. Whereas, dear old dad, king kong, has remained one of the great titans of horrorfantasy cinema, sadly, his kinder, gentler albino son has never been viewed as anything more than a cinematic footnote. The son of kong 1933 x264the son of kong 1933 x264. With robert armstrong, helen mack, frank reicher, john marston.
Unlike king kong, in son denham finally gets to woo a girl, and his courtship provides a softer, more humane version of a character fallen from grace, and forced to live with certain humility. I might be wrong, but i dont think there were sequels before son of kong. There was scant space between the release in 1933 of king kong and its sequel, the seriocomic son of kong, but time enough for almost unimaginable tragedy and im not talking about rko selling off the pathe soundstages containing much of the skull island jungle set which necessitated the denham and company are immediately chased right off the beach scene in son of kong. The villain of the film is nils helstrom john marston, the sailor who gave denham the original map to skull island. King kong is a 1933 american precode monster adventure film directed and produced by merian c. On march 6, just an hour after midnight, he announced the national bank holiday, effective immediately. King kong 1933 the son of kong 1933 the last days of pompeii 1935 the dancing pirate 1936 mighty joe young 1949 this is cinerama 1952 the animal world 1956 the beast of hollow mountain 1956 the black scorpion 1957 the giant behemoth 1959 the lost world 1960 its a mad, mad, mad, mad world 1963 courtesy.
The son of kong simple english wikipedia, the free. The men who captured the giant ape king kong return to skull island and find his likewise gigantic but far more friendly son. This humorous sequel to king kong tells of carl denhams return to skull island in hopes of finding a treasure to pay for the damage inflicted on new york city by the giant gorilla. The son of kong opens as director carl denham robert armstrong is holed up in his rented room in a boarding house, being hounded by the press and sued to. The son of kong simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Also returning was robert armstrong as the impresario carl denham. Rko rushed son of kong into production, and the film reached theaters in the same calendar year as the original, landmark king kong 1933. The son of kong 1933 out of 4 fun sequel to king kong finds carl denham robert armstrong broke and being sued by just about everyone so he heads off and plans to make a living on the shipping market. Jun, 2014 denham along with damsel in distress helen mack rescues kong from a quicksand pit and in return the appreciative and playful ape makes sure to defend them from any creatures that threaten denham. Todays episode features the 1933 forgotten masterpiece son of kong.
Before long he finds himself back on skull island when he learns that there might be a treasure there but first he finds a baby gorilla. Comments it was natural rko would demand a sequel to kong kong, but by hurrying the production, huge sacrifices were made and its hard to imagine anyone was happy with the final product when it was release days before christmas of 1933 nine months after the first film premiered in new york city why the rush. Willis o brien created several models for an earlier production called creation. King kong 1933 in new york, march 1933 immortal ephemera. King kong beauty killed the beast, 1933 fantasy monsteradventure film directed and produced by merian c. The film is the lesserknown sequel to king kong and was released just nine months. Schoedsack both reallife adventurers and film documentarians conceived of the lowbudget story of a beautiful, plucky blonde woman fay wray and a frightening, gigantic, 50 foot apemonster as a metaphoric re. The son of kong was released on vhs by nostalgia merchant in the 1980s and again in 1991 by turner home entertainment. More modest in every way than the original, primarily because of its much smaller budget, the son of kong relied on some whimsical comedy to make up for its relative lack of sheer thrills. This humorous sequel to king kong tells of carl denhams return to skull island in hopes of finding a treasure to pay for the damage inflicted on new york city by.
Rent son of kong 1933 starring robert armstrong and helen mack on dvd and bluray. Son of kong may have set the original land speed record for how fast a movie sequel went from first draft to finished feature. It was the first significant feature film to star an animated character and also made actress fay wray an international star director carl denham played by robert armstrong leads a film crew to a remote, uncharted pacific island in search of the. Todays episode features a film that needs no further introduction. It stars fay wray, bruce cabot and robert armstrong, and opened in new york city on march 2. President roosevelt took office on saturday, march 4. Anyway, its been a month since carl denham brought kong to new york and the disaster that followed and carl is being sued practically by the entire city of new york. Hear classic music from the son of kong, 1933, directed by ernest b. King kong premiered at radio citys music hall and roxy theaters on march 2, 1933. Apr 25, 2017 king kong is a 1933 american fantasy monsteradventure film directed and produced by merian c. The screenplay for the son of kong was written by american screenwriter ruth rose, who also cowrote the screenplay for king kong. Lighthearted quickie sequel to the same years king kong. The son of kong 1933 is the sequel to the original king kong of 1933.
The film begins with a king kong poster, but carl denham, a month after the death of kong, is harried by lawsuits and cannot sneak out of his apartment without his landlady, mrs. Find release information for son of kong 1933 ernest b. But first, a brief history on king kong s sordid fate is necessary. The savage kong has a primal fury about him that makes him a real threat, even if his lovelorn looks to anne turn him into a slightly more sympathetic monster. Hopefully, svengpauli can do something to remedy that unfortunate dilemma.
Willis obrien did the special effects for both movies. King kongs roar was a lions and a tigers roar combined and run backwards. Jan 17, 2016 rko rushed son of kong into production, and the film reached theaters in the same calendar year as the original, landmark king kong 1933. More modest in every way than the original, primarily because of its much smaller budget, the son of kong relied on some whimsical comedy to make up for its relative. The screenplay by james ashmore creelman and ruth rose was developed from an idea conceived by cooper and edgar wallace. Son of kong 1933 cast and crew after his disastrous venture with the giant ape king kong, promoter carl denham robert armstrong flees new york to avoid indictment from a grand jury. How would you like to star opposite the tallest, darkest leading man in hollywood.
King kong movie 1933 fay wray, robert armstrong, bruce cabot. Son of kong also known as the son of kong is a 1933 american precode adventure monster film produced by rko pictures. It was released to american theaters on december 22, 1933. The human characters are fairly onedimensional by comparison. Firstly, the studios attempt to maximise profit by slashing the budget, which is why the effects. Son of kong 1933 wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia.
It was the first significant feature film to star an animated character and also made actress fay wray an international star. In recent years i have focused on the remarkable special effects, based by willis obrien and others on his fx work in the lost world 1925 but achieving a sophistication and beauty that eclipsed anything that went before. The son of kong is a sequel to king kong 1933 1933, which was based on a dream that american aviator and screenwriter merian c. Oct 10, 2015 king kong beauty killed the beast, 1933 fantasy monsteradventure film directed and produced by merian c. King kong 1933 official 1938 rerelease trailer king kong movie 720p hansgruber 84. King kong film by cooper and schoedsack 1933 britannica. Not to waste all that work, obrien went on to use many of the models made for creation in king kong. Because of the depression, this production was abandoned. Directed by ernest schoedsack and featuring special effects by buzz gibson and willis obrien, the film stars robert armstrong, helen mack and frank reicher. Son of kong is a 1933 film about carl denham returning to skull island and finding kongs son. Ive seen king kong 1933 many times, most memorably in its rerelease in the 1950s, when it did indeed scare me. Schoedsack both reallife adventurers and film documentarians conceived of the lowbudget story of a beautiful, plucky blonde woman fay wray and a frightening, gigantic, 50 foot apemonster as a metaphoric retelling of the. King kong beauty killed the beast, 1933 video dailymotion.
King kong 1933 official 1938 rerelease trailer king kong. While the stopmotion animation seems primitive, the 1933 version of king kong still very watchable. The searchers languages son of kong is one hour and nine minutes long and was released on december 22, 1933. The 1933 classic, king kong, ranks as one of the epic thrillers in film history, earning a prestigious place on afis list of top 100 american movies. Rent son of kong 1933 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Denham along with damsel in distress helen mack rescues kong from a quicksand pit and in return the appreciative and playful ape makes sure to defend them from any creatures that threaten denham. Schoedsack, who directed the original with merian c. However, for its first reissue in 1938, it was decided by the studio and the hays censor bureau to tone down the film. Dec 21, 2010 unlike king kong, in son denham finally gets to woo a girl, and his courtship provides a softer, more humane version of a character fallen from grace, and forced to live with certain humility. Carl denham and friends return to skull island in search of lost treasure and encounter a whitefurred little kong, who proves friendly and helpful to them. Later on in the 1950s, king kong became the star of a london musical in the. In the early 1960s, rko had licensed the king kong character to japanese studio toho and produced two king kong films, king kong vs. Among scenes removed were kong chewing and stomping natives and his peeling off fay wrays dress.
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