King Kong (1933) |
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Directed by | Merian Cooper Ernest Schodesack |
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Produced by | Merian Cooper Ernest Schodesack |
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Screenplay by | James Creelman Ruth Rose |
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Story by | Edgar Wallace Merian C. Cooper Delos W. Lovelace |
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Based on | King Kong by novelization by Delos W. Lovelace and provided by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace |
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Starring | Fay Wray Robert Armstrong Bruce Cabot Frank Reicher Murray Spivack |
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Music by | Max Steiner |
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Cinematography | Eddie Linden Vernon Walker J.O. Taylor |
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Production company | Radio Pictures Grosset and Dunlap |
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (United States) Daiei Film (Japan, 1952) |
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Release date | - April 7, 1933 (1933-04-07) (United States)
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Running time | 100 minutes |
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Country | United States |
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Language | English |
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King Kong is a 1933 black and white American adventure fantasy horror movie. the first film of the series. It was directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The screenplay was by Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman. They based the script on a story by Cooper and Edgar Wallace and the novel by Delos Lovelace. The movie stars Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, and Robert Armstrong. It opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to good reviews. As the first film of the King Kong series, followed up by Son of Kong in the following year.