King Kong (1933)
Directed by	Merian Cooper Ernest Schodesack
Produced by	Merian Cooper Ernest Schodesack
Screenplay by	James Creelman Ruth Rose
Story by	Edgar Wallace Merian C. Cooper Delos W. Lovelace
Based on	King Kong by novelization by Delos W. Lovelace and provided by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace
Starring	Fay Wray Robert Armstrong Bruce Cabot Frank Reicher Murray Spivack
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Eddie Linden Vernon Walker J.O. Taylor
Production company	Radio Pictures Grosset and Dunlap
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures (United States) Daiei Film (Japan, 1952)
Release date	April 7, 1933 (1933-04-07) (United States)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.