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Son of Kong (1933) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack.

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The Son of Kong (1933, Ernest B. Schoedsack)

on Sep 17, 2008 From The Stop Button

King Kong opened in April 1933, The Son of Kong opened for Christmas 1933. The rush shows. The special effects really suffer–for whatever reason, when Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack are added to the little Kong’s shots, it’s fine, but when little Kong is added to Armstrong and Mac... Read full article


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Carl Denham: [excited] Boy, look at him scrap! Just like his Old Man!


Mrs. Hudson, Landlady: [peeking out door] There's a newsboy, and a peddler, and a taxi driver out there.
Carl Denham: I betcha a nickel they're all process servers.


Hilda: [tries to coax her show's released monkeys out of the trees] Tony, won't you please come down? Tony? Tony?
Carl Denham: You'll never catch a monkey that way.
Hilda: Did you ever catch a monkey?
Carl Denham: Did *I* ever catch...?
[dry chuckle]
Carl Denham: Lady, you'd be surprised.


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One of the scenes involving pterodactyls flying in the far background was matted into Citizen Kane during the scene where Kane and "friends" make for the beach from Xanadu - this was done to save production costs.
Recordings of Fay Wray's screams from King Kong were used in this movie.
'Merian Cooper''s enthusiasm for this movie was curtailed when he was told he had less than half the budget of King Kong to work with, and he had to have it in theaters within six months, for Christmas 1933 release.
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