The Son of Kong
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| Directed by | Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| Produced by | Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| Written by | Ruth Rose |
| Starring | Robert Armstrong Helen Mack Frank Reicher John Marston Victor Wong Edward Brady |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 1933 |
| Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | King Kong |
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Son of Kong is the sequel to the successful film King Kong.
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[edit] Plot
The story picks up about a month after the dramatic finale of the previous film and follows the further adventures of filmmaker Carl Denham (again played by Robert Armstrong), now implicated in numerous lawsuits following the destruction wrought by Kong. Denham leaves New York with the captain of the Venture, Captain Englehorn. They eventually run into the sailor who sold Denham the map to Skull Island (Nils Helstrom), who cons them into believing there is a treasure on the island.
Along with a beautiful stow-away girl (Hilda Peterson) who trained monkeys for a circus act, they return to Skull Island where they meet, befriend, and are ultimately saved by Kong's easygoing albino son Kiko (a name used in production but never spoken in the film). The son of Kong is portrayed as considerably smaller than his famous father, but is still twice the size of a man. The stop motion animation is the film (done by Willis O'Brien who also did the effects in King Kong) is not as extensive as in the original, but is notable for a sequence where a Ceratopsid dinosaur chases the explorers through the jungle. Ultimately, Kiko dies saving Carl Denham, as does every other creature on Skull Island, when an earthquake strikes the island and it sinks into the ocean.
[edit] Production
The film was produced and released in 1933, immediately following the success of King Kong, and was a modest success.
At the time of the film release, albino gorillas were unknown; the first documented albino gorilla was Floquet de Neu, captured in Equatorial Guinea in 1966.
The script/screenplay featured scenes of tribal warfare and a climatic Dinosaur stampede during the massive Cyclone/Earthquake the sinks Skull Island at the films end. The stampede was going to utilize the models that had been built for Creation (most being used in the earlier King Kong). However these sequences were never filmed due to the films tight budget and shooting schedule.
[edit] Home video
Son of Kong was released on VHS by Nostalgia Merchant in the 1980s and again in 1998 by Turner Home Entertainment.
In 2005, it received a DVD release and was available both by itself and as part of a collector's set alongside King Kong and Mighty Joe Young.
[edit] Cast
- Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham
- Helen Mack as Hilda Peterson
- Frank Reicher as Captain Englehorn
- John Marston as Nils Helstrom
- Victor Wong as Charlie
- Edward Brady as Red
- Noble Johnson as Native Chief
- Steve Clemente as Witch Doctor
- Clarence Wilson as Mr. Peterson
- Kathrin Clare Ward as Mrs. Hudson
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| King Kong films |
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| King Kong (1933) • The Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • King Kong (2005) |
