205 King Kong (1933)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
205 King Kong (1933)
- This original version was released four times between 1933 and 1952,
and each release saw the cutting of additional scenes. Though many of the
outtakes - including the censored sequence in which Kong peels off
'Fay Wray' (qv)'s clothes - were restored in 1971, one cut scene has never
been found. It is the clip in which Kong shakes four sailors off a log
bridge, causing them to fall into a ravine where they are eaten alive by
giant spiders. When the movie - with spider sequence intact - was previewed
in San Bernardino, Calif., in late January, 1933, members of the audience
screamed and either left the theatre or talked about the grisly sequence
throughout the remainder of the film. Said the film's producer, Merian C.
Cooper, ``It stopped the picture cold, so the next day back at the studio,
I took it out myself''.
- The models of King Kong were only 18 inches high.
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