The Son of Kong
The Son of Kong is a 1933/1934 pre-code comedy adventure monster movie. It is the sequel and final film of RKO's King Kong series and the second film to the original King Kong of 1933. It stars Robert Armstrong. He played Carl Denham in Kong. Willis O'Brien did the special effects for both movies. The sequel movie got bad reviews. followed by King Kong vs. Godzilla in 1963, for 30 years absence of the franchise, featuring Little Kong, an 4-meter white gorilla, after Kong is killed by biplanes top an Empire State Building.
| Son of Kong (1934) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ernest Schodesack |
| Screenplay by | Ruth Rose |
| Story by | Ruth Rose |
| Based on | King Kong by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace |
| Produced by | Archie Marshek Ernest Schodesack Merian C. Cooper |
| Starring | Helen Mack Robert Armstrong John Marston Frank Reicher Murray Spivack Ed Brady Victor Wong Noble Johnson |
| Cinematography | Eddie Linden Vernon Walker J.O. Taylor |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
Production companies | Radio Pictures Grosset and Dunlap |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (United States) Shochiku (Japan, 1934) |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
changeAfter a month of destruction by Kong, Carl Denham leaves the city and goes to Kong's island. There, he and a young woman named Hilda Petersen encounter a giant albino gorilla that is smaller than Kong. Denham names the ape Little Kong.
Helstrom, Charlie and Englehorn are attacked by a Styracosaurus, which chases them into a cave. Denham and Hilda are also attacked by a large cave bear, but Little Kong fights the ferocious monster and forces it away. Helstrom had actually made up his treasure story to ride away from Dakang, but with the ape's help, Denham and Hilda find the real treasure.
They are attacked by a Nothosaurus, but Little Kong battles the Nothosaurus and kills it. A storm ensues, and Helstrom tries to go on the lifeboat, but is brutally killed by a Plesiosaurus. Englehorn, Hilda and Charlie manage to retrieve the lifeboat, but a violent hurricane strikes the island, and Little Kong sacrifices himself to save Denham. The group on the boat manages to finally reach Denham just in time.
Dinosaurs
changeThis is a list of dinosaurs that have been on the island during the events of the movie.
- Brontosaurus: A huge dinosaur that appears during the earthquake and storm. The original film's version was named as Titanosaurus in reality, but in the movie, it's called Brontosaurus.
- Plesiosaurus: A large marine reptile that kills Helstrom when he attempts to escape on the lifeboat. In the movie, it's inaccurately described as an Elasmosaurus.
- Nothosaurus: A seal-like animal that is portrayed as attacking Hilda, Little Kong and Denham.
- Styracosaurus: A bulky ceratopsian that attacks Charlie, Helstrom and Englehorn. The Styracosaurus in this movie may be attributed to Achelousaurus.
- Scaphognathus: A flying reptile in the movie that is described as a Rhamphorynchus.
- Archaeopteryx: Another flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.
- Triceratops: A dinosaur in a deleted scene only.
