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Son of Kong is a 1933 American monster film and the sequel to King Kong. It follows the adventures of Carl Denham, Hilda Petersen and the giant ape "Little Kong" on Skull Island, where they face dinosaurs, natives and a sinking island.
Carl Denham returns to Skull Island and meets Kong's son, a friendly 12-foot gorilla who helps him and his girlfriend escape from prehistoric monsters and a giant earthquake. IMDb provides cast and crew, trivia, reviews, ratings, and more for this adventure film.
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- 1933-12-22
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(1933) is an adventure movie and a sequel to the film King Kong. It was rushed into the production shortly after King Kong was released, and it was produced by the same team.
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, who is certain it is just a matter of time before he is similarly served. Their efforts to make money shipping cargo around the Orient are less than successful. In the Dutch port of Dakang, they run into Nils Helstrom, the former Norwegian skipper who sold Denham the map to Skull Island, who tells them there is a treasure on the island. Blinded by their financial situation, they believe him and agree to return. In fact, he is lying so they will take him to another jurisdiction, as he has just caused a man's death. Shortly after they put out to sea, a beautiful stowaway girl (Helen Mack) is found on board. She had been part of a traveling show run by her recently deceased father, Helstrom's victim.
They arrive at 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; he is referred to only as "Little Kong" and, by Denham, "Baby"). The son of Kong is portrayed as considerably smaller than his famous father, but is still twice the size of a man. He is much friendlier and saves Denham and the girl from a giant cave bear. Despite the fact that Helstrom made up his story on the spot out of desperation, a treasure is found. Shortly afterwards, Kiko, Denham and the girl are attacked by a Nothosaurus which Kiko kills, while Helstrom tries to escape in the lifeboat but is eaten by an Elasmosaurus. Eventually, Kiko dies saving Carl Denham, as does every other creature on Skull Island, when an earthquake and a hurricane strikes the island ripping it apart and it sinks into the ocean.
The film was produced and released in 1933, immediately following the success of King Kong (1933), and was a modest success. Script writer Ruth Rose intentionally made no attempt to make a serious film on the logic that it could not surpass the first. She stated "If you can't make it bigger, make it funnier." For his part, Denham's actor, Robert Armstrong, preferred the second film, saying that the sequel offered more character development for Carl Denham.
The script/screenplay featured scenes of tribal warfare and a climatic dinosaur stampede during the massive cyclone/earthquake that sinks Skull Island at the film's end. The stampede was going to utilize the models that had been built for Creation (1931) (most being used in the earlier King Kong). However these sequences were never filmed due to the films tight budget and shooting schedule.
•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
•Kiko: Kong's albino son who is half his size and much friendlier that ends up being drowned when the island is destroyed but sacrifices himself saving Denham first. He is named only by fans.
•Styracosaurus: chases Charlie, Englehorn, and Helstrom into a cave and destroys their gun. Same model used in the original film. Drowned when the island sinks (off-screen).
•Archaeopteryx: seen flying around the island. Escaped when the island sinks (off-screen).
•Triceratops: Seen in a deleted scene. Drowned when the island sinks.
•Cave Bear: chases Denham and Hilda before being driven off by Kiko. Drowns when the island sinks (off-screen).
•Nothosaurus: weird reptilian creature that attacks Denham, Hilda and Kiko after they uncover the treasure, only to be killed by Kiko. It seems to resemble a large Protorosaurus.
was released on VHS by Nostalgia Merchant in the 1980s and again in 1991 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 (1933) and Mighty Joe Young (1949), with commentary by Ray Harryhausen. This film, like the original was colorized for television.
Son of Kong is a 1933 adventure film and a sequel to King Kong. It follows the further adventures of filmmaker Carl Denham and his crew on Skull Island, where they encounter Kong's albino son Kiko and other dinosaurs.
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After his disastrous venture with the giant ape King Kong, promoter Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) flees New York to avoid indictment from a grand jury. He sails off with friend Captain Englehorn...
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Dec 24, 2023 · A sequel to King Kong, this film follows Carl Denham and his crew as they return to Skull Island to find a treasure and encounter Kong's son Kiko. The film features stop-motion effects by Willis O'Brien and was directed by Ernest Schoedsack.
A sequel to King Kong, the film follows Carl Denham and his companions as they return to Skull Island and meet Kong's son, a 12-foot-tall gorilla. They face various dangers and a treasure hunt, but the island sinks in a cataclysmic earthquake.
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