The 1933 Kong vs dinosaur battle was pure movie magic - and shockingly violent for its era. Creating the one-minute battle was a massive undertaking for Willis O'Brien and his RKO effects team which had to arrange thousands of individual poses. Stop-motion work averaged only 8-12 frames per day. At 24 frames per second, this could have come out to just half a second of footage per day - or 4 months to complete the one-minute battle! But O'Brien and his amazing team were able to get it done in ju

King Kong 1933 King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it is the first film in the King Kong franchise. The film stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot. In the film, a giant ape dubbed Kong captured from Skull Island attempts to possess a beautiful young woman. King Kong opened in New York City on Marc