Son of Kong was the next kaiju film to see the light of day in 1933. After the surprise success of "King Kong" the studios were all ready to go on a new adventure adding another page in Kong's chapter but the main character was dead so what to do then? Easy! create a Kid Kong. The film begins with a King Kong poster and focus's on Carl Denham a month after the death of Kong, he is harried by lawsuits and flat broke due to the damage caused by the first Kong after it escaped.Denham and Captain Englehorn decide to attempt ot find wealth and financial escape via shipping lines through the Orient but are less then successful. They run into Nils Helstrom who sold Denham the map to Skull Island in the original who tells them of great treasure on the island and the two decide that due to their financial troubles it is worth the try to obtain it. In fact, the man is lying so they will take him to another jurisdiction, as he has just caused a man's death. From interviews with the Script writer Ruth Rose it was learned that Rose intentionally made no attempt to make a serious film on the logic that it could not surpass the first. Interestingly enough however the film although being released in the same year as its forerunner was a modest success financially.It is also known now that Many props from the first film found their way into the second film such as The "longface" Kong Armature from when Kong fought the T-Rex in the first movie, some of the prior made dinosaurs and Willis O'Brien once again was employed to make the movie come to life. No new technological breakthroughs came with this film however... that is other then further proof of stop-motions effectiveness at creating the illusion of life.
Below Is a Trailer from the film
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