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King Kong (1933)

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Dread by the Decade: The Most Dangerous Game

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Source Material: "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell Year: 1932 Genre: Psychological Horror Rating: UR (Recommended: PG-13) Country of Origin: United States Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 3 minutes

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cinematographer: Henry W. Gerrard Editor: Archie Marshek Writer: James Ashmore Creelman Composer: Max Steiner Cast: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Leslie Banks

Plot: A count hunts wealthy people for sport on his private island.

Review: A disturbing concept is undone by a slashed budget, shallow characters, offensive stereotypes, and pacing so rushed it veers into comical.

Overall Rating: 2/5

Story: 1.5/5 - No time is allotted for tension to build or characters to be fleshed out. What should have been an epic game of cat-and-mouse is a mere two characters running from dogs for less than twenty minutes.

Performances: 2/5 - McCrea and Wray are serviceable but dull, and Armstrong gives one of the worst performances of a drunk person I've ever seen. Banks is trying, but his efforts are overshadowed by an atrocious "Russian" accent.

Cinematography: 3.5/5 - Some beautiful wide shots.

Editing: 3.5/5

Music: 2/5 - Overbearing. It practically yells, "THIS IS TENSE! BE SCARED!" even when very little is happening on screen.

Effects: 4/5 - The shipwreck effects are delightful.

Sets: 4/5 - Beyond the shipwreck, the sets are the best part of this film.

Costumes & Make-Up: 2/5 - Fine until you get into the ethnic caricatures.

Trigger Warnings:

Mild violence and gore

Offensive caricatures of Eastern Europeans

Alcoholism

#The Most Dangerous Game (1932) #The Most Dangerous Game #Ernest B. Schoedsack #American #psychological horror #thriller #Dread by the Decade #review #1930s

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lah dah, nah e um búfalo-d'água, sião [atualmente tailândia], 1927. foto de ernest b. schoedsack.

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Son of Kong - Ernest B. Schoedsack - 1933 - USA

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John Barrymore-Helen Chandler "El padre perdido" (Long lost father) 1934, de Ernest B. Schoedsack.

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KING KONG (R1966-1933) - The BEAUTY OF SWEDISH MOVIE POSTERS (Part 4/10)

There are so many great posters for the original 1933 King Kong movie but the sheer red and orange colors used for the 1966 Swedish rerelease of the horror classic make this poster a must have.

Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack Actors: Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Fay Wray

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[fourorfivemovements]

Happy 90th Anniversary, King Kong!

#King Kong #Merian C. Cooper #Ernest B. Schoedsack #Fay Wray #Robert Armstrong #Bruce Cabot #Frank Reicher #Noble Johnson #Victor Wong #Willis O'Brien #Kong #My Edits #My Post

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Son of Kong (1933)

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[thethirdbear]

#king kong #merian c. cooper #ernest b. schoedsack #1933

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BLOGTOBER 10/17/2023: THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932)

I'm probably not supposed to say this, but I find this movie pretty silly. I'd never seen it before, even though it's one of the most referred-to titles alive. And I mean it's from Ernest Schoedsack who co-directed KING KONG, so what could go wrong? But I have to be honest, I'm not attracted to its boys' adventure vibrations; Joel McCrea is strutting around being the World's Most Awesomest Dude, with everybody including the villain slavering for his approval, and I'm just sitting there thinking, Can't some weasels come and rip this guys' flesh already?

I don't think my problem is just that, like everyone else, I know the twist and the ending already. I've seen lots of very old, very famous movies pretty late in life, and I treasure the discovery of how great and powerful they are despite being so familiar. THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME does face one specific contextual challenge, which is that this Blogtober season I also watched SVENGALI and DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931), and to be blunt about it, Leslie Banks is nowhere near the class of Fredric March and John Barrymore in terms of crafting a charismatic, sexy, scary, physically impressive screen villain. Joel McCrea is perfectly bland as the movie's flawless hero, who doesn't so much learn an ironic lesson about his hunter's hubris as he proves that he can do anything he wants in any situation, especially when he's up against a bunch of swarthy foreigners who wish they could be him, so who really cares. Fay Wray flops around being completely helpless and witless, with this look on her face all the time

while the music goes, "Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh NUH. Duh nuh nuh NUH NUH NUH! DUH NUH NUH NUH NUH NUH!!!" The jungle sets are admittedly beautiful and fun, but I have to deal with all these boring jerks if I want to enjoy them, so that's too bad.

What would have brightened this movie up for me is if it fulfilled on its consistent teasing that the evil Count Zaroff has a super fucked up trophy room with all the most dangerous games that he's murdered stuffed and mounted in it...but apparently whatever version of this once existed was so upsetting to test audiences that it basically survived only in the viewer's imagination. Here are some pretty concise notes on that, if you're interested. But obviously I don't have much of interest to say about this movie. I know it's a classic and all, but let's just say that if you've ever suspected that I'm here to toe the party line on all the great classics to try to sound smart and sophisticated, well, you'd be wrong!

#blogtober #2023 #the most dangerous game #1932 #ernest b. schoedsack #joel mccrea #fay wray #leslie banks #adaptation #horror #thriller #action #pre-code

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TRIVIA ➛ The gong in the title sequence (GUNGA DIN) is the same one used to summon King Kong six years earlier.

Gunga Din (1939) | dir. George Stevens, King Kong (1933) | dir. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack

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Janice Logan in Dr. Cyclops (1940).

#dr. cyclops #janice logan #1940s movies #ernest b. schoedsack #horror adventure

[thewarmestplacetohide]

Dread by the Decade: King Kong

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Year: 1933 Genre: Creature Feature Rating: UR (Rec: PG) Country of Origin: United States Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes

Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack Cinematographer: Eddie Linden, Vernon Walker, J.O. Taylor Editor: Ted Cheesman Composer: Max Steiner Writers: James Creelman, Ruth Rose Cast: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy

Plot: When a film crew travels to an island to make a movie, their actress is kidnapped and offered up to a giant ape.

Review: A technical marvel that changed cinema, it is also an over-long relic steeped in racism. I truly celebrate it only for its animation and sets.

Overall Rating: 3/5

Story: 1.5/5 - Sadly, anti-black racism is baked into the very foundation of this tale, as is misogyny. Its dialogue is also often stiff and dragged out and its characters are flat.

Performances: 2.5/5 - Varies. Wray does her best as an early scream queen, but she and Cabot share little chemistry.

Cinematography: 4/5 - Some really excellent framing and camera movements that bolster the action.

Editing: 3.5/5

Music: 3.5/5 - Somewhat standard but effective.

Effects: 5/5 - Extraordinary. The use of stop motion animation, miniatures, backlighting, the Williams process, and the Dunning process was revolutionary for its time.

Sets: 4.5/5 - A delightful combination of sets, mattes, and locations. I love the jungles.

Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 3.5/5

Trigger Warnings:

Moderate violence

Anti-black racism (uncritically portrayed)

Anti-Asian racism (uncritically portrayed)

Misogyny (uncritically portrayed)

Animal death

#King Kong (1933) #King Kong #American #Merian C. Cooper #Ernest B. Schoedsack #creature feature #Dread by the Decade #review #1930s

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Son of Kong - Ernest B. Schoedsack - 1933 - USA

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Janice Logan "Doctor Cíclope" (Dr. Cyclops) 1940, de Ernest B. Schoedsack.

#Janice Logan #Ernest B. Schoedsack

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932, Irving Pichel/Ernest B. Schoedsack, USA)

#the most dangerous game #irving pichel #ernest b. schoedsack