Carl Denham

King Kong DVD Deleted Scene (2013)

Actors: Doug Bost (actor), Kevin Maher (director), Kevin Maher (writer), Kevin Maher (producer), Kevin Maher (miscellaneous crew), Elliott Kalan (writer), William Scurry (producer), William Scurry (editor), Ron Palais (actor), William Scurry (director), Michael Birch (actor), Casey Jost (actor), Mark Grenier (actor), Brian Grosz (actor), Noah Tarnow (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005)

Actors: Theodore Roosevelt (actor), Rudy Behlmer (actor), Joel McCrea (actor), Harry Carey Jr. (actor), Ray Harryhausen (actor), Bruce Cabot (actor), James Karen (actor), Merian C. Cooper (actor), Ray Bradbury (actor), Alec Baldwin (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Robert Armstrong (actor), John Ford (actor), Cary Grant (actor), David O. Selznick (actor),

Plot: A chronological celebration of the life and contributions to movies of Merian C. Cooper (1893-1973), adventurer turned filmmaker. Tossed from the Naval Academy and wanting to make his father proud, he becomes a bomber pilot in World War I, assists the Polish resistance, escapes from a Soviet prison, and becomes a documentary filmmaker. He brings his camera close to stampeding elephants and lunging tigers. With "King Kong," he used stop-motion animation. Other innovations include his use of aviation in movie making and his embrace of Technicolor and Cinemascope. Archival interviews of Cooper and his partner, Monty Schoedsack, add to the soundtrack. Talking heads also comment.

Keywords: adventurer, africa, america, animal-name-in-title, anti-communist, apostrophe-in-title, archival-footage, bomber-pilot, camera-in-nose-of-plane, character-name-in-title
Genres: Biography, Documentary,

King Kong (2005)

Actors: Merian C. Cooper (writer), Peter Jackson (producer), Naomi Watts (actress), Andy Serkis (actor), Frank Darabont (actor), Peter Jackson (actor), Thomas Kretschmann (actor), Howard Shore (actor), Andy Serkis (actor), Adrien Brody (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Jack Black (actor), Rick Baker (actor), Edgar Wallace (writer), Peter Jackson (writer),

Plot: Carl Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This 'soon-to-be-unfortunate' soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann is its grasps. Carl and Ann's new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts. But Carl has another plan in mind.

Keywords: 1930s, acrobatics, actor, actress, air-raid, airplane-accident, animal-attack, animal-death, animal-name-in-title, ape-abducts-a-woman
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: The eighth wonder of the world.

Quotes:

Jack Driscoll: I always knew you were nothing like the tough guy you play on the screen. I just never figured you for a coward.::Bruce Baxter: Hey, pal. Hey, wake up. Heroes don't look like me - not in the real world. In th real world they got bad teeth, a bald spot, and a beer gut. I'm just an actor with a gun who's lost his motivation. Be seeing you.

Sleazy Studio Guy: Will there be boobies?

Hayes: We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign - and no memories. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free.

Ann Darrow: Good things never last, Mr. Denham.

Carl Denham: And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty, and beauty stayed his hand. And from that day forward, he was as one dead."

Ann Darrow: Beautiful.

Ann Darrow: Is this the moving picture ship?::Carl Denham: Not exactly. It's actually this one over here.

Ann Darrow: No! I said no! That's all there is. There isn't anymore.

Carl Denham: Ann, I'm telling you - you're perfect. Look at you. You're the saddest girl I've ever met. You're gonna make them weep, Ann. You're gonna break their hearts.::Ann Darrow: See, that's where you're wrong, Mr. Denham. I make people laugh, that's what I do. Good luck with your picture.::Carl Denham: Ann? Miss Darrow, please! I'm offering you money. Adventure, fame, the thrill of a lifetime, and a long sea voyage. You want to read a script? Jack Driscoll's turning in a draft as we speak.::Ann Darrow: Jack Driscoll?::Carl Denham: Sure, why? Wait. You know him?::Ann Darrow: No, not personally. I've seen his plays.::Carl Denham: What a writer, huh? And let me tell you, Ann. Jack Driscoll does not want just anyone starring in this picture. He said to me, "Carl, somewhere out there is a woman born to play this role." And as soon as I saw you, I knew.::Ann Darrow: Knew what?::Carl Denham: It was always going to be you.

Carl Denham: [to aboriginal girl] Look, chocolate! Here, take it. Go ahead, take it.::[through clenched teeth]::Carl Denham: Here, put it in you hand and take it.

RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' (2005)

Actors: Fay Wray (actress), Peter Jackson (producer), Michael Pellerin (actor), Ray Harryhausen (actor), Joe Dante (actor), Michael Crawford (producer), Peter Jackson (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Ben Burtt (actor), Frank Darabont (actor), Rudy Behlmer (actor), John Landis (actor), Rick Baker (actor), Jon Mefford (producer), Susan K. Lee (producer),

Genres: Documentary,

The Mighty Kong (1998)

Actors: Don Brown (actor), Ian James Corlett (actor), Michael Dobson (actor), Paul Dobson (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Richard Newman (actor), Jodi Benson (actress), Merian C. Cooper (writer), Edgar Wallace (writer), Jason Gray-Stanford (actor), Art Scott (director), James Ashmore Creelman (writer), Randy Hamilton (actor), David Siebels (composer),

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical,

King Kong (1933)

Actors: Merian C. Cooper (actor), Jack Chapin (actor), Steve Clemente (actor), Bruce Cabot (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Roscoe Ates (actor), Edward Clark (actor), Reginald Barlow (actor), Harry Bowen (actor), Roy Brent (actor), Robert Armstrong (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Eddie Boland (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), Eddie Boland (actor),

Plot: Carl Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This 'soon-to-be-unfortunate' soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann is it's grasps. Carl and Ann's new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts.

Keywords: 1930s, abduction, actor, actress, air-raid, air-strike, airplane, airplane-accident, altar, animal-attack
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror,
Taglines: A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today! The Most Amazing Show On Any Screen ! Adventure to make you wonder if it's TRUE . . . while your very eyes convince you that it IS ! The Most Awesome Thriller Of All Time Out-leaping the maddest imaginings! Out-thrilling the wildest thrills! The strangest story ever conceived by man.

Quotes:

Carl Denham: [Kong frantically shakes his chains] Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute; he thinks you're attacking the girl...::Reporter: Aw, let him roar, it's a swell picture...

Carl Denham: [warning Jack about women] Some big, hardboiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and bang, he cracks up and goes sappy!

[Captain translates Native Chief's comments on Ann Darrow]::Captain Englehorn: He says, "Look at the golden woman."::Carl Denham: Yeah, blondes are scarce around here.

[Kong has been knocked out by gas bombs]::Carl Denham: Why, the whole world will pay to see this.::Captain Englehorn: No chains will ever hold that.::Carl Denham: We'll give him more than chains. He's always been king of his world, but we'll teach him fear. We're millionaires, boys. I'll share it with all of you. Why, in a few months, it'll be up in lights on Broadway: Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Carl Denham: And now, ladies and gentlemen, before I tell you any more, I'm going to show you the greatest thing your eyes have ever beheld. He was a king and a god in the world he knew, but now he comes to civilization merely a captive - a show to gratify your curiosity. Ladies and gentlemen, look at Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Carl Denham: Don't be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen. Those chains are made of chrome steel.

[last lines]::Police Lieutenant: Well, Denham, the airplanes got him.::Carl Denham: Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.

Carl Denham: [after discovering a huge footprint of Kong] Keep those guns cocked.::Crew member: He's tellin' us.::Crew member: I'd hate to have that thing wrapped around me.

Theatre Patron: Say, what is it, anyhow?::Theatre Patron: I hear it's a kind of a gorilla.::Theatre Patron: Gee - ain't we got enough of them in New York?

Charlie: [after finding a native bracelet on the deck of the ship] All hand on deck! Everybody on deck! Everybody on deck! All hand on deck! Everybody on deck! Everybody on deck!

The Son of Kong (1933)

Actors: Claude Payton (actor), Constantine Romanoff (actor), Claude Payton (actor), James B. Leong (actor), Frank Mills (actor), Jack Richardson (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor), Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian (actor), Ed Brady (actor), Noble Johnson (actor), Lee Kohlmar (actor), Robert Armstrong (actor), Frank Reicher (actor), Steve Clemente (actor), Leo Sulky (actor),

Plot: After the disastrous results of his last expedition, Carl Denham leaves New York aboard a ship to escape all the trouble. After a mutiny, he and a few companions are left behind on Skull island, where they meet a smaller relative of King Kong and make friends with him.

Keywords: accidental-death, alcoholic, animal-attack, animal-name-in-title, bankruptcy, bear, bear-attack, bitten-on-the-butt, boat, bottle
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: The Twelve Foot Ape Befriended them On the Island of King Kong! SEE! The cannibals! The earthquake! The sea serpent! The fighting monsters of ages past! Laughs! Thrills! Pathos!

Quotes:

Carl Denham: Stick with me and you'll be wearing diamonds.

[Hilda sings Runaway Blues]::Carl Denham: Hey, she's got something there.::Englehorn: It certainly isn't a voice!

Hilda: [tries to coax her show's released monkeys out of the trees] Tony, won't you please come down? Tony? Tony?::Carl Denham: You'll never catch a monkey that way.::Hilda: Did you ever catch a monkey?::Carl Denham: Did *I* ever catch...? [dry chuckle] Lady, you'd be surprised.

Carl Denham: Skipper, believe it or not, there's a little Kong!::Englehorn: What? A little K -... How little?::Carl Denham: Well, just a little one... about twelve feet high.

Helstrom: [stops Hilda in the streets of Dakang] Oh, ah, miss... I heard about your father. If I could do anything...::Hilda: [ice cold] You've done enough. You killed my father.::Helstrom: Killed? Why... what? The tent caught fire...::Hilda: My father was beaten over the head. He wasn't burned. What do you think the magistrate will say to that when he gets here?::Helstrom: You can't accuse me! You mustn't dare...::Hilda: How do you know I wasn't? Unless you were? How do you know what my father said me before he... before he died?::Helstrom: [scared] He... What did he say?::Hilda: The magistrate will be here in a few days. I'll tell him.::Helstrom: [tries to be threatening] You'd better be careful! What are you going to tell the magistrate?::Hilda: You can just wonder about that 'till he gets here.

Helstrom: [sees Denham and Englehorn sitting in a Dakang bar] Carl Denham! Don't you remember me? Nils Helstrom.::Carl Denham: Why, for the love of Mike. Helstrom! Sure I remember you! [indicates Englhorn] Oh, this is Captain Englehorn. Captain Helstrom. [Englehorn and Helstrom shake hands] Sit down. [to Englehorn] Say, do you know who this is? The man who gave me the map of Kong's Island. And he wants to know if I remember him? [laughs] Have a drink. [pours Helstrom a drink]::Helstrom: [to Englehorn] So, that was your ship came in last night?::Englehorn: Mine and Denham's.::Helstrom: [to Denham] I heard about you in Singapore. How you captured the biggest animal on earth and taken him back to New York.

Red: [after hearing about the last trip to Kong's island] He expect *us* to go ashore?::[gestures to Denham]::Helstrom: Sure. He's got to have a bodyguard, hasn't he? Say, you know there were a dozen sailors killed on the last voyage he made here?::Red: Killed? By them animals?::Helstrom: Yeah. But, you see Denham and the Skipper came out alright. Ah, but you don't have to worry. There are plenty of rifles aboard.::[suggestively]::Helstrom: If *I* were captain, I certainly wouldn't take my crew into danger.

Carl Denham: If you want me to, I'll give Helstrom a tip that he's too thick with the crew.::Englehorn: Go ahead. It's bad for discipline.::Carl Denham: [sees Charlie leading a procession of the crew] Ha. We must be in Russia. Here comes the Committee of the Workers.::Charlie, the Chinese Cook: Captain Englehorn!::Englehorn: Well?::Charlie, the Chinese Cook: Captain, I went down in the forward hold.::Englehorn: What of it?::Charlie, the Chinese Cook: Captain, I found something!::Englehorn: What's the matter? Found what?::Carl Denham: [sees Charlie reach into the crowd of sailors and pull out Hilda, who was stowing away in the forward hold] Holy mackeral!

Carl Denham: Skipper, believe it or not, there's a little Kong!::Englehorn: What? A little K -... How little?

Mrs. Hudson, Landlady: [peeking out door] There's a newsboy, and a peddler, and a taxi driver out there.::Carl Denham: I betcha a nickel they're all process servers.