Robert Armstrong

Yeah.

And it stars, of course, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, and King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

RKO Pictures, one hour 40 minutes.

And I will say this before we begin, 'cause I wanna beat you to the punch.

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I always forget how bad the acting is until I actually watch it, and it's rotten.

In the first reel, in the first 10 minutes, you see the star, Robert Armstrong, as Carl Denham, almost screw his lines up, like, five times.

He saves it.

Wray was kept on as Ann Darrow, the film's leading lady.

Her Most Dangerous Game co-star, Robert Armstrong, came with her, cast as Carl Denham, the filmmaker who brings Ann to the island.

A young RKO player named Bruce Cabot was hired as Jack Driscoll, her love interest.

By the summer of 1932, Cooper's picture had a budget, a cast, and RKO's approval.

Less than ten months later, the studio released a sequel, Son of Kong.

Son of Kong was made by much of the same team.

Cooper returned as executive producer, Schoedsack directed, Ruth Rose wrote it, Willis O'Brien's effects unit was back at work, and Robert Armstrong returned as Carl Denham.

Fay Wray, however, did not return.