Known for Writing
Born
September 21, 1894
Died
September 9, 1941 (age 46)
Birthplace
Marietta, Ohio, US
Filmography
31 films


The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
2005 · 6m · NZ
What the "spider-pit" sequence from the original King Kong (1933) probably looked like (the original sequence was cut out of the original movie because it was deemed "too gruesome" and was subsequently lost).


King Kong
1976 · 2h 14m · US
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.


King Kong
1933 · 1h 40m · US
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.


The Most Dangerous Game
1932 · 1h 3m · US
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.


Half Shot at Sunrise
1930 · 1h 18m · US
Two soldiers go absent without leave in Paris during World War I.


The Last Performance
1929 · 1h · US
A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is in love with the magician's young protege, who turns out to be a bum and a thief.


The Red Dance
1928 · 1h 35m · US
Tasia (Dolores del Río), a beautiful dancer lower class of Russia, falls heir to the throne Prince, Grand Duke Eugene (Charles Farrell), but only admired from a distance. At the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, the Duke falls in captivity and this allows Tasia be near him.