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In the original 1933 movie King Kong, what was the name of the island on which the great ape was discovered?

Ape Island

Skull Island

Monster Island

Borneo

Answer

The correct answer is... Skull Island

This original version was released four times between 1933 and 1952, and each release saw the cutting of additional scenes.

Though many of the outtakes - including the censored sequence in which Kong peels off Fay Wray's clothes - were restored in 1971, one cut scene has never been found. It is the clip in which Kong shakes four sailors off a log bridge, causing them to fall into a ravine where they are eaten alive by giant spiders.

When the movie - with spider sequence intact - was previewed in San Bernardino, Calif., in late January, 1933, members of the audience screamed and either left the theatre or talked about the grisly sequence throughout the remainder of the film. Said the film's producer, Merian C. Cooper, "It stopped the picture cold, so the next day back at the studio, I took it out myself".

Did you know? The models of King Kong were only 18 inches high.

Jungle scenes were filmed on the same set as the jungle scenes in Most Dangerous Game, The (1932).

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