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ClaytonVanMarch		#21	[-]
Apr 19 09 6:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Aupperle wrote: HalLane wrote: << Wow. Nice illustration there, HalLane. << Well, I think only the top one was mine, once -- Jim Aupperle supplied the BRINGING UP BABY -- but, thanx! Glad you like I think I found them both over on kongisking.net Hope it was OK to post them here. Here's a KONG photo from my own collection. Jim Aupperle Oh, wow! Aupperle! That picture is quite amazing! My computer is getting really full up of all these goodies posted on here and other sites! Gonna have to get a bucketload of external hard-drives soon! Yippee!
Aupperle		#22	[-]
Apr 20 09 7:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	ClaytonVanMarch wrote: Oh, wow! Aupperle! That picture is quite amazing! My computer is getting really full up of all these goodies posted on here and other sites! Gonna have to get a bucketload of external hard-drives soon! Yippee! I'm glad you liked the photo of Kong climbing Skull Mountain. I have a couple more related shots. 1) A better view of Kong in the miniature set with painting of cliffs to the left. Note how you can see some of the stage beyond the top of the miniature and painting. 2) On location filming the waterfall element that was matted (or rear projected) into the miniature. Looks like director Ernest B. Schoedsack next to the camera. best wishes, Jim Aupperle Last Edited By: Aupperle Apr 20 09 8:20 PM. Edited 3 times.
Rakshasa		#23	[-]
Apr 20 09 8:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	These shots are amazing. Thanks a lot for sharing 'em, Jim! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Buzz Dixon		#24	[-]
Apr 20 09 9:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanx, Jim! It's always a delight to see something "new" (in the sense that I haven't seen it before). www.SnokieStories.com www.BuzzDixon.com http://twitter.com/snokiestories
HalLane		#25	[-]
Apr 20 09 9:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Great stuff! << Looks like director Ernest B. Schoedsack next to the camera. << And maybe Cooper on the right. Is that O'Brien in the middle?
Aupperle		#26	[-]
Apr 21 09 4:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here's another angle on Skull Mountain and the waterfall. This is a test frame with a technician standing in for the actors. I think this was used to show Fay Wray and Bruce Cabot escaping the mountain after their fall into the water. I wonder if the dark triangular area on the cliff face toward the top of the picture is Kong's cave? It looks like it might be the same waterfall element but printed larger than the earlier shot. best wishes, Jim Aupperle Last Edited By: Aupperle Apr 21 09 5:49 PM. Edited 4 times.
DonM435		#27	[-]
Apr 21 09 8:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yep, the island has been unchanged since the Mesozoic era, but it decides to sink upon the second encounter with civilization. Those explorers (and movie makers) have astonishing bad luck, always visiting environments in the final one-thousandth of one per cent of their existance.
HalLane		#28	[-]
Apr 21 09 8:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Aupperle wrote: I wonder if the dark triangular area on the cliff face toward the top of the picture is Kong's cave? Man, it sure looks like it. And wow, that is one heckuva long way down to the water .
scottie52		#29	[-]
Apr 21 09 9:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Fortunately, Hal, as we know, it didn't matter how far the fall was because Gil Perkins took it--and we know he could do high falls!
HalLane		#30	[-]
Apr 21 09 10:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	-- that he could, scottie. In fact, if he'd doubled the lead, Kong might well have walked away from his own big fall!
scottie52		#31	[-]
Apr 22 09 3:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Good God! Maybe that means that Eddie Parker doubled Kong in that scene!
DonM435		#32	[-]
Apr 22 09 5:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	No, Parker played Kong while Perkins doubled the tyrannosaur.
BijouBob8mm		#33	[-]
Apr 23 09 10:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Is that O'Brien in the middle? I'm thinking the nose doesn't look quite right for O'bie, but it's hard to tell.
Wich2		#34	[-]
Apr 23 09 10:54 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	But the whorls, man - the WHORLS!!!
Aupperle		#35	[-]
Apr 23 09 11:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	BijouBob8mm wrote: Is that O'Brien in the middle? I'm thinking the nose doesn't look quite right for O'bie, but it's hard to tell. Doesn't look like O'Brien to me though I think I remember seeing that person in another KONG related photo. If someone has "The Making of King Kong" handy perhaps he's identified in that book. Jim Aupperle
shran		#36	[-]
Apr 23 09 11:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Aupperle wrote: I wonder if the dark triangular area on the cliff face toward the top of the picture is Kong's cave? best wishes, Jim Aupperle Jim, I always thought of it as the cave/ledge where the escape and pterosaur attack took place. So I would say yes. Last Edited By: shran Apr 23 09 11:57 PM. Edited 1 times.
Rakshasa		#37	[-]
Apr 24 09 5:05 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Agreed, that's definitely Kong's cave opening and ledge up there. Great photo; thanks again, Jim! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
ClaytonVanMarch		#38	[-]
Apr 27 09 12:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Aupperle wrote: ClaytonVanMarch wrote: Oh, wow! Aupperle! That picture is quite amazing! My computer is getting really full up of all these goodies posted on here and other sites! Gonna have to get a bucketload of external hard-drives soon! Yippee! I'm glad you liked the photo of Kong climbing Skull Mountain. I have a couple more related shots. 1) A better view of Kong in the miniature set with painting of cliffs to the left. Note how you can see some of the stage beyond the top of the miniature and painting. 2) On location filming the waterfall element that was matted (or rear projected) into the miniature. Looks like director Ernest B. Schoedsack next to the camera. best wishes, Jim Aupperle Jim, you are a god! "I want Kong to be the fiercest, most brutal, monstrous damned thing that has ever been seen." - Merian C. Cooper, in argument with Willis H. O'Brien.
Aupperle		#39	[-]
Apr 27 09 1:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	ClaytonVanMarch wrote: Aupperle wrote: ClaytonVanMarch wrote: Oh, wow! Aupperle! That picture is quite amazing! My computer is getting really full up of all these goodies posted on here and other sites! Gonna have to get a bucketload of external hard-drives soon! Yippee! I'm glad you liked the photo of Kong climbing Skull Mountain. I have a couple more related shots. 1) A better view of Kong in the miniature set with painting of cliffs to the left. Note how you can see some of the stage beyond the top of the miniature and painting. 2 ) On location filming the waterfall element that was matted (or rear projected) into the miniature. Looks like director Ernest B. Schoedsack next to the camera. Jim, you are a god! Hi Clayton, Guess that means you like the photos... He was the king and the god of the world he knew, but now he comes to civilization, merely a captive, a show to gratify your curiosity. I have many more KONG behind the scenes and test shots in my files but my computer has been having problems lately. When I get things sorted out I'll post more KONG photos. Until then I'll fill in with this photo of Joe. best to all Jim Aupperle Last Edited By: Aupperle Apr 27 09 3:30 PM. Edited 3 times.
Rakshasa		#40	[-]
Apr 27 09 4:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I forgot to mention that I can REALLY see the skull shape of Skull Mountain in this shot, more so than I've ever seen before (including in the film!). So cool... Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758

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