John Michlig writes: There was scant space between the release in 1933 of KING KONG and its sequel, the "seriocomic" SON OF KONG, but time enough for almost unimaginable tragedy - and I'm not talking about RKO selling off the Pathe soundstages containing much of the Skull Island jungle set (which necessitated the "Denham and company are immediately chased right off the beach" scene in SON OF KONG). [More]