4 Movies Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1925-03-20

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

71 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (677 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Carver (titled by)

Terry Ramsaye (titled by)

Fullplot:

The real-life struggles of the Bakhtiari tribe of Southern Persia (Iran) to migrate with 50,000 people and ten times as much livestock over seemingly impassable natural barriers of mountain and river during harsh weather conditions to reach grazing lands for their cattle and other livestock. Their hardscrabble life is portrayed with poetically beautiful cinematography in possibly the greatest documentary of the silent era.

King Kong

King Kong

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1933-04-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(61169 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

James Ashmore Creelman (screen play)

Ruth Rose (screen play)

Merian C. Cooper (from an idea conceived by)

Edgar Wallace (from an idea conceived by)

Fullplot:

Carl Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This 'soon-to-be-unfortunate' soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann in it's grasps. Carl and Ann's new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts.

The Son of Kong

The Son of Kong

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1933-12-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

70 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (2450 Reviews)

Fullplot:

After the disastrous results of his last expedition, Carl Denham leaves New York aboard a ship to escape all the trouble. After a mutiny, he and a few companions are left behind on Skull island, where they meet a smaller relative of King Kong and make friends with him.

Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-08-29

Languages:

English, Swahili

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(3101 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ruth Rose (screenplay)

Merian C. Cooper (from an original story by)

Fullplot:

In Africa, the girl Jill Young trades a baby gorilla with two natives and raises the animal. Twelve years later, the talkative and persuasive promoter Max O'Hara organizes a safari to Africa with the Oklahoma cowboy Gregg to bring attractions to his new night-club in Hollywood. They capture several lions and out of blue, they see a huge gorilla nearby their camping and they try to capture the animal. However, the teenager Jill Young stops the men that intended to kill her gorilla. Max seduces Jill with a fancy life in Hollywood and she signs a contract with him where the gorilla Joseph "Joe" Young would be the lead attraction. Soon she realizes that her dream is a nightmare to Joe and she asks Max to return to Africa. However he persuades her to stay a little longer in the show business. But when three alcoholic costumers give booze to Joe, the gorilla destroys the spot and is sentenced by the justice to be sacrificed. Will Jill, Gregg and Max succeed in saving Joe?

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