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atomic-chronoscaph · 28 days

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The Animal World - View-Master (1956)

#the animal world #view-master #ray harryhausen #willis o'brien #stop motion animation #dinosaurs #viewmaster reels #50s documentary films #irwin allen #triceratops #ceratosaurus #allosaurus #stegosaurus #brontosaurus #tyrannosaurus rex #1950s #1956

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weirdlookindog · 8 months

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Concept art for King Kong (1933).

#king kong #king kong 1933 #byron crabbe #mario larrinaga #willis o'brien #merian c. cooper #concept art #1933 #1930s movies #horror #fantasy #adventure

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omercifulheaves · 2 months

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King Kong (1933)

#movies #posters #king kong #fay wray #merian c. cooper #willis o'brien

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citizenscreen · 2 months

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And speaking of KING KONG…

Special effects/stop-motion animation pioneer Willis O'Brien was born on March 2, 1886 #botd

#willis o'brien #stop motion #animation #old hollywood #special effects

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gameraboy2 · 6 months

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Famous Monsters #33 (1967) cover by Willis O'Brien

#Willis O'Brien #famous monsters #vintage #film #movie #king kong #painting #art #illustration #1967 #1960s

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chernobog13 · 1 month

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Londoners react with their characteristic stiff upper lips to the Paleosaurus in their midst.

#The Giant Behemoth #Paleosaurus #monsters #British kaiju #Willis O'Brien

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theknucklehead · 17 days

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What Garfield dreamed about in this comic.

In case you didn't already know, Fay Wray was the actress who played Ann Darrow in the original 1933 King Kong.

#garfield #jon arbuckle #comic strip #jim davis #king kong #king kong 1933 #fay wray #ann darrow #reference #rko radio pictures #willis o'brien

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vintagegeekculture · 2 years

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Art for Willis O’Brien’s unmade film, “Creation.” It never got made, but he worked on another film a few years later as a consolation prize: 1933′s “King Kong.”

#willis o'brien #stop motion #special effects #movie history

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rhetthammersmithhorror · 2 years

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The Lost World | 1925

#The Lost World #Bull Montana #Harry O. Hoyt #Willis O'Brien #Marcel Delgado #Joseph Leeland Roop #Arthur Conan Doyle #let them fight #dinosaur #stop motion #practical effects #stop motion animation #kaiju #daikaiju #silent film #horror #Hammersmith Horror

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vrahno · 10 months

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#youtube #Godzilla #King Kong #Willis O'Brien #stop-motion #3D #CGI

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atomic-chronoscaph · 2 months

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The Lost World (1925)

#the lost world gif #20s movies #stop motion animation #willis o'brien #silent movies #special effects #fantasy movies #dinosaurs #brontosaurus #harry o. hoyt #arthur conan doyle #1920s #1925 #gif #chronoscaph gif

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weirdlookindog · 1 year

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The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918)

#the ghost of slumber mountain #1910s movies #willis o'brien #fantasy

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pradaldi · 1 year

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Four monsters cutaways I drew a rewards for the bakers of the second issue of Stomped. Stomped is published by Ross Radke. In order of appearance : Audrey II, Willis O'Brien’s King Kong, Ray Harryhausen's Kraken, and a teenage Gamera.

#Stomped #monsters #Willis O'Brien #Ray Harryhausen #Audrey II #Gamera #Kraken #cutaway #cross-section #king kong #monstre #Drawing #dessin #Guy Pradel

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fitsofgloom · 1 year

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The King & I: Special Effects wizard Willis O'Brien with the full-scale King Kong armature/bust.

#willis o'brien #king kong #special effects #1933

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astoundingbeyondbelief · 1 year

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Some pretty compelling evidence that one of the most famous deleted scenes in film history—the spider pit scene from the original King Kong—was never actually filmed.

#king kong #king kong 1933 #stop motion #willis o'brien #Youtube

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chernobog13 · 16 days

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The epic battle of King Kong versus Frankenstein by Jolyon Yates on DeviantArt.

This project was the brainchild of Kong's original animator, the legendary Willis O'Brien. He conceived it as a sequel to the 1933 King Kong film. with Kong battling a monster created by Dr. Frankenstein's descendant.

O'Brien shopped the idea around unsuccessfully before finally making a handshake deal with producer John Beck to make the film. When Beck couldn't find an American studio to back the film he made a deal with Toho in Japan. He did not, however, tell O'Brien about the deal, nor did he inform Toho that the concept was originally O'Brien's.

Toho had the story changed, replacing Frankenstein with Godzilla, and the film was made and released in 1962. It became a huge success, to this day the Godzilla film with the highest theatre attendance (over 12 million) in the franchise.

O'Brien only learned about the film when he read about its release in Japanese theatres. He wanted to sue Beck, but could not afford to hire an attorney. He died, nearly penniless, a few months after the film opened in the USA in June, 1962.

Legendary/Warners seem to have a lock on Kong these days with their Monsterverse, but it would be really great if someone could film O'Brien's story. I'm sure, with a little effort, they could even make the CGI (we know no studio's gonna pay for stop motion animation) look like the monsters were animated in O'Brien's style.

That'd be a great tribute to the man who, for all intents and purposes, introduced the world to giant monsters.

#King Kong vs. Frankenstein #King Kong vs. Prometheus #Willis O'Brien #Jolyon Yates #monsters

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