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The Resource Special effects collection : Might Joe Young; Them!; Son of Kong; The beast from 20,000 fathoms

Special effects collection : Might Joe Young; Them!; Son of Kong; The beast from 20,000 fathoms

Contributor
Summary
  • Mighty Joe Young: A slick nightclub owner discovers that a giant ape in Africa is the pet of a young girl. He brings both back to Hollywood as a floor show until someone gives the ape alcohol and it gets violent
  • Them: Giant radiation-mutated ants take over the 700 miles of storm drains of Los Angeles
  • Song of Kong: On Skull Island, King Kong's son is rescued from quicksand by a man and woman, and becomes their protector against the island's prehistoric monsters
  • Beast from 20,000 fathoms: A giant rhedosaurus encased in ice is thawed and brought alive by the detonation of an atom bomb near the Arctic Circle
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
4 videodiscs (approximately 335 min.)
Note
Mighty Joe Young: originally released as a motion picture in 1949. Son of Kong: Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. Beast from 20,000 fathoms: originally released as a motion picture 1953. Them! originally released as a motion picture in 1954
Contents
  • Son of Kong (1933, 69 min.)
  • Mighty Joe Young (1949, 94 min.)
  • The beast from 20,000 fathoms (1953, 80 min.)
  • Them! (1954, 92 min.)
Instance
Label
Special effects collection : Might Joe Young; Them!; Son of Kong; The beast from 20,000 fathoms
Title
Special effects collection
Title remainder
Might Joe Young; Them!; Son of Kong; The beast from 20,000 fathoms
Title variation
  • Mighty Joe Young
  • Them!
  • Son of Kong
  • Beast from 20,000 fathoms
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Film distributor
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
  • Mighty Joe Young: A slick nightclub owner discovers that a giant ape in Africa is the pet of a young girl. He brings both back to Hollywood as a floor show until someone gives the ape alcohol and it gets violent
  • Them: Giant radiation-mutated ants take over the 700 miles of storm drains of Los Angeles
  • Song of Kong: On Skull Island, King Kong's son is rescued from quicksand by a man and woman, and becomes their protector against the island's prehistoric monsters
  • Beast from 20,000 fathoms: A giant rhedosaurus encased in ice is thawed and brought alive by the detonation of an atom bomb near the Arctic Circle
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Cataloging source
EYM
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • Mighty Joe Young (Motion picture : 1949)
  • Mighty Joe Young (Motion picture : 1949)
  • Them! (Motion picture)
  • Them! (Motion picture)
  • Son of Kong (Motion picture)
  • Son of Kong (Motion picture)
  • Beast from 20,000 fathoms (Motion picture)
  • Beast from 20,000 fathoms (Motion picture)
  • Beast from 20,000 fathoms (Motion picture)
Credits note
Mighty Joe Young: Technical creator, Willis O'Brien. Screenplay, Ruth Rose. From an original story by Merian C. Cooper. Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack. Them: Screenplay, Ted Sherdeman. Music, Bronislau Kaper. Directed by Gordon Douglas. Son of Kong: Story by Ruth Rose. Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack. Executive producer, Merian C. Cooper. Beast from 20,000 fathoms: Screenplay: Lou Morheim, Fred Freiburger. Suggested by the Saturday Evening Post story by Ray Bradbury. Photography, Jack Russell. Producers, Hal Chester, Jack Dietz. Directed by Eugene Lourie
Language note
In English, French and Spanish. Subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing, French, and Spanish
PerformerNote
Might Joe Young: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong. Them: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon. Son of Kong: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher. Beast from 20,000 Leagues: Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1893-1979
  • 1907-1993
  • 1896-1978
  • 1890-1973
  • 1875-1965
  • 1918-1996
  • 1921-2009
  • 1875-1959
  • 1917-2002
  • 1891-1973
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Schoedsack, Ernest B.
  • Douglas, Gordon
  • Lourié, Eugene
  • Rose, Ruth
  • Sherdeman, Ted
  • Morheim, Louis
  • Freiberger, Fred
  • Armstrong, Robert
  • Mack, Helen
  • Reicher, Frank
  • Cooper, Merian C
  • Johnson, Ben
  • Whitmore, James
  • Gwenn, Edmund
  • Weldon, Joan
  • Hubschmid, Paul
  • Raymond, Paula
  • Kellaway, Cecil
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
335
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Gorilla
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Monsters
  • Imaginary places
  • King Kong
  • Gorilla
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Imaginary places
  • King Kong
  • Monsters
Technique
live action
Label
Special effects collection : Might Joe Young; Them!; Son of Kong; The beast from 20,000 fathoms
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
Mighty Joe Young: originally released as a motion picture in 1949. Son of Kong: Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. Beast from 20,000 fathoms: originally released as a motion picture 1953. Them! originally released as a motion picture in 1954
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Son of Kong (1933, 69 min.) -- Mighty Joe Young (1949, 94 min.) -- The beast from 20,000 fathoms (1953, 80 min.) -- Them! (1954, 92 min.)
Control code
ocn932174098
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
4 videodiscs (approximately 335 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929458776
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
3000063854
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)932174098
System details
Blu-ray DVD: 1080 high definition 1.37:1 (except Them! 16 x 9, 1.85:1) ; Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young: DTS-HD MA English 1.0, Dolby Digital Spanish 1.0; The Beast from 20,000 fathoms: DTS-HD MA English 1.0, Dolby Digital French 1.0 and Spanish 1.0 (Castilian and Latin); Them! DTS-HD MA English 1.0, Dolby Digital Spanish 1.0 (Castilian and Latin)
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
Special effects collection : Might Joe Young; Them!; Son of Kong; The beast from 20,000 fathoms
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
Mighty Joe Young: originally released as a motion picture in 1949. Son of Kong: Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. Beast from 20,000 fathoms: originally released as a motion picture 1953. Them! originally released as a motion picture in 1954
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Son of Kong (1933, 69 min.) -- Mighty Joe Young (1949, 94 min.) -- The beast from 20,000 fathoms (1953, 80 min.) -- Them! (1954, 92 min.)
Control code
ocn932174098
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
4 videodiscs (approximately 335 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929458776
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
3000063854
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)932174098
System details
Blu-ray DVD: 1080 high definition 1.37:1 (except Them! 16 x 9, 1.85:1) ; Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young: DTS-HD MA English 1.0, Dolby Digital Spanish 1.0; The Beast from 20,000 fathoms: DTS-HD MA English 1.0, Dolby Digital French 1.0 and Spanish 1.0 (Castilian and Latin); Them! DTS-HD MA English 1.0, Dolby Digital Spanish 1.0 (Castilian and Latin)
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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