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Tag Archives: Bruce Cabot
Rediscovered: More Kong in the House
Autograph Hound Saturday — and Brian Leno got so excited over his new bust of King Kong he began digging in his extensive files of John Hancocks, and look what he’s found: Here’s some King Kong fun. The drawing of … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Bruce Cabot, Fay Wray, John Northpole, King Kong, Kosciuszko Squadron, Meriam C. Cooper, Noble Johnson, Robert Armstrong
Hammett: From Ape-Wrangler to Town-Tamer
The other day Evan Lewis tracked down another “lost” movie version of Red Harvest, that would have followed the “lost” version starring Alan Ladd at Paramount — Ladd’s being juggled in 1941 and this next version getting a big blurb … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film
Tagged Alan Ladd, Brian Leno, Bruce Cabot, Evan Lewis, Fay Wray, John Wayne, Paramount, Red Harvest
