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Ernest B. Schoedsack

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Born: June 8, 1893
Died: December 23, 1979
in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979) was an American motion picture cinematographer, director, and producer.

Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Schoedsack is probably best remembered for being the co-director of the 1933 film, King Kong.

His eyesight was severely damaged in World War II, yet he continued to direct films afterwards. He directed Mighty Joe Young at RKO in 1949, which was a reunion film of the main King Kong creative team (Cooper, Rose, and O'Brien).

He married screenwriter, Ruth Rose. They are interred together at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

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King Kong
Title: King Kong
Character: Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1933
Type: Movie
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Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Title: Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 1925
Type: Movie
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A silent documentary which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their epic seasonal journey to better pastures.
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