This film presents a bogus “old Arabian proverb” in an intertitle before fading in on a dock where two men discuss a mysterious cargo of explosives. This film’s score, one of the first to use Wagnerian leitmotifs, was the breakthrough composition of Max Steiner. For this film’s special effects, producer and director Merian C. Cooper hired Willis O’Brien to design creatures similar to those in his earlier film (*) The Lost World. This (-5[1])RKO film ends with the (-5[1])reflection, “it was beauty killed the beast.” (10[1])In this film, a brontosaurus created through pioneering stop-motion eats several members of the Venture’s crew, who on their way to rescue a woman played by “scream queen” Fay Wray. For 10 points, fighter planes circle the Empire State (10[1])Building at the end of what 1933 film about a giant ape? (10[2])■END■