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American film director known for his nature documentaries. Unlike most other film directors, Denham never bothered with a cameraman because at some point in the past his cameraman chickened out on him while filming a charging rhinoceros, and he regularly went into dangerous territories to get up-close and personal footage of wild animals. However, Denham longed to direct a real movie with an actual human cast and a plot, and after [[Helstrom, Lars|Lars Helstrom]] sold him a map of [[Skull Island (King Kong, 1930s films)|Skull Island]], he decided to merge his two ideas and make a picture on the Beauty and the Beast theme, especially after hearing the legends of [[King Kong (1930s films)|King Kong]]. He found his female lead in [[Darrow, Ann|Ann Darrow]]. Along with his old associates [[Englehorn, Captain (King Kong, 1930s films)|Captain Englehorn]] and [[Driscoll, Jack (King Kong, 1930s films)|Jack Driscoll]], Denham journeyed to Skull Island aboard the ''[[Venture, S.S. (King Kong, 1930s films)|S.S. Venture]]'' hoping to film his picture there. The hostile natives of the island had other ideas, abducting Ann Darrow and giving her to Kong as a "gift." Denham, along with Jack and several of the Venture's crew, took off into the jungles of Skull Island to try and rescue her. Along they way they encountered a variety of man-eating dinosaurs and other prehistoric monsters, which Denham enthused he wished he could bring back alive. These and Kong killed every member of the search party except for Jack and Denham himself, and thanks to Kong the two men found themselves on opposite sides of a deep ravine. Denham returned to the native village and Captain Englehorn while Jack scouted ahead after Kong, and the original plan was for Denham to get more men and guns, but for unexplained reasons he instead decided to simply wait in the village for Jack to return with Ann. Return Jack did, with Ann in tow, and Kong followed. After Kong destroyed much of the native village Denham brought the giant gorilla down with a thrown gas bomb. He then took the beast-god back to New York with him and put him on display, billing him as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Kong soon escaped, however, and after abducting Ann again ran amok through the city and eventually climbed the Empire State Building before being brought down by a squadron of military biplanes. The city officials (rightly) blamed Denham for all the trouble, and soon all of New York was jumping on the bandwagon to sue him. Rather than go to court, Denham left town along with the equally-incriminated Captain Englehorn. (More information needed.) [[Category:King Kong, 1930s films]]

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