On June 26, 1963, Universal unveiled, in color, the 91-minute feature King Kong vs. Godzilla in theaters stateside. The Toho production title had been billed in ads as “the most colossal ...

Before the MonsterVerse, the duo appeared in 1963′s “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” battling it out for national pride. Godzilla and King Kong in "Godzilla x Kong." Warner Bros. Pictures.

After bringing back the big ape for “King Kong vs. Godzilla’’ (1963), Japan’s Toho studios again collaborated with Universal pictures on this follow-up that kept Kong in Japan to battle ...

In 1962, the Japanese film studio Toho released “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” an ambitious monster movie that pitted two of the most popular creatures in cinema history against each other in ...

King Kong vs. Godzilla was supposed to be a star vehicle for King Kong, ... When the movie was released in the U.S. in June 1963, it included some new scenes, ...