Long gone, but not forgotten worker on iconic 1930's movie..

[STEVE P.]

Hi All,

I?ve joined this site to try to follow up on some research I have been doing for a talk/lecture I have been writing, as I found I was in a strange way linked to some the early history of the subject.

I'm trying to find any information regarding the couple that owned White's Art shop that used to be at No.9 North Cross Road in the 60's and I think early 70's. it may have been later, and was very probably earlier, I used to purchase drawing pencils there in my youth and quite often chat with them. Does anybody remember them, and their names?

Mr White had worked in the movies on the very first King Kong by RKO and I believe, by some of my research, on Son of Kong, he had on one of the shelves in the shop, part of one of the Kong armatures that, if I remember his story correctly, which whilst on tour with the film, had had part of it stolen and he had kept the remaining piece.

I remember this as being the head, though my mother swears it was the body, can anybody else remember it.

I would like to think that, in some small subliminal way, this may have influenced my choice of profession in later life, (I work in the field of Physical Special Effects) though Star wars did come out in the year before I made a decision to enter the industry.

My internet researches have shown very little information other than he was uncredited for the part he played in the production of the film, that he was listed as a construction technician on King kong (just an unspecified technician on Son of Kong (there was also a C.J. White who worked on this, I have no idea if they were related?)) and his initials were W.G.

If I can find any relevant information regarding him I would love to be able to update his details on the movies database.