The 1949 film about this big ape won a special effects Oscar (remember--we said 1949)
.... Armstrong was in dozens of movies without making all that much of an 
impression and we easily remember him most for his giant ape... [DOC] [TLE] Best Director: The Visual Effects Masterpiece  Awards Daily [PAR] Jun 30, 2014 ... We won't yet know how either Gravity or 12 Years a Slave will stand up ... 1949-
All the King's Men/Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter To Three ...