The 1949 film about this big ape won a special effects Oscar (remember--we said 1949)
The film 
won three Oscars for visual effects, sound mixing and sound... [DOC] [TLE] Terry Moore - Her Career and Loves [PAR] The general movie-going public took notice of Terry Moore in 1949 when ... You 
might say Moore was the ape's Fay Wray in this one.