Actor Jeff Goldblum's favorite movie as a kid was King Kong vs. Godzilla. It was released by Toho in 1962 and the edited American version was released in 1963 by Universal Pictures.
Interestingly, his excitement about going to see the movie echoed what neighborhood kids and I felt in Los Angeles.
My parents took me and two friends to the Balboa Theater in the Vermont Avenue/Manchester Blvd. area of Los Angeles. The movie was paired with the John Wayne South Seas light comedy Donovan's Reef.
We can laugh about King Kong vs. Godzilla now, especially the gawd-awful King Kong suit.
The Japanese version was played as a satire on big business. Unfortunately, that aspect was muddied up in the American version.
Still, for pre-teens back in 1963, the movie was fun to watch.
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