Writing
Ruth Rose
Writing · Born 1896-01-16 · Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Ruth Rose (January 16, 1896 – June 8, 1978) was an American screenwriter known for various adventure films produced by RKO Radio Pictures, including King Kong (1933), Son of Kong (1933), She (1935) and Mighty Joe Young (1949). An academic writer and explorer before her career shift into film, she met her future husband, director Ernest B. Schoedsack, while on expedition through the Galapagos Islands in 1925; the couple would later marry in 1926 and collaborate on five films together during their time in Hollywood, remaining a couple until Rose's death at the age of 82 in 1978.
Credits · 10
FilmKing Kong: Monster and Myth
2024 · Self - Writer (archive footage)
FilmThe Lost Spider Pit Sequence
2005 · Screenplay
FilmMighty Joe Young
1998 · Original Film Writer
FilmKing Kong
1976 · Screenplay
FilmMighty Joe Young
1949 · Screenplay
FilmThe Last Days of Pompeii
1935 · Screenplay
FilmShe
1935 · Dialogue
FilmThe Son of Kong
1933 · Story
FilmBlind Adventure
1933 · Writer
FilmKing Kong
1933 · Screenplay