Writing
Ruth Rose
FR, EN cinema · 11 credits
Born
16 January 1896
Died
8 June 1978 (aged 82)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
King Kong: Monster and Myth
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
Screenplay
Mighty Joe Young
Original Film Writer
King Kong
Screenplay
Mighty Joe Young
Screenplay
The Last Days of Pompeii
Screenplay
She
Dialogue, Adaptation, Continuity
The Son of Kong
Story, Writer
King Kong
Screenplay
Diplomacy
as Mion