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Gareth Bradwick's avatar

This was fascinating! It’s a surprise that this story hasn’t been turned into a film itself, in a “Saving Mr Banks” style.

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Cristina Carmona Aliaga's avatar

I was also thinking this would make such a great film!

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Story Has It's avatar

We all want this!

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Story Has It's avatar

Thanks Gareth, and totally agree - Saving Mr Banks is a great ref for it! Casting it in our heads… 😄

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Gary Brantley's avatar

Incredibly interesting and a wonderful revelation for me! Thanks so much for sharing this!

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Story Has It's avatar

Thanks for taking the time to comment - we loved this story and so happy for more people to hear a bit about Ruth.

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Jody's avatar

I did not know this, it was fascinating. P.S. I want more of your recorded audio like last newsletter!

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Story Has It's avatar

Ok good to know thanks, we’re weren’t sure anyone would listen!

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Wendy Varley's avatar

What a fascinating back story!

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Story Has It's avatar

Thanks Wendy, this was such a fun one to dig into - she had us at the monkey pic 😄

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Cristina Carmona Aliaga's avatar

Now I feel I must watch King Kong properly as I’ve only caught bits of it whenever it came on tv and I can’t remember much except the final scene.

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Story Has It's avatar

It’s been a long time for me, I’ve been watching several snippets of each version for this but will watch the whole thing again with new eyes now. There’s also the sequel Son of Kong, which I’ve never seen but - I was amazed by this - it came out also in 1933, a rush job after the success of the first one. Imagine that rate of turnaround for a film!

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Cristina Carmona Aliaga's avatar

The level of excitement there must have been! Funnily enough I watched Inglorious Basterds for the first time this week and there's a scene where King Kong makes an appearance as the characters are playing a guessing game. It's come back to mind reading your piece today as it must have been quite the sensation back in the day.

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Story Has It's avatar

Oh fab I’ll be looking out for it. My main disappointment in this was not finding a place to include a ‘Sounds like Kong’ gif from Chunk in the Goonies (if you remember that bit! 😄)

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Cristina Carmona Aliaga's avatar

You should have just thrown it somewhere all the same 😅

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Jon's avatar

This is such a good read, and so interesting as her story unfolds. You have written this so well. Brilliant read.

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Story Has It's avatar

Thanks so much Jon, really appreciated - it took a while to dig and then piece together the correct info. But our affection for Ruth kept growing the more we learned!

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Aurelie Chazal's avatar

Wow what a lady! This is such an interesting story, and now I have a cool fact to whip up at dinner parties.

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Story Has It's avatar

Absolute adventurer - and a bit of a style queen wearing that hat on the ship. I bet she could dive with the sharks by day and dress well for dinner by night 😄

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Aurelie Chazal's avatar

100% she totally gives off that vibe! I wish I lived such a cool life but also I like being home too much

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Story Has It's avatar

Haha with you! I’d settle for a 90/10 adventure/home ratio

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