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DID YOU KNOW? 1969’s “The Valley of Gwangi” is originally conceived in 1942 by Willis O’Brien, the man responsible for the effects in 1933’s “King Kong”. 25 years later in 1967, Ray Harryhausen purchases the story from O’Brien’s widow; convinced that a picture about cowboys versus dinosaurs will be a huge hit. He ignores warnings that audiences in the late 60s aren’t interested in monster movies of this type any longer. Columbia Pictures – which has financed all of Harryhausen’s previous project