Well I was put in mind of Harryhausan because in the early days of his Animation Career his boss was Willis O’Brian, who did he animation for the 1933 ‘King Kong’ film.
Digressing massively, under the guise of there was a ‘King Kong v.Godzilla’ film in 1962, my preferred Big Beastie is actually Godzilla. Sister has copies of all the Godzilla films still in existence and we tend to binge-watch them when she comes over. I know it’s not stop-frame, but they are still excellent.