http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsh-m/kingkong1933.htm
Turner’s version does not, however, contain two more scenes that were supposedly filmed, but which were cut out before the film’s original release. According to the story, Denham and Driscoll’s search party was to have been attacked by a Triceratops, or maybe several such animals, during their pursuit of Kong. Later, during the scene in which Kong kills most of his human pursuers by dumping them into the ravine, there is a reaction shot of Driscoll recoiling in horror at something he sees at the bottom of the chasm. What Driscoll is reportedly looking at is a herd of giant spiders and man-sized lizard things devouring the bodies of his fallen comrades; the creature that later climbs up the vine to get at Driscoll is supposed to be one of these beasts. Both of these scenes, it is said, were judged to be too graphically violent to be shown in theaters, and they were removed. The spider scene certainly was shot and edited out-- Stephen Jones’ The Essential Monster Movie Guide features a still from it, and Forrest J. Ackerman reports that it was included in prints of King Kong that were exported to the Philippines during the movie’s initial release. (Of course, since Ackerman is also the original source for the erroneous story of an alternate ending to King Kong vs. Godzilla in which the reptile wins, we should probably take anything he says about the Asian editions of old monster movies with a grain of salt.) Perhaps the Triceratops scene is legit, too. But in any case, it’s been a long time since any sign has been seen of this footage. As I said, it does not appear in Turner’s restored version, nor does it appear in an even more comprehensive restoration that made the rounds of American theaters in 1990. Periodically, rumors of foreign prints containing the missing scenes will surface, but if you can’t detect the smell of bullshit wafting from them, you need to go see your allergist. If you want my opinion, I think the 1990 restoration is the most complete version of this landmark film that we’ll ever see.