King Solomon's Mines (1937 film)
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| Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
| Written by | H. Rider Haggard (novel) Michael Hogan |
| Starring | Cedric Hardwicke Paul Robeson Roland Young Anna Lee |
| Music by | Mischa Spoliansky |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams |
| Editing by | Michael Gordon |
| Release date(s) | 1937 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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King Solomon's Mines is a 1937 movie, the first film adaptation of the 1885 novel by the same name by Henry Rider Haggard. It starred Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Lee, John Loder, and Roland Young. The film was produced by Gaumont British Picture Corporation, adapted by Charles Bennett (uncredited), Michael Hogan, Roland Pertwee A.R. Rawlinson (uncredited) and Ralph Spence (uncredited). It was directed by Robert Stevenson.
The 1937 film follows the original novel faithfully, except for some musical interludes deliberately added to give Paul Robeson a chance to sing. The more famous 1950 Technicolor version severely alters the tale to make Allan Quatermain into a romantic hero who falls in love with the heroine, whereas in the original film Cedric Hardwicke played him as a professorial type completely uninterested in romance.
[edit] External links
- King Solomon's Mines (1937) at the Internet Movie Database
- Free download of 1937 version at the Internet Archive
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