In the days before tourism and casual international travel, this foray into "the heart of darkest Africa" must have been a rousing adventure for audiences intrigued by the opportunity to visit the lost mines of King Solomon, which held riches beyond our wildest dreams, during the Great Depression. Much suspense is created when lovely young blonde, Anna Lee, invests faith in a handsome, strapping, young black man, Paul Robeson, who can appear and disappear and, like a horse, even smell water, when others are dying of thirst. Cedric Hardwicke, a model of cynical indifference, and her father, Arthur Sinclair are mildly disdainful of her trust, but, only with the appearance of a handsome young Englishman, John Loder, can we hope for a happy future for the sweet, beauteous, darling girl. The mines, within a volcanic mountain surrounded by sheer cliffs of crumbling rocks, is a dangerous place to visit, guarded as it is by a magical, wicked old woman. Will the treasures be secured? Will love conquer all? If you rush out to the lobby for more goobers, be sure to return in time for the answers and the trailers. A jolly, good show.
Review of King Solomon's Mines
