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Elephant Boy ()

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This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's "Toomai, of the Elephants", in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.
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Toomai
W.E. Holloway ...
Father
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Petersen
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Machua Appa
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Rham Lahl
D.J. Williams ...
Hunter
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Commissioner (as Hyde White)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Iravatha ...
Kala Nag (uncredited)
Harry Lane ...
Bit Part (uncredited)
Udham Singh ...
Man in crowd (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert J. Flaherty ... (as Robert Flaherty)
Zoltan Korda

Written by

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Rudyard Kipling ... (story "Toomai of the Elephants")
 
John Collier ... (screenplay)
 
Ákos Tolnay ... (screenplay collaboration) (as Akos Tolnay) &
Marcia De Silva ... (screenplay collaboration)

Produced by

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Alexander Korda ... producer

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John Greenwood

Cinematography by

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Osmond Borradaile

Editing by

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Charles Crichton

Editorial Department

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William Hornbeck ... supervising editor

Costume Design by

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René Hubert ... (uncredited)

Production Management

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Teddy Baird ... production manager (uncredited)
Fred Ellis ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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David Flaherty ... assistant director
Teddy Baird ... assistant director (uncredited)
John Pommer ... second assistant director: England (uncredited)

Art Department

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Glenn Cravath ... U.S. poster artist (uncredited)
William Hutchinson ... set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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H.G. Cape ... sound recordist
A.W. Watkins ... recording director
John W. Mitchell ... boom operator (uncredited)

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W. Percy Day ... matte painter (uncredited)
Peter Ellenshaw ... assistant matte artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Bernard Browne ... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)

Music Department

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Muir Mathieson ... musical director
London Symphony Orchestra ... music performed by (uncredited)
Lionel Salter ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Lajos Biró ... script editor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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David B. Cunynghame ... production liaison (uncredited)
André De Toth ... production assistant (uncredited)
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Taglines Kipling's greatest "Jungle Book" story- Filmed with a thousand elephants and a million thrills! (Print Ad- Silver Creek News, ((Silver Creek, NY)) 10 February 1938) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Toomaï le grand cornac (France)
  • Elefanten-Boy (Germany)
  • Der Elefantenjunge (Germany)
  • Sabu-Toomai, el de los elefantes (Spain)
  • Маленький погонщик слонов (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 80 min
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Trivia The film started out as a potential disaster but turned out to be a great success winning Best Director Award at the 1937 Venice Film Festival and establishing Sabu as a popular star. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Family Classics: Elephant Boy (1963). See more »
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