IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Arthur Goullet
- Sylvestra Getto
- (as Arthur Goullett)
Mako Hlubi
- Kapse
- (as Makubalo Hlubi)
Sydney Fairbrother
- Gagool
- (uncredited)
Alf Goddard
- Red
- (uncredited)
Frederick Leister
- Diamond Buyer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was thought lost for years. It was believed the negative was ceded to MGM when the studio acquired remake rights in 1950. When MGM denied it, it was believed to have been assigned to Pinewood Lake on the studio's property, a watery grave that contains cans and reels of unstable nitrate films. When it did turn up, it was in Rank's Pinewood vaults.
- GoofsThe diary page containing the eclipse notification is titled "WED. 2ND JUNE 1882". That day was actually a Friday.
- Quotes
Allan Quartermaine: You know, O'Brien, there's only one kind of man that it's useless to argue with.
Patrick 'Patsy' O'Brien: And that is?
Allan Quartermaine: A fool!
- ConnectionsEdited into Dark Jungle Theater: King Solomon's Mine (2015)
Featured review
Paul Robeson's singing, as usual in his movies, elevates this version of King Solomon's Mines
In reviewing people of color in film in chronological order for Black History Month, we're now in 1937 when once again-like the last two of his I reviewed-Paul Robeson is involved in a movie that takes place in a jungle with several tribal natives. Among them are Robert Adams and Ecco Homo Toto, both of whom previously appeared with Robeson in Song of Freedom. Anyway, the singer/actor is traveling with several Caucasian explorers like Allan Quatermain (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), Kathy O'Brien (Anna Lee), and her father, Patric (Arthur Sinclair). As usual, Robeson provides many compelling moments whenever singing especially when up a mountain that provides echos. Things don't really pick up until the last 30 minutes but if you don't mind some of the exposition that comes before that, you won't be bored. So on that note, this version of King Solomon's Mines is worth a look. P.S. The director is one Robert Stevenson who was married to Ms. Lee at the time and would later provide Walt Disney with some of his most successful live action features of which one of those, Mary Poppins, would get Stevenson his only Oscar nomination.
helpful•93
- tavm
- Feb 7, 2011
- How long is King Solomon's Mines?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content