King Solomon's Mines (film)
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King Solomon's Mines refers to at least three films which tell the story of an adventurer who helps a woman look for her lost husband/father in Africa, loosely based on the novel King Solomon's Mines (1885) by H. Rider Haggard.
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[edit] 1937 film
King Solomon's Mines first received a film treatment in 1937, starring Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Lee and Roland Young. It was adapted by Charles Bennett (uncredited), Michael Hogan, Roland Pertwee A.R. Rawlinson (uncredited) and Ralph Spence (uncredited). It was directed by Robert Stevenson.
[edit] 1950 film
In 1950, the movie was adapted by Helen Deutsch from the novel. It stars Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. It was directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Color and Best Film Editing and was nominated for Best Picture. This adaptation was mostly serious in tone and quite faithful to the novel.
[edit] 1985 film
It was remade 100 years after the novel's publication, in 1985, with Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom and John Rhys-Davies. It was adapted by Gene Quintano and James R. Silke and directed by J. Lee Thompson. This version of the story was a light, comedic take, deliberately referencing and parodying Indiana Jones. It was followed by—what critics considered "a badly made sequel" for "bad-film enthusiasts"[1]—Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987).
[edit] 2004 TV film
King Solomon's Mines was also remade as a TV mini series in 2004. It starred Patrick Swayze as Allan Quatermain and also starred Alison Doody. This version was kept in serious tone and remained mostly faithful to the novel.
[edit] External links
- King Solomon's Mines (1937) at the Internet Movie Database
- Free download of 1937 version at the Internet Archive
- King Solomon's Mines (1950) at the Internet Movie Database
- King Solomon's Mines (1985) at the Internet Movie Database
- King Solomon's Mines (2004) at the Internet Movie Database
