King Solomon's Mines (motion picture) - Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson (performers) (trailer) (1950)
Title
King Solomon's Mines (motion picture) - Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson (performers) (trailer) (1950)
Subject
Motion picture
Adventure and adventurers--Drama
URL
Trailer
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Description
Content Description from Wikipedia.org (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Solomon%27s_Mines_(1950_film)) :
Allan Quatermain (Stewart Granger), an experienced hunter and guide, reluctantly agrees to help Elizabeth Curtis (Deborah Kerr) and her brother John Goode (Richard Carlson) search for her husband, who disappeared in the unexplored African interior while searching for the legendary titular mines. They have a copy of the map he used. A tall, mysterious native, Umbopa (Siriaque), joins the safari. Allan has no use for women on a safari, but during the long and grueling journey, he and Elizabeth begin to fall in love.
The party encounters Van Brun (Hugo Haas), a lone white man living with a tribe. They learn that he met Curtis. However, when Allan recognizes him as a fugitive who cannot afford to let them go, they take him hostage to leave the village safely. Van Brun tries to shoot Allan, killing his faithful right-hand man Khiva (Kimursi), instead. Allan dispatches Van Brun and the party flees from the angry villagers.
When they finally reach the region where the mines are supposed to be, they are met by people who resemble Umbopa. They discover that their companion is royalty; he has returned to attempt to dethrone the evil King Twala (Baziga). Umbopa leaves with his supporters, while Allan, Elizabeth and John travel to a tense meeting with Twala. With his last rifle bullet, John kills a would-be attacker, temporarily quelling the natives.
The king's advisor, Gagool (Sekaryongo), communicates that they have seen Curtis and leads them to a cave that contains a trove of jewels and in which they find the skeletal remains of Elizabeth's husband. While they are distracted by this discovery, Gagool sneaks away and triggers a booby trap that seals them inside the cave. Leaving the jewels behind, they find a way out through an underground stream and return to the settlement, just as Umbopa and his followers arrive.
Umbopa's people have an unusual method of deciding the kingship. The two claimants duel to the death. Despite cheating by one of Twala's men, Umbopa wins. Afterwards, he provides an escort for his friends' return trip.
Ephemera: available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Two pages from AZ Republic (1984 April 11) - Television insert describing 1950 film, King Solomon's Mines; One clipping from The Lumberjack newspaper (1985 May 12) with movie review of more recent version of same title; 11 pages (stapled together) from February 1944 The National Geographic Magazine with article: On the Trail of KIng Solomon's Mines. Handwritten on folder: cf: Trader Horn.
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Allan Quatermain (Stewart Granger), an experienced hunter and guide, reluctantly agrees to help Elizabeth Curtis (Deborah Kerr) and her brother John Goode (Richard Carlson) search for her husband, who disappeared in the unexplored African interior while searching for the legendary titular mines. They have a copy of the map he used. A tall, mysterious native, Umbopa (Siriaque), joins the safari. Allan has no use for women on a safari, but during the long and grueling journey, he and Elizabeth begin to fall in love.
The party encounters Van Brun (Hugo Haas), a lone white man living with a tribe. They learn that he met Curtis. However, when Allan recognizes him as a fugitive who cannot afford to let them go, they take him hostage to leave the village safely. Van Brun tries to shoot Allan, killing his faithful right-hand man Khiva (Kimursi), instead. Allan dispatches Van Brun and the party flees from the angry villagers.
When they finally reach the region where the mines are supposed to be, they are met by people who resemble Umbopa. They discover that their companion is royalty; he has returned to attempt to dethrone the evil King Twala (Baziga). Umbopa leaves with his supporters, while Allan, Elizabeth and John travel to a tense meeting with Twala. With his last rifle bullet, John kills a would-be attacker, temporarily quelling the natives.
The king's advisor, Gagool (Sekaryongo), communicates that they have seen Curtis and leads them to a cave that contains a trove of jewels and in which they find the skeletal remains of Elizabeth's husband. While they are distracted by this discovery, Gagool sneaks away and triggers a booby trap that seals them inside the cave. Leaving the jewels behind, they find a way out through an underground stream and return to the settlement, just as Umbopa and his followers arrive.
Umbopa's people have an unusual method of deciding the kingship. The two claimants duel to the death. Despite cheating by one of Twala's men, Umbopa wins. Afterwards, he provides an escort for his friends' return trip.
Ephemera: available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Two pages from AZ Republic (1984 April 11) - Television insert describing 1950 film, King Solomon's Mines; One clipping from The Lumberjack newspaper (1985 May 12) with movie review of more recent version of same title; 11 pages (stapled together) from February 1944 The National Geographic Magazine with article: On the Trail of KIng Solomon's Mines. Handwritten on folder: cf: Trader Horn.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Compton Bennett (director)
Andrew Marton (director)
Andrew Marton (director)
Helen Deutsch (screenplay)
Deborah Kerr (actor)
Stewart Granger (actor)
Richard Carlson (actor)
Stewart Granger (actor)
Richard Carlson (actor)
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Date
1950 November 24
Citation
“King Solomon's Mines (motion picture) - Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson (performers) (trailer) (1950),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 18, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/131.