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Actors: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about King Solomon's Mines (1950) |
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KING SOLOMON'S MINES, based on H. Rider Haggard's novel, was directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton in 1950.
Elizabeth Curtis (Kerr) asks the guide Allan Quartermain (Granger) to help her find her husband who's disappeared a few months earlier in the middle of a then still unknown part of Africa. Quartermain reluctantly accepts the mission for the money. The expedition soon leaves the civilization and braves the dangers of the savanna and its wild animals. Allan and Elizabeth will also have to confront cannibals before arriving to the diamond mine Elizabeth's husband was looking for. But, during the journey, Elizabeth has fallen in love with Allan and starts to fear the day she'll have to meet her husband.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of King Solomon's Mines (1950) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- hunted by injuns
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Black Africa
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- snakes
- alligators/crocs
- heat/bugs
Desert?
Yes
Prairie?
Yes
Misc setting
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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