King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines - 1937 | 80 mins | Drama, Adventure | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Robert Stevenson.
Associate Producer: George Barkas.
Script: Michael Hogan, Roland Pertwee, A.R. Rawlinson, Ralph Spence and Charles Bennett. (from the novel by H. Rider Haggard)
Cinematography: Glen MacWilliams and Cyril J. Knowles.
Editing: Michael Gordon.
Art Direction: Alfred Junge.
Sound: A. Birch.
Original Music: Mischa Spoliansky.
Music Direction: Louis Levy.

The Cast

Paul Robeson - Umbopa
Cedric Hardwicke - Allan Quartermain
Roland Young - Commander Good
John Loder - Sir Henry Curtis
Anna Lee - Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien
Arthur Sinclair - Patrick 'Patsy' O'Brien
Robert Adams - Twala

Plot Synopsis

Brilliantly staged, but rather spottily acted (Paul Robeson excepted) account H. Rider Haggard’s famous African adventure.

The film is about a quest in Africa to find the fabled King Solomon’s Mines, a fabulously wealthy diamond mine deep in the heart of the jungle. The explorers, led by Allan Quartermaine (Cedric Hardwicke), are searching for Patrick O’Brien, the father of Kathy (Anna Lee), who disappeared while searching for King Solomon's Mines. The explorers fall into the hands of hostile natives, but their guide Umbopa (Paul Robeson) convinces the warriors he is their rightful chief, and the adventurers escape, with the help of a handy eclipse of the sun. When the expedition finally locates the legendary diamond repository, an erupting volcano buries King Solomon's Mines forever.