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TM Photo from the Hugh Miles-Hutchinsen/Hiller Collection c2003 All Rights Retained Hereto "KING SOLOMON'S MINES" 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer KING SOLOMON'S MINES
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DIRECTOR: Compton Bennett, Andrew martin
CAST: Stewart Granger + Deborah Kerr, Hugo Haas The "great white hunter" genre of adventure films has been a movie staple for ages, yet only one rates as a cinema classic. That picture is the rousing adventure King Solomon's Mines. Stewart Granger guides a party through darkest Africa in search of a lady's husband. Don't let this surprise you, but on the way, the hunter and the lady - Deborah Kerr -become fast friends. Sounds like a pritty basic plot, doesn't it? Why, then, has it stood the test of time where other jungle safari pics have faded? The seemingly routine script is actually an exceptional blend of action and suspense. The brilliant location photography has never been excelled, and the acting is first-rate. approx. film running-time 102 minutes ______________________________ African adventure starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger. A big-game hunter leads a search for King Solomon's legendary diamond mines. This blockbuster jungle action yarn, based ( though rather remotely ) on H Ridder Haggard's famous story of a search for a missing man and the quest for the fabulous mines, was filmed in various parts of Africa. Its most striking feature is certainly the authentic location work of terrain, tribsmen and, above all, spectacular animal footage, shot by co-director Andrew Marton.
It was the first film to be made by Stewart Granger following his departure from British films to fulfil a contract with MGM, launching him to international stardom in a series of action and adventure films.
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Dore Schary was fully aware that the MGM studio reputation depended on good entertainment. Some thought was fiven to remaking Trader Horn, but it was decided that " King Solomon's Mines " would make a strong African adventure. The film was very popular, so the studio must have thought their money well spent. Like Trader Horn, it was filmed in Africa. As against this, audiences roared with laughter when Miss Kerr, having washed her hair in the jungle, looked as though she had just popped out of the studio beauty parlor - which may be the fault either of director Compton Bennett, again on loan to M-G-M, or of the second-unite director with whom he was compelled to share credit, Andrew Marton. Stewart Granger, according to Bennett, was 'monstrously difficult' to work with, but this british acquisition was ideal material for Schary's plan to remake two of the company's Silent successes, SCARAMOUCHE (1952) and THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1952).
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Cimarron - 1931, RKO - Irene Dunn
Annie Oakley - 1935, RKO - Barbara Stanwyck
My Darling Clementine - 1946, 20th Century-Fox - Henry Fonda and Linda Darnell
Broken Arrow - 1950, 20th Century-Fox - James Stewart and Debra Paget
Shane - 1953, Paramount - Alan Ladd
The Tall Men - 1955, 20th Century-Fox - Clark Gable and Jane Russell
Gunfight at the OK Coral - 1957, Paramount - Burt/Kirk and Rhonda Fleming
How the West Was Won - 1963, M-G-M - Gregory Peck and Debbie Reynolds
If Winter Comes - 1948, M-G-M/ -- Walter Pidgeon and Deborah Kerr
Edward, My Son - 1949, M-G-M / -- Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - 1969, 20th Century-Fox - Newman/Redford and Katharine Ross
True Grit - 1969, Paramount - John Wayne and Glen Campbell
King Kong - 1933, RKO - Fay Wray
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1933, RKO - Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 1945, M-G-M - Donna Reed and Angela Lansbury
Mighty Joe Young - 1949, RKO - Terry Moore
The Innocents - 1961, 20th Century-Fox - Deborah Kerr
Gay Divorcee - 1934, RKO - Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair
Showboat - 1936, Universal Pictures - Irene Dunne
Showboat - 1951, M-G-M - Grayson/ Ava Gardner and Howard Keel
Meet Me in St. Louis - 1944, M-G-M - Judy Garland/Marjorie Main and Margaret O'Brien
Anchors Away - 1945, M-G-M - Frank Sinatra/Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson
Till the Clouds Roll By - 1946, M-G-M - June Allyson/Van Johnson and large star cast . . .
Summer Holiday - 1948, M-G-M - Mickey Rooney/Gloria DeHaven and Agnes Moorehead
Summer Stock - 1950, M-G-M - Judy Garland/Gene Kelly and Phil Silvers
An American in Paris - 1951, M-G-M - Gene Kelly/Leslie Caron and Nina Foch
Singin' in the Rain - 1952, M-G-M - Gene Kelly/Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - 1953, 20th Century-Fox - Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell
Dream Wife - 1953, M-G-M - Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - 1954, M-G-M - Howard Keel/Jane powell and Russ Tamblyn
The King and I - 1956, 20th Century-Fox - Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr
An Affair to Remember - 1957, 20th Century-Fox - Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
High Society - 1956, M-G-M - Bing Crosby/ Grace Kelly and Louis Calhern (Frank Sinatra)
Funny Face - 1957, Paramount -Fred Astaire/Audrey Hepburn and Suzy Parker
Gigi - 1958, M-G-M - Leslie Caron/Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold
The Unsinkable Molly Brown - 1964, M-G-M - Debbie Reynolds/Harve Presnell and Ed Begley
The Sound of Music - 1965, 20th Century-Fox - Julie Andrews/Eleanor Parker and Peggy Wood
You Only Live Once - 1937, UA - Sylvia Sidney/Henry Fonda and Ward Bond
Gaslight - 1944, M-G-M - Charles Boyer + Ingrid Bergman/w Dame May Whitty, Angela Lansbury
Laura - 1944, 20th Century-Fox -Gene Tierney/Vincent Price and Clifton Webb
Out of the Past - 1947, RKO - Jane Greer/Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte - 1965, 20th Century-Fox - Bette Davis/Joseph Cotton and Cecil Kellaway
The Godfather - 1972, Paramount - Marlon Brando/Al Pacino and James Caan
The Champ - 1931, M-G-M - Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper
Somebody Up There Likes Me - 1956, M-G-M - Paul Newman + Pier Angeli/w Everett Sloane, Sal Mineo and Eileen Heckart
Mutiny on the Bounty - 1935, M-G-M - Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone/w Donald Crisp and Spring Byington
The Prisoner of Zenda - 1937, Selznick International - Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr./w Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey and David Niven.
The Prisoner of Zenda - 1952, M-G-M - Stewart Granger + Deborah Kerr/w James Mason, Jane Greer and Louis Calhern.
The Actress - 1953, M-G-M - Jean Simmons, Spencer Tracy, Anthony Perkins and Teresa Write
Alexander The Great - 1956, United Artists / Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom /w Danielle Darrieux, Stanley Baker and Peter Cushing
Alfie - 1966, Paramount - Michael Caine + Shelley Winters
All I Desire - 1953, Universal-International / Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan and Richard Long
All That Heaven Allows - 1956, Universal-International / Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead + Virginia Grey
All the Fine Young Cannibals - 1960, M-G-M / Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Susan Kohner, George Hamilton - w/ Pearl Bailey + Jack Mullaney
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Leftover Sets from MGMs blockbuster " QUO VADIS " for " Julius Caesar " film
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Three times a lady - an English woman called Anna Leonowens/Irene Dunne, Deborah Kerr and Jodie Foster
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The 31st Academy Awards - 1958s " Separate Tables "
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PETER VIERTEL: Novelist & Screenwriter and ActressWife Deborah Kerr
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Launder and Gilliat were more successful in their collaborations, and even took risks in mixing genres, as is the case with their 1946 release, I See A Dark Stranger. Alternately suspenseful and slapstick, the picture focuses on an earnest young Irish colleen, Bridie Quilty (Deborah Kerr). Raised to hate the British, Bridie leaves home on her 21st birthday for dublin, where she volunteers for the IRA. Dismissed by the group as a political innocent, she anonymously makes her mark by dumping paint on the statue of the historic figure she most perceives as a traitor, Oliver Cromwell. This action draws the attention of a foreign spy, Miller (Raymond Huntley), who recruits Bridie for the German cause. Even the attention paid her by an attractive English officer, Lt. David Byrne (Trevor Howard), fails to divert Bridie from her obstinate path, until she finally confronts the violence and deceit at the core of espionage. Herein, Launder and Gilliat shift the tone from light farce to subtle tension, which leads to a Hitchcockian sequence involving a corpse in a wheelchair. In an effort to compensate, Bridie takes off in search of Miller's cohorts. The film concludes with a comic flourish, but not before guns are drawn, liquor is smuggled, and the Irish achieve a tentative rapprochement with their historical antagonists. I See A Dark Stranger is a gleeful amalgam of hijinks and heroism. In some senses a Celtic screwball comedy, it permits Deborah to stretch beyond her usual role as a refined woman of the world. Bridie allows Miss Kerr to run the gamut from hotheaded heroine to pratfalling buffoon.
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Those Memorable GOOD-OLD DAYS of those YESTERYEARS About M-G-Ms major star - Deborah Kerr Biography: Deborah Kerr
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Actress Deborah Kerr is one of those extraordinary people who desires to give comfort, pleasure, especially yo those who appreciate her efforts. Whatever you do, you attract a special clientele. Although artistic - in dance, piano, gardening, painting - you deal in practical matters. you can make staples appear spectacular. Your sence of beauty and design aid along this line. What you espire to, you usually achieve. This is because, despite your imagination, you also have a practical touch. You have a genuine desire to help people. This tendency attracts you to work in institutions, social service. You could succeed as a musician, artist, actor, florist, milliner, social editor, entertainer, perfume manufacturer. Subjects in the fine arts category attract you; you would enjoy being an art museum curator.
More than for most, music is a medicine for you, a tonic which heals emotional wounds. You are affected by your location and should live and work in a quiet place where activity is creative rather than merely "busy." Women, especially, are an audience for what you create - creating with a unique, original touch. You could, too, be a cosmetician, interior decorator, there is "music" to what you do and music in your place of business is as essential.
All of your experiences are not happy ones, but they are exciting. There are separations, there is the distinct possibility of more than one marriage. You want to admire and be admired. To admire, you require a partner who does things, who braves the sticks and stones of society, who is far out, who is inventive, exciting. Finding the right partner, in marriage or otherwise, is important to your welfare. You have the ability to sense public desires, to create those desires. You are an artist - in whatever you do. And with someone by your side to appreciate you, you are a world-beater and betterer !
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The most fascinating thing about children is that you learn so much from them - if you want to. I've certainly had more than a few lessons from my two girls - Melanie and francesca. One of the most important, though. is that through them I have suddenly found mu own childhood returning to me. All the things I was ever taught have taken on new meaning and I have tried to impart to them something of my own experiences and beliefs and ideas.
Because I can remember my own childhood, it is more important than ever that as a parent I don't let my children do exactly what they would like to because, when they grow up, they won't know how to bring up their own sons and daughters.
Recently, I have been on the French Riviera making Bonjour Tristesse for Columbia release, and I have had the girl with me. We have spent many delightful hours on the beach when I wasn't working and I have somehow seemed to rediscover my own children during these leisure hours. It has been like a new world opening up to me just to listen to them and to learn what matters to them.
My children seem to live in a fantastic new world. Half of the time I don't know what they're talking about - and I try to remember if I were as confusing to my parents. I've heard Melanie say very seriously, "Well, you know, space is infinite.
I am amazed.
Deborah Kerr and husband Anthony Bartley with daughters Melanie and Francesca can be seen in a wonderful photo on location for Columbia's " Bonjour Tristesse ."
You will love Deborah in UA's " Separate Tables " with Mr. David Niven [an old friend from years back] and Mr. Burt Lancaster. She will also be seen in WB's " The S u n d o w n e r s. "
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