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Adventure melodrama of the search for legendary diamond mines in the heart of Africa.

 

The 1937 British- ... three decades of decolonisation. The second, to which King Solomon’s Mines belonged, were produced by ...

... they find the skeleton in the mines, and are rescued from a wild ... to a new interest in the mythical source of Solomon’s wealth, imagined lurking beneath ... -left:14.4pt;"> Review, “King Solomon’s Mines,” Variety, 31 December ...

... later, the Hollywood producers of King Solomon’s Mines (1950) had ... who goes so far as to characterize the mine workers as ‘filthy natives&rsquo ... current work as a fix-it man at a copper mine run by a Belgian concession– the ...

BURIED TREASUREGreat Britain

Sir Mortimer Wheeler discusses his visit to the ruined city of Zimbabwe, legendary source of King Solomon's gold and subject of much mystery, controversy and speculation.

... doctor of the Sura tribe, warns his king, Dawiya, to 'beware of war', while Mark ... house. A drunk Fernandez visits his tin mine and strikes one of his workers. He ... Rhodes of Africa (1936) and King Solomon’s Mines (1937), wrote a ...

USA, South Africa

Action adventure based on H. Rider Haggard's novel. Jessie Huston hires famed adventurer Allan Quatermain to trace her father who has disappeared during an African expedition.

... role in Sanders of the River, and would go on to feature in a number of films set in British Africa, including King Solomon’s Mines, Old Bones of the River and Men of Two Worlds ...