King Solomon's Mines (1950) | |
Director(s) | Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton |
Producer(s) | Sam Zimbalist |
Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Romance |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Exotic Lands, Treasure |
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King Solomon's Mines (1950) was a Adventure - Romance Film directed by Andrew Marton and Compton Bennett and produced by Sam Zimbalist.
Academy Awards 1950 --- Ceremony Number 23 (source: AMPAS)
Award | Recipient | Result |
Best Picture | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominated |
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Allan Quatermain:
Stupid waste, this safari. All of it! Half our supplies gone now, after that all-night stampede. Wasted! Waste of time, supplies, and lives.
Elizabeth Curtis: Glares at him, too sleepy to argue.
Allan Quatermain: Well, I hope the lady enjoyed it!
Elizabeth Curtis: Ignores him.
Allan Quatermain: Stupid waste, this safari. All of it! Half our supplies gone after that all-night stampede. Wasted! Waste of time, supplies, and lives.
Elizabeth Curtis: [Glares at him, too sleepy to argue]
Allan Quatermain: [Sarcastic] Well, I hope the lady enjoyed it!
Elizabeth Curtis: [Ignores him]
Allan Quatermain: The only way out of this is... suffocation.
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Elizabeth Curtis: Glares at him, too sleepy to argue.
Allan Quatermain: Well, I hope the lady enjoyed it!
Elizabeth Curtis: Ignores him.
Allan Quatermain: Stupid waste, this safari. All of it! Half our supplies gone after that all-night stampede. Wasted! Waste of time, supplies, and lives.
Elizabeth Curtis: [Glares at him, too sleepy to argue]
Allan Quatermain: [Sarcastic] Well, I hope the lady enjoyed it!
Elizabeth Curtis: [Ignores him]
Allan Quatermain: The only way out of this is... suffocation.
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The scene in which Deborah Kerr cuts her own hair and then cuts to her sunning with a perfectly coiffed hairstyle got such a big laugh at the initial screenings of the film that producers debated removing the scene. However, they couldn't figure out another way to explain Kerr's change of hairstyle, so they kept the improbable scenes intact.
The same introductory African drums and chanting were used again two years later in Mogambo.
The Deborah Kerr character -- a screenwriter's invention -- does not appear in H. Rider Haggard's novel.
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The same introductory African drums and chanting were used again two years later in Mogambo.
The Deborah Kerr character -- a screenwriter's invention -- does not appear in H. Rider Haggard's novel.
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