Trader Horn (1931) | |
| Director(s) | W.S. Van Dyke |
| Producer(s) | Irving Thalberg (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Romance |
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Trader Horn (1931) was a Adventure - Romance Film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and produced by Irving Thalberg.
Academy Awards 1930/31 --- Ceremony Number 4 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Picture | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominated |
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Enchanting images of Edwina Booth in Trader Horn (1931)
By Emma on Mar 16, 2017 From Lets Misbehave: A Tribute to Precode HollywoodTrader Horn (1931) was starlet, Edwina Booth’s big break and first credited role. As Nina Trent, the White Goddess, Booth not only had the opportunity to be the female lead in the picture but be a part of one of the first ever location shoots in Africa. Her long, natural blonde hair and in... Read full article
Trader Horn
By Alyson on Feb 20, 2012 From The Best Picture ProjectTrader Horn is an adventure movie, shot mainly in the wilds of Africa. ?It follows Aloysius ‘Trader’ Horn (Harry Carey) and his young assistant Peru (Duncan Renaldo). ?When they happen upon the body of Edith Trent (Olive Carey), they decide to go on and finish her quest: to find the daug... Read full article
Trader Horn & East Lynne (Missing)
By Alyson on Nov 28, 2010 From The Best Picture ProjectSadly, many films from the early 1930′s are lost or hardly available to the public. ?I will keep looking for East Lynne and Trader Horn. ?As always, any helpful advice on where to find these two, or any of the missing films, is greatly?appreciated.... Read full article
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Aloysius 'Trader' Horn: Aye. A God-fearing race they are. Except, as you say, in the matter of diet.
Aloysius 'Trader' Horn: Aye, that's Africa for you. When you're not eating somebody you're trying to keep somebody else from eating you.
Aloysius 'Trader' Horn: They have a telegraph, though - drums. There's a sound that'll crawl up your spine and down to your gizzard. Maybe you'll hear it one of these days.
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Director W.S. Van Dyke and many of the crew contracted malaria and were treated with quinine. Two fatal mishaps occurred during the African filming: a native crewman fell into the river and was eaten by a crocodile, and a native boy was killed by a charging rhino (which was captured on film and is in the movie). Other misfortunes also plagued the production, including flash floods, sunstroke, swarming locusts, and tse-tse fly and ant attacks.
MGM secretly sent a second unit crew to Tecate, Mexico to avoid the American laws about ethical treatment of animals. Animals were shot fighting each other, and lions were reportedly starved to promote vicious attacks on hyenas, monkeys and deer.
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