Henry gordon, mitchell lewis, forrester harvey, curtis nero. This is an okay film i guess you cant cover everything the book has. King of the kongo film and sound restoration by eric. Rossen would go on to lens such classics as director victor flemings the wizard of oz1939 and director king vidors duel in the sun 1946 among others. Cowen, leon gordon, lupe velez, conrad nagel, virginia bruce, c. Boris karloff, jacqueline logan, and walter miller in the king of the kongo. With walter huston, lupe velez, conrad nagel, virginia bruce. The king of the kongo 1929 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The king of the kongo would become best known for being the first serial to have sound sequences in it, although today a lot of the sound discs are gone and those that are available still arent wildly out there for people to see. Pretty young diana martin journeys to an ancient african temple in search of her.
The king of the kongo 1929 is a mascot film serial, and was the first serial to have sound,1 although only partial sound part talking rather than the later. The film is beautifully photographed by harold rossen actually capturing the heat and humidity of the environment. Ben affleck to direct historical congo plunder tale king leopolds. The king of the kongo 1929 is a mascot film serial, and was the first serial to have sound, although only partial sound part talking rather than the later and now standard alltalking productions with complete sound. It was shot at merton park studios and in croydon for anglo amalgamated, then distributed in the united states by american international pictures aip as a double feature with master of the world. Steve, basically, is an excellent film about a rivalry that says a lot about competition in our culture. The book is far better and the film misses out a lot of things the book had in it some things i really enjoyed in the book failed to appear in the film which i was disappointed about. The king of the kongo letterboxd your life in film.
Congo is a 1995 american science fiction actionadventure film loosely based on michael crichtons novel of the same name. Unpleasant, revolting and disgusting, it offers no entertainment to a depressionridden public. This remake of west of zanzibar 1928 made four years later tries to outdo the lon chaney original in morbidity. Kongo is a brutal and disturbing movie that pushes the limits of film from the thirties. Mockery to the king of kongo and the people of kongo i do not own any to this video or the music, i just wanted to share some knowledge. He rules the local natives through superstition and stage magic and he. Perhaps aware that its material was already dated when stewart granger made king solomons mines in 1950, the filmmakers have cheerfully turned it into an action comedy, and the actors have gone a step further, treating it like one of those movies like beat the devil that is a puton. Buster crabbe in king of the congo 1952 buster crabbe and gloria dea in king of the congo. Henry gordon, harold rosson, directed by william j. Robert blair of vci has informed him that universal is going to give vci access to the original film elements for its serials. The kingdom of kongo was, from the 1700s, a decentralised kingdom largely dependant on slave labour and armies lxxv to maintain control. The estimable tom weaverserial, bfilm, and horrormovie expert extraordinairehas broken some great news for serial buffs over in two threads on the classic horror film board forum. Kongo central, former bascongo, in the democratic republic of the congo. Kingdom of kongo 90 1914 south african history online.
Levines pennypinching but enterprising little mascot pictures, king of the congo was released in three versions. With jacqueline logan, walter miller, richard tucker, boris karloff. I remember film historians used to criticize nosfearatu as a film, because they were not seeing the film as it was meant to be shown that is, with color tints that were meant to signify night, etc. Air force captain and his quest for missing microfilm that contains vital information. The democratic republic of the congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of western europe. Directed by ishiro honda edited by reiko kaneko, peter zinner. The first episode was a three reeler with the remaining nine episodes being two reelers. Cinematography harold rosson film editor conrad nervig written by leon gordon from the.
Trailer for the cliffhanger serial king of the congo. Wilson would go on to continue using this name through most of his independent run. Safinia is basing his script on the adam hochschild book king leopolds ghost. So, im all for a restored king of the kongo even if its not as good as we might hope it to be. King kong is a low budget fan film that began production in 2011.
A secret service agent searches the jungle for his missing brother, also an agent. A story of greed, terror and heroism in colonial africa. Congo craton, covered by the palaeozoictorecent congo basin, an ancient precambrian craton that with four others the kaapvaal, zimbabwe, tanzania, and west african. The picture was directed by frank marshall starring laura linney, dylan walsh, ernie hudson, tim curry, grant heslov and joe don baker. The seventh serial released by nat levines pennypinching but enterprising little mascot pictures, king of the congo was released in three versions. The kingdom of kongo had a formal state apparatus, in which most positions rendas in portugueselanguage documents, meaning income bearing positions were in the hands of the king, and the king himself was elected by powerful officials. The movie portrays billy, the donkey kong champion, doing everything in his power to keep his record and to deny steve wiebe weebee the title of world record holder in donkey kong. The kongo kong gimmick was created by jcw cofounder, violent j.
The king of the kongo 1929 3h 33min action, adventure, romance 9 august 1929 usa a secret service agent searches the jungle for his missing brother, also an agent. Konga is a 1961 britishamerican international coproduction science fiction horror film directed by john lemont and starring michael gough, margo johns and austin trevor. King of the kongo film and sound restoration by eric grayson. Pretty young diana martin journeys to an ancient african temple in search of her longlost explorer father, missing since she was a baby. Serial 1929 the king of the kongo chapter 01 of 10 into. Our products king of the kongo 1929, plus bonus rare films dvd king of the kongo 1929, plus bonus rare films dvd the king of the kongo 1929.
King of the congo is my favorite columbia serial, i remember it was screened many times over the years in the 1950s, at the saturday afternoon matinees, in my local picture theater here in bentleigh, australia, was always received with great applause by the kids,me included. King kong 2005 ann entertains kong scene fun dancing by naomi watts funny moment movie clip 1080p hd kong has a little fun with naomi watts. Congo basin, the sedimentary basin of the congo river in west equatorial africa. With buster crabbe, gloria dea, leonard penn, jack ingram. King kongo dvd, 2011, canadian at the best online prices at ebay.
A journey to the heart of africa full documentary bbc. Kongo is a 1932 english film stars walter huston, william j. As part of a peace agreement between the two warring factions, king. Travis joe don baker, to the congo to determine the whereabouts of. It is often confused with the earlier parttalking serial, the king of the kongo which also starred miller and karloff. The material is sufficient to restore the complete chapter 5 with music, effects, and dialogue. King of the congo classic movie cliffhanger serial dvd. Trying to protect ann naomi watts, kong fights off a whole pack of trexes. Even the doctor hero is a drug addict and the depictions of moral corruption that infect walter huston and his cronies in.
So my advice to everyone is to get the book, read it, and dont bother with the movie. Scientist karen ross laura linney is sent by her fatherinlaw, mogul r. The plan was to have the project released in march 20 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the original 1933 classic, king. Eric grayson is raising funds for king of the kongo film and sound restoration on kickstarter. Kings sought and held office with the assistance of a kanda. Congo is a splendid example of a genre no longer much in fashion, the jungle adventure story. King of the congo is a 1952 american blackandwhite 15 chapter movie serial, the 48th released by columbia pictures. It was produced by sam katzman, directed by spencer gordon bennet and wallace grissell, and stars buster crabbe. He encounters a young woman there who is also searching, but for her missing father. One of the greatest adventure stories in hollywood history gets a new interpretation in this action. In order to get into the congo and search for a lost expedition team, a telecom.
If youve read the trivia section about this film, youll know that its a real curio a serial shot as a partial silent and a partial talkie. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of africa as a living god. When an expedition to the african congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong. Michael crichtons technothriller congo leaps off of the page and onto the big screen in this fun adventure film.
In 2010, wilson made his juggalo championship wrestling debut now donning facepaint under the new name, kongo kong, a nontalking monster heel. The film was released on june 9, 1995, by paramount pictures. This century saw the emergence of clans as important political actors, especially because the clans would join together to elect the kings. Starring michael keith, harry holcombe, james yagi, tadao takashima and keji sahaka. Digital scan of 16mm print of king of the kongo, clean up, marry sound back to chapter 5, and output the result to 16mm film. The latter came with several dialogue scenes, making levine and his staff pioneers in the new art of outdoor sound filming. Directed by spencer gordon bennet, wallace grissell. King of the wild is a mascot alltalking serial, released in 1931, starring walter miller, tom santschi, boris karloff and nora lane. King of the kongo 1929, plus bonus rare films dvd the king of the kongo 1929.
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