There are many reasons why people like classic movies, but often those reasons are quite sentimental in their nature... Perhaps the reason for its enduring appeal is that it intends nostalgic trip to the past, where such films spawned juvenile imagination with breathtaking locations, exotic hidden societies, and characters with strange powers...
Like all trips into the African wild, "King Solomon's Mines" proceeds through all kinds of land-forests, swamps, desert sands, lush meadows and rugged mountains... The film is filled with exciting scenes, and some rather effective looks at human motivations in the face of impossible odds...
The color photography of Robert Surtees, greatly increases the visual impact of the outdoor scenes and almost overpowers the plot drama at times... Surtees' landscapes are gorgeousvista after vista of jungles, dunes, high peaks, river rapids and waterfalls...
Stewart Granger was talented enough in playing the dashing romantic leading man... He created a human hero who is the ideal concept of the white huntersuave, tough, courageous, and strongly British...
Deborah Kerr, the 'lady with the flaming hair,' had a charming weakness that was strong and feminine at the same time...
This lost-civilization adventure continues to be a favorite among those who love a thrilling tale... "King Solomon's Mines" is a well-cast version filled with qualities close to the human heart: thrilling, adventurous, and amusing...
Like all trips into the African wild, "King Solomon's Mines" proceeds through all kinds of land-forests, swamps, desert sands, lush meadows and rugged mountains... The film is filled with exciting scenes, and some rather effective looks at human motivations in the face of impossible odds...
The color photography of Robert Surtees, greatly increases the visual impact of the outdoor scenes and almost overpowers the plot drama at times... Surtees' landscapes are gorgeousvista after vista of jungles, dunes, high peaks, river rapids and waterfalls...
Stewart Granger was talented enough in playing the dashing romantic leading man... He created a human hero who is the ideal concept of the white huntersuave, tough, courageous, and strongly British...
Deborah Kerr, the 'lady with the flaming hair,' had a charming weakness that was strong and feminine at the same time...
This lost-civilization adventure continues to be a favorite among those who love a thrilling tale... "King Solomon's Mines" is a well-cast version filled with qualities close to the human heart: thrilling, adventurous, and amusing...