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From: suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com>
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Subject: Re: King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:07:56 -0700
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On 3/27/2024 10:37 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> I noticed TCM has the 1937 King Solomon's Mines, which I've never seen.
> Of course, it was too late to record. I've read that it's the most
> faithful adaptation of the H. Rider Haggard novel.
> 
> Directed by Robert Stevenson
> Starring Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke as Quartermain, Roland Young
> (Topper in the 1937 movie), and the gorgeous Anna Lee. Robeson sings
> three songs, including one honoring the mountain.
> 
> At the end of her life, Anna Lee was given a job for life on General
> Hospital. As an homage to this movie, she played Lila Quartermaine who
> would have a son named Alan. When she was in her 90s, new show runners
> did not honor the promise and fired her.
> 
> I'll look for it again.
> 
You should be able to get it at your library.