Exclusive“King Solomon’s Mines” (1951): First Action Adventure

The enduring popularity of the “Indiana Jones” series is a testament to how much action-adventure stories can capture people’s imaginations. The idea of a white man venturing into the mysterious heart of a foreign land to find a long-lost treasure was not invented by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Long before the lost ark was raided, British novelist Sir H. Rider Haggard intrigued Victorian readers with his exotic adventure tales. With his 1885 novel “King Solomon’s Mines,” Haggard started the lost world genre, inspiring stories like “Tarzan” and eventually the “Indiana Jones” franchise. Haggard’s characters are too exciting to stay on paper, so his books have been adapted into films many times. More than the book, though, the 1950 film of “King Solomon’s Mines” inspired the adventure film genre as we know it today. Starring Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, and Richard Carlson, this was the first Technicolor Hollywood movie filmed in Africa, and its vivid location footage of nature, animals, and native life is still amazing! #movies #talk shows #classic films #American traditions #Hollywood #showbiz #theater #cinema #entertainment #celebrity #famous #actors #drama #motion picture