Director Andrew Marton (1904)

King Solomon’s Mines (1950) is a Technicolor adventure film based on Henry Rider Haggard’s novel of the same name. Set in ‘British East Africa’ (Kenya Colony) during 1897, experienced safari guide Allan Quatermain is convinced by Elizabeth Curtis to search for her missing husband, who disappeared while looking for King Solomon’s legendary mines in unexplored Africa. Elizabeth and her brother John Goode join the expedition. Despite Allan’s initial reservations about having women on a safari, he and Elizabeth gradually develop feelings for each other during their arduous trek. Along the ...