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Trader Horn is a american film of genre Action directed by W. S. Van Dyke released in USA on 23 may 1931 with Harry Carey

Trader Horn (1931)

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Trader Horn
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Released in USA 23 may 1931
Length 2h2
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Action,    Adventure,    Romance
Rating60% 3.047173.047173.047173.047173.04717

Trader Horn is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film starring Harry Carey and Edwina Booth, and directed by W.S. Van Dyke. It is the first non-documentary film shot on location in Africa. The film is based on the book of the same name by trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius Horn and tells of the adventures on safari in Africa.

The film's dialogue was written by Cyril Hume. John Thomas Neville and Dale Van Every wrote the adaption. Trader Horn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1931. Edwina Booth, the female lead, contracted a career-ending illness while shooting, for which she sued producers MGM.

Synopsis

Le film évoque s'inspire de la vie d'Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn, qui a réellement existé, mais en lui prêtant parfois des aventures fictives. Horn découvre notamment une reine de la jungle appelée la "déesse blanche" qui n'est autre que la fille d'un missionnaire perdue dans la jungle.

Actors

Harry Carey

(Aloysius "Trader" Horn)
Edwina Booth

(Nina Trent)
Duncan Renaldo

(Peru)
Olive Carey

(Edith Trent)
C. Aubrey Smith

(St. Clair (uncredited))
Marjorie Rambeau
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