King Solomon's Mines - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "King Solomon's Mines"
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Timing: 1:43 (103 min)
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Film crew

Director

Producer

Sam Zimbalist
Producer

Editor

Photo Ralph E. Winters #74019
Ralph E. Winters
Editor

Art Direction

Paul Groesse
Art Direction

Costume Design

Set Decoration

Original Music Composer

Mischa Spoliansky

Mischa Spoliansky
Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Robert Surtees

Robert Surtees
Director of Photography

Screenplay

Photo Helen Deutsch #179704Photo Helen Deutsch #179705Photo Helen Deutsch #179706
Helen Deutsch
Screenplay

Novel

H. Rider Haggard
Novel

Assistant Set Decoration

F. Keogh Gleason
Assistant Set Decoration

Recording Supervision

Photo Douglas Shearer #72435

Douglas Shearer

Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision

What's left behind the scenes

  • The scene in which Deborah Kerr (1921-2007) cuts off her hair, only to then appear with a perfect hairstyle, caused uproarious laughter among audiences during preview screenings, and producers even considered removing the scene altogether. No one could figure out how to otherwise explain the change in her hairstyle, so the scene remained.
  • The ritual dance shown on screen in the village of the Umbopa tribe is still performed today.
  • The escape of frightened wild animals in Africa was filmed on location, but the footage was lost, and the scene was reshot in Hollywood with a trained elephant.
  • The logistics of filming were a nightmare. Over 2.5 tons of equipment, including specially constructed trucks, were delivered to the city of Mombasa, as some scenes were to be filmed on Mount Kenya. Film was flown from Hollywood to Africa and back in special refrigerated containers, where a specific temperature was maintained. Along the way, the planes made several stops where the containers were additionally cooled.
  • The African actors who appeared in the film were hired locally.
  • The desert scene was filmed in the state of New Mexico.
  • At the beginning of the film, a real shot was fired at the elephant.
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