![]() ![]() Or maybe he needed to add a spot of gimmickry to get the punters in? Certainly the nineties effort was more accomplished as a film, but that didn't have, as the fifties advertising boasted, "A lion in your lap! A lover in your arms!", though in truth neither did Bwana Devil, it simply looked as if it did thanks to the polarised 3D process. That was scripted by William Goldman, who mused audiences probably didn't want to see animals portrayed as villains in that era. Therefore this may have been a trailblazer, but mention the title Bwana Devil to anyone after about 1960 and you'd be lucky to get any recognition whatsoever, or if there was they'd need a bit of memory jogging - remember, with the lions, the spear sticking out at the audience, all that? Yes, there were indeed lions involved, two maneaters threatening the progress of the railway if that sounds familiar it will be down to the same true story it was based upon being used for the Michael Douglas flop of the nineties, The Ghost and the Darkness. Yet even then, that is no guarantee this will endure in the popular consciousness. Never underestimate the attraction of novelty, as it may have received terrible reviews and the general consensus that overall as a movie this was pretty poor, but the excitement of watching it in this process, with the special glasses on, proved irresistable for audiences of the day and it made Oboler and his production a lot of money. Distracting both men is the arrival of a steam engine which pulls up outside and they go to meet it, only for the Major to be yet more horrified when the driver turns out to be drunk: he is Bob Hayward ( Robert Stack), and life in Africa doesn't agree with him.Ĭinema in three dimensions is nothing new, and it wasn't especially new in 1952 either, but what it hadn't been before was mass marketed, so with director and erstwhile radio drama maestro Arch Oboler's Bwana Devil the 3D craze of the fifties was well underway, with this entry the first to be released. ![]() They have a railway to build, after all, but his colleague Dr Angus McLean ( Nigel Bruce) informs him that today is a holiday for the locals and they will not be participating for religious reasons, which makes the Major even more angry. Kenya 1898, and Major Parkhurst ( Ramsay Hill) is furious because he does not believe the workers under his command are applying themselves as much as they should. Short, Bhogwan Singh, Paul Thompson, Bupesh Guha, Bal Seirgakar, Kalu K. Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, Nigel Bruce, Ramsay Hill, Paul McVey, Hope Miller, John Dodsworth, Patrick O'Moore, Patrick Aherne, Edward C. What's So Funny About Brit Horror? Vampira and Bloodbath at the House of Death on Arrow Sex vs Violence: In the Realm of the Senses on Blu-ray Super Sammo: Warriors Two and The Prodigal Son on Blu-ray Moon Night - Space 1999: Super Space Theater on Blu-ray The Call of Nostalgia: Ghostbusters Afterlife on Blu-ray Uncomfortable Truths: Three Shorts by Andrea Arnold on MUBI Not So Permissive: The Lovers! on Blu-ray Two Christopher Miles Shorts: The Six-Sided Triangle/Rhythm 'n' Greens on Blu-ray You'll Never Guess Which is Sammo: Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon on Blu-ray ![]() The Ecstasy of Cosmic Boredom: Dark Star on ArrowĪ Frosty Reception: South and The Great White Silence on Blu-ray on 4K UHDĪ Woman's Viewfinder: The Camera is Ours on DVDĬhaplin's Silent Pursuit: Modern Times on Blu-ray Your Rules are Really Beginning to Annoy Me: Escape from L.A. Suave and Sophisticated: The Persuaders! Take 50 on Blu-ray ![]() The Dead of Night: In Cold Blood on Blu-ray The Movie Damned: Cursed Films II on Shudder State of the 70s: Play for Today Volume 3 on Blu-ray Monster Fun: Three Monster Tales of Sci-Fi Terror on Blu-ray Serious Comedy: The Wrong Arm of the Law on Blu-rayĭC Showcase: Constantine - The House of Mystery and More on Blu-ray Little Cat Feat: Stephen King's Cat's Eye on 4K UHD 3 From Arrow Player: Sweet Sugar, Girls Nite Out and Manhattan Baby ![]()
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