King Solomon's Mines
(1937)
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Cast:
Paul Robeson .... Umbopa 
Cedric Hardwicke .... Allan Quartermaine 
Roland Young .... Cmdr. Good 
Anna Lee .... Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien 
John Loder .... Sir Henry Curtis 
Arthur Sinclair .... Patrick 'Patsy' O'Brien 
Robert Adams .... Twala 
Arthur Goullet .... Sylvestra Getto
Ecce Homo Toto .... Infadoos 
Makubalo Hlubi .... Kapse 
Mjujwa .... Scragga
Transferred from a pristine 35mm and presented with a Dolby Digital soundtrack.

The story:
Fortune hunter Patrick O'Brien has left his daughter Kathy and guide Umbopa to trek across the desert in hopes of finding the fabled diamond mines of Solomon. Worried about her father, Kathy persuades hunter
Allan Quartermain to lead a party to rescue him. This is a very fine adventure film, with much to recommend it. Plenty of excitement, a little romance, and a few well-sung songs help push the plot along. Footage shot in Africa enhance the atmosphere of this Gaumont-British film. 80 Minutes

Receiving no screen credit, stage actress Sydney Fairbrother is nothing short of terrific as the ancient, filthy witch doctor Gagool, `older than the memory of the oldest man.' The scene in which she stalks about, calmly choosing those to instantly die, is a classic of mounting terror.

Mr. Robeson uses his magnificent voice in three songs: `Walk! Walk!', `Climbin' Up' & `Kukuwana'.