Trader Horn

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Trader Horn

1931,

2h 3m,

Adventure

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Famous African explorer Trader Horn (Harry Carey) sails to a small village with Peru (Duncan Renaldo), his best friend's son. That night, their camp is disrupted by the arrival of Trader's friend Edith Trent (Olive Carey), a missionary searching for her missing daughter, Nina (Edwina Booth). Shortly afterward, Trader and Peru come across Edith's dead body. Continuing the expedition, they discover Nina is now the evil leader of a nearby tribe and plans to sacrifice them.

TIME Staff

TIME Magazine

Feb 7, 2019

Incomparably the best jungle picture made so far.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

A good-looking animal picture.

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Mordaunt Hall

New York Times

Mar 25, 2006

4/5

This shrewdly fashioned jungle melodrama proved to be thoroughly exciting to the spectators last night and it seemed as though many of them were a bit nearer than they ever wanted to be to a big game hunt.

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Francisco J. Ariza

Cine-Mundial

Sep 10, 2019

One of the most splendid premieres of the year. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Alexander Bakshy

The Nation

Jan 18, 2013

The picture is a magnificent record of wild life in Central Africa, abounding in thrilling episodes and in scenic splendors.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Mar 6, 2008

B

By today's standards, Van Dyke's jungle adventure contains both racist and sexist elements, but at the time it was a stirring picture due to on-location shooting.

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Ron S

Jul 26, 2018

Undeserved Best Picture nominee Trader Horn is groundbreaking in its cinematography as the first movie shot in Africa. It also has a couple of moving scenes and some fine adventurous elements. But the characters and acting are mediocre, the added plot is pretty bad and the whole movie is incredibly dated in its sexism and particularly blatant racism and xenophobia.

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Hagrid S

Feb 28, 2017

An early talkie, great for its time. Filmed in Africa.

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W. S. Van Dyke II

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Harry Carey

Aloysius "Trader" Horn

Edwina Booth

Nina Trent

Duncan Renaldo

Peru

Mutia Omoolu

Rencharo

Olive Carey

Edith Trent

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Synopsis

Famous African explorer Trader Horn (Harry Carey) sails to a small village with Peru (Duncan Renaldo), his best friend's son. That night, their camp is disrupted by the arrival of Trader's friend Edith Trent (Olive Carey), a missionary searching for her missing daughter, Nina (Edwina Booth). Shortly afterward, Trader and Peru come across Edith's dead body. Continuing the expedition, they discover Nina is now the evil leader of a nearby tribe and plans to sacrifice them.

Director: W. S. Van Dyke II
Screenwriter: Richard Schayer
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 23, 1931, Original
Release Date (DVD): Sep 15, 2015
Runtime: 2h 3m

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