| Africa Speaks! | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Walter Futter |
| Written by | Walter Futter |
| Produced by | Walter Futter Paul L. Hoefler |
| Narrated by | Lowell Thomas |
| Cinematography | Paul L. Hoefler |
| Edited by | Walter Futter |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | less than $50,000[1] |
Africa Speaks! is a 1930 American documentary film directed by Walter Futter and narrated by Lowell Thomas. It is an exploitation film.[2]
Premise
Paul L. Hoefler heads a 1928 expedition to Africa capturing wildlife and tribes on film.
Production
Although the film was shot over the fourteen months of the expedition in the Serengeti and in Uganda, a scene involving an attack by a lion on a native was apparently staged at the Selig Zoo in Los Angeles and involved a toothless lion.[1]
Hoefler wrote a book entitled Africa Speaks about the expedition that was published in 1931.[3]
References in popular culture
The title of the film was parodied in the 1940 cartoon Africa Squeaks and the 1949 Abbott and Costello film Africa Screams.
DVD release
Africa Speaks was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on July 7, 2015.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 Doherty, Thomas Patrick (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930–1934. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 239–41. ISBN 0-231-11094-4.
- ↑ Crafton, Donald (November 22, 1999). The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. University of California Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-520-22128-4.
- ↑ Pitts, Michael R. (2010). Columbia Pictures: Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982. McFarland. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7864-4447-2.
- ↑ "Alpha Video - Africa Speaks". Retrieved June 26, 2015.
External links
- Africa Speaks! at IMDb
- Africa Speaks! is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive