Africa Speaks!
| 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
[edit]Paul L. Hoefler heads a 1928 expedition to Africa capturing wildlife and tribes on film.
Production
[edit]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
[edit]The title of the film was parodied in the 1940 cartoon Africa Squeaks and the 1949 Abbott and Costello film Africa Screams.
Home media
[edit]Africa Speaks was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on July 7, 2015.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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
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- Africa Speaks! at IMDb
- Africa Speaks! is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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