Africa Speaks!

Africa Speaks!
Africa Speaks!
	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	Mascot Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 15, 1930;
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	less than $50,000

Africa Speaks! is a 1930 American documentary film directed by Walter Futter and narrated by Lowell Thomas.

Plot summary

Paul L. Hoefler heads a 1928 expedition to Africa.

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] Wildlife footage from the film was later reused in the twelve "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" films.^[2]

Hoefler wrote a book entitled Africa Speaks about the expedition that was published in 1931.^[3]

DVD release

Africa Speaks was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on July 7, 2015.^[4]

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.

References

^ ^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.
^ Driscoll, Jim (2008). Reflections of a "B"-Movie Junkie: A Tribute To, and Homage Of, the "B"-Movie Genre Films of the Saturday Matinees, of Primarily the '40's and '50's. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 293–94. ISBN 978-1-4363-5475-2.
^ 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 2015-06-26.

External links

Africa Speaks! at IMDb
Africa Speaks! is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[Doherty-1] 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.

[2] Driscoll, Jim (2008). Reflections of a "B"-Movie Junkie: A Tribute To, and Homage Of, the "B"-Movie Genre Films of the Saturday Matinees, of Primarily the '40's and '50's. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 293–94. ISBN 978-1-4363-5475-2.

[3] Pitts, Michael R. (2010). Columbia Pictures: Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982. McFarland. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7864-4447-2.

[4] "Alpha Video - Africa Speaks". Retrieved 2015-06-26.

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