"King Solomon's Mines (1950 film) King Solomon's Mines is a 1950 Technicolor adventure film, the second of five film adaptations of the 1885 novel of the same name by Henry Rider Haggard. It stars Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. It was adapted by Helen Deutsch, directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Allan Quatermain (Stewart Granger), an experienced hunter and guide, reluctantly agrees to help Elizabeth Curtis (Deborah Kerr) and her brother John Goode (Richard Carlson) search for her husband, who disappeared in the unexplored African interior while searching for the legendary titular mines."
"in an oasis by a broken leg, unable to go forward or back. They return to Durban and eventually to England, wealthy enough to live comfortable lives. Haggard wrote the novel as a result of a five-shilling wager with his brother, who said that he could not write a novel half as good as Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Treasure Island"" (1883). He wrote it in a short time, somewhere between six and sixteen weeks between January and 21 April 1885. However, the book was a complete novelty and was rejected by one publisher after another. After six months, ""King Solomon's Mines"""
"lived in Kessingland and had connections with the church in Bungay, Suffolk. Haggard turned to the study of law and was called to the bar in 1884. His practice of law was desultory and much of his time was taken up by the writing of novels which he saw as being more profitable. Haggard lived at 69 Gunterstone Road in Hammersmith, London, from mid-1885 to circa April 1888. It was at this Hammersmith address that he completed ""King Solomon's Mines"" (published September 1885). Haggard was heavily influenced by the larger-than-life adventurers whom he met in Colonial Africa, most notably Frederick"
"Allan Quatermain Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel ""King Solomon's Mines"" and its sequels. ""Allan Quatermain"" was also the title of a book in this sequence. An English big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others. The character Quatermain is an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa, who supports colonial efforts to 'spread civilization' in the 'dark continent', though he also favours native Africans having a say in their affairs. An"
"1981 biography by Sydney Higgins. After returning to England in 1882, Haggard published a book on the political situation in South Africa, as well as a handful of unsuccessful novels, before writing the book for which he is most famous, ""King Solomon's Mines"". He accepted a 10 percent royalty rather than £100 for the copyright. A sequel soon followed entitled ""Allan Quatermain"", followed by ""She"" and its sequel ""Ayesha"", swashbuckling adventure novels set in the context of the Scramble for Africa (although the action of ""Ayesha"" happens in Tibet). The hugely popular ""King Solomon's Mines"" is sometimes considered the first"
"became an immediate best seller. By the late 19th century, explorers were uncovering ancient civilisations around the world, such as Egypt's Valley of the Kings, and the empire of Assyria. Inner Africa remained largely unexplored and ""King Solomon's Mines"", the first novel of African adventure published in English, captured the public's imagination. The ""King Solomon"" of the book's title is the Biblical king renowned both for his wisdom and for his wealth. A number of sites have been suggested as the location of his mines, including the workings at the Timna valley near Eilat. Research published in September 2013 has"
"One can imagine that such false evidence confirmed Columbus in his belief he had reached China, overlooking the fact that he discovered an entire unknown continent. H. Rider Haggard used an altered version of the real story of the rescue of Columbus in his novel ""King Solomon's Mines"" (first published 1885), where hero Allan Quartermain and his companions recruit supporters for their cause from the local tribe by predicting a lunar eclipse. (In early editions, this was a solar eclipse; Haggard changed it after realising that his description of a solar eclipse was not realistic) In Mark Twain's 1889 novel,"
"In Search of King Solomon's Mines In Search of King Solomon's Mines is a travel book by Anglo-Afghan author, Tahir Shah. Shah's search began with a map in Jerusalem. The map showed a trail leading to the fabled mines of King Solomon, who built the first temple of Israel out of gold, mined from the land of Ophir. Solomon’s Mines have enthralled and tormented all those who have searched for them and superstition whispers of terrible curses that will befall anyone that finds them. Bewitched by the legends, Tahir Shah decided to take up the quest. Chasing clues gathered from"
"Adrian Cole (writer) Adrian Christopher Synnot Cole (born 22 July 1949 in Plymouth, England), is a British writer. He is known for his Dream Lords trilogy, the ""Omaran Saga"" and ""Star Requiem"" series, and his young adult novels, Moorstones and The Sleep of Giants. Adrian Cole was born in Plymouth, Devonshire in 1949. Cole's father was in the Army, and Adrian spent three years with his family in Malaya when he was a young child, before settling back in Devon. He became interested in fantasy and science fiction at an early age, through ""Tarzan of the Apes"", ""King Solomon's Mines"","
"(Haggard's questionable spelling of Zulu names is used in the first instance). These novels are prequels to the foundation pair, ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1885) and ""Allan Quatermain"" (1887), which describe Quatermain's discovery of vast wealth, his discontent with a life of ease, and his fatal return to Africa following the death of his son Harry. With ""She and Allan"" (1920), Haggard engineered a crossover between his two most popular series, uniting Quatermain with Ayesha, the central character of his hugely successful ""She"" novels, and bringing in several other key characters from each series—Hans, Umslopogaas, and Zikali from the Quatermain series,"
"archaeological finds by imperial adventurers succeeded in capturing the public's imagination. Between 1871 and the First World War, the number of published lost world narratives, set in every continent, dramatically increased. The genre has similar themes to ""mythical kingdoms"", such as El Dorado. ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1885) by H. Rider Haggard is sometimes considered the first lost-world narrative. Haggard's novel shaped the form and influenced later lost-world narratives, including Rudyard Kipling's ""The Man Who Would Be King"" (1888), Arthur Conan Doyle's ""The Lost World"" (1912), Edgar Rice Burroughs' ""The Land That Time Forgot"" (1918), A. Merritt's ""The Moon Pool"" (1918),"
"Solomon (Handel) Solomon, HWV 67, is an English oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The anonymous libretto – currently thought to have been penned by the English Jewish poet/playwright Moses Mendes (d.1758) – is based on the biblical stories of the wise king Solomon from the First Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicles, with additional material from ""Antiquities of the Jews"" by ancient historian Flavius Josephus. The music was composed between 5 May and 13 June 1748, and the first performance took place on 17 March 1749, with Caterina Galli in the title role at the Covent Garden"
"Song of Solomon (novel) Song of Solomon is a 1977 novel by American author Toni Morrison. It follows the life of Macon ""Milkman"" Dead III, an :African-American man living in Michigan, from birth to adulthood. This book won the National Books Critics Award, was chosen for Oprah Winfrey's popular book club, and was cited by the Swedish Academy in awarding Morrison the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature. In 1998, the Radcliffe Publishing Course named it the 25th best English-language novel of the 20th century. ""Song of Solomon"" opens with the suicide of Robert Smith, an insurance agent and member of"
"The Ring of Solomon The Ring of Solomon is a children's novel of alternate history, fantasy and magic reminiscent of the Harry Potter series, but much darker in tone. It is a prequel to the ""Bartimaeus"" trilogy, written by British author Jonathan Stroud. The first edition (paperback) was published in Oct. 2010 by Doubleday in UK. The book follows the early adventures of Bartimaeus in service to King Solomon. The story is set in a fantasy version of ancient Jerusalem, during the reign of biblical King Solomon, about 950BCE. The story opens in Jerusalem with the djinni Bartimaeus currently in"
"the United Kingdom were gothic tales like Richard Cumberland's ""remarkable narrative"" ""The Poisoner of Montremos"" (1791). Major novelists like Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens also wrote some short stories. Important developments occurred in genre fiction in this era. Adventure novels were popular, including Sir John Barrow's descriptive 1831 account of the Mutiny on the Bounty. The Lost World literary genre was inspired by real stories of archaeological discoveries by imperial adventurers. Sir Henry Rider Haggard wrote one of the earliest examples, ""King Solomon's Mines"", in 1885. Contemporary European politics and diplomatic manoeuvrings informed Anthony Hope's swashbuckling Ruritanian adventure novels"
"Moriarty, is widely considered to be the first true example of a supervillain, while Sherlock Holmes has become a by-word for a detective. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Holmes, from 1880 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914. All but four Conan Doyle stories are narrated by Holmes' friend, assistant, and biographer, Dr John H. Watson. The Lost World literary genre was inspired by real stories of archaeological discoveries by imperial adventurers. H. Rider Haggard wrote one of the earliest examples, ""King Solomon's Mines"" in 1885. Contemporary European politics and diplomatic manoeuvrings informed"
"lost African city called Zinj. As in ""Treasure Island"", the narrator of ""King Solomon's Mines"" tells his tale in the first person in an easy conversational style. Almost entirely missing (except in the speech of the Kukuanas) is the ornate language usually associated with novels of this era. Haggard's use of the first person subjective perspective also contrasts with the omniscient third-person viewpoint then in vogue among influential writers such as Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hardy, and George Eliot. The book has scholarly value for the colonialist attitudes that Haggard expresses, and for the way that he portrays the relationships between"
"was published, and the book became the year's best seller, with printers struggling to print copies fast enough. In the process, ""King Solomon's Mines"" created a new genre known as the ""Lost World"", which would inspire Edgar Rice Burroughs' ""The Land That Time Forgot"", Arthur Conan Doyle's ""The Lost World"", Rudyard Kipling's ""The Man Who Would Be King"" and H. P. Lovecraft's ""At the Mountains of Madness"". Lee Falk's ""The Phantom"" was initially written in this genre. A much later Lost World novel was Michael Crichton's ""Congo"", which involves a quest for King Solomon's lost mines, supposedly located in a"
"the Democratic Republic of Congo. The culture of the Kukuanas shares many attributes with other South African tribes, such as Zulu being spoken and the kraal system being used. The novel has been adapted to film at least six times. The first version premiered in 1937, ""King Solomon's Mines"", and was directed by Robert Stevenson. The best known version premiered in 1950, ""King Solomon's Mines"", directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton, which was followed by a sequel, ""Watusi"" (1959). In 1979 a low-budget version was directed by Alvin Rakoff, ""King Solomon's Treasure"", combining both ""King Solomon's Mines"" as well"
"portrait"" of its title heroine with a ""fascinating, wholly convincing"" story line. Cleopatra (Haggard novel) Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis is a novel written by the author H. Rider Haggard, the author of ""King Solomon's Mines"" and ""She"". The book was first printed in 1889. The story is set in the Ptolemaic era of Ancient Egyptian history and revolves around the survival of a dynasty bloodline protected by the Priesthood of Isis. The main character Harmachis (the living descendant of the pharaoh's bloodline) is charged by the Priesthood to overthrow the supposed impostor Cleopatra,"
"individuals who contributed to children's literature. Morton N. Cohen described ""King Solomon's Mines"" as a story that has ""universal interest, for grown-ups as well as youngsters"". Haggard himself wanted to write the book for boys, but it ultimately had an influence on children and adults around the world. Cohen explained, """"King Solomon’s Mines"" was being read in the public schools [and] aloud in class-rooms"". Haggard's writings have been turned into films many times including: The locality of Rider, British Columbia, was named after him. Notes Bibliography H. Rider Haggard Sir Henry Rider Haggard, (; 22 June 1856 – 14 May"
"Sheba is kept and ventures on to Afar, possibly ancient Ophir. Shah’s desire was to reach the cursed mountain of Tulu Wallel, where decades before an English adventurer called Frank Hayter claimed to have discovered the gold mines of King Solomon. In Search of King Solomon's Mines In Search of King Solomon's Mines is a travel book by Anglo-Afghan author, Tahir Shah. Shah's search began with a map in Jerusalem. The map showed a trail leading to the fabled mines of King Solomon, who built the first temple of Israel out of gold, mined from the land of Ophir. Solomon’s"
"Cleopatra (Haggard novel) Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis is a novel written by the author H. Rider Haggard, the author of ""King Solomon's Mines"" and ""She"". The book was first printed in 1889. The story is set in the Ptolemaic era of Ancient Egyptian history and revolves around the survival of a dynasty bloodline protected by the Priesthood of Isis. The main character Harmachis (the living descendant of the pharaoh's bloodline) is charged by the Priesthood to overthrow the supposed impostor Cleopatra, drive out the Greeks and Romans and restore Egypt to its golden"
"Stella Fregelius Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies is a 1904 novel by British writer H. Rider Haggard about a young inventor who falls in love with a mysterious stranger while he is engaged to another woman. As a novelist, Haggard is known primarily for his adventure novels. Among his most widely read and critically acclaimed novels are ""King Solomon's Mines"", ""Allan Quatermain"", and ""She"". After his publication of ""She"", Haggard wrote at least one novel a year every year until his death in 1925. The publication of ""Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies"" appears on Haggard's timeline"
"Rider Haggard published ""King Solomon's Mines"". In 1886 Emily Dickinson died. Leo Tolstoy published ""The Death of Ivan Ilyich"". In 1887 Oscar Wilde published ""The Canterville Ghost"". Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta ""Ruddigore, or, The Witch's Curse"" was staged. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published ""A Study in Scarlet"", the first Sherlock Holmes story and the beginning of crime fiction as a genre. H. Rider Haggard published ""She"" first serialized in ""The Graphic"" from October 1886 to January 1887. In 1888 Oscar Wilde published ""The Happy Prince and Other Stories"". Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta ""The Yeomen of the Guard"", or, ""The Merryman"
"King Solomon's Carpet King Solomon's Carpet (1991) is a novel by Barbara Vine, pseudonym of Ruth Rendell. It is about the London Underground and the people frequenting it. Vine's novel is inhabited by ordinary passengers, tube aficionados, pickpockets, buskers, vigilantes, and children who go ""sledging"" on the roofs of cars as an initiation rite. The title of the book refers to the legend of King Solomon's magic carpet of green silk which, as it could fly and brought everyone to their destination, is likened to the underground. ""King Solomon's Carpet"" is one of the few novels set in London which"
"Haggard, who achieved literary fame with his romances ""King Solomon's Mines"" and """". He was also the brother of diplomat Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard, who served as British Consul General at New York City during World War II. In addition, he was the uncle of actor and writer Stephen Hubert Avenel Haggard, whose life was the subject of Christopher Hassall's ""The Timeless Quest"". Haggard joined the Royal Navy as a youth in 1888. On 14 May 1894, Acting Sub-Lieutenant Haggard was promoted to sub-lieutenant. He took part in the Benin Expedition to Nigeria in 1897. In late December 1905,"
"Solomon's Stone Solomon's Stone is a fantasy novel by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in the magazine ""Unknown Worlds"" in June 1942. It was reprinted in the Summer 1949 issue of the British edition of ""Unknown"", and then published in book form by Avalon Books in 1957. After an unintentionally successful demon-summoning, accountant Prosper Nash finds himself on the astral plane, inhabiting the body of Jean-Prospere, Chevalier de Néche—the swashbuckling cavalier he likes to imagine himself as—and in by a New York filled with characters from similar wish-fulfillment daydreams of other mundane souls. The demon"
"the Earth, he told them that his god had pardoned them. In 1885 H. Rider Haggard used an altered version of the real story of the rescue of Columbus in his novel, ""King Solomon's Mines"". In that novel, Allan Quatermain and his fellow Englishmen use their foreknowledge of a solar eclipse to claim that they will black out the sun as proof of their powers, and save captive girls from an unjust death sentence. In 1889 Mark Twain used a similar plot device in his novel, ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"". In that novel, Hank Morgan, a 19th-century"
"separate branch of fantasy that was to have great influence on H. P. Lovecraft and other writers of dark fantasy. Wilde also wrote a large number of children's fantasies, collected in ""The Happy Prince and Other Stories"" (1888) and ""A House of Pomegranates"" (1891). H. Rider Haggard developed the conventions of the Lost World subgenre with ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1885), which sometime included fantasy works as in Haggard's own ""She"". With Africa still largely unknown to European writers, it offered scope to this type. Other writers, including Edgar Rice Burroughs and Abraham Merritt, built on the convention. Several classic children's"
"King Solomon's Ring (book) King Solomon's Ring is a zoological book for the general audience, written by the Austrian scientist Konrad Lorenz in 1949. The first English-language edition appeared in 1952. The book's title refers to the legendary Seal of Solomon, a ring that supposedly gave King Solomon the power to speak to animals. Lorenz claims that he likewise achieved this feat of communication with several species. He accomplished this by raising them in and around his home and observing their behavior. ""King Solomon's Ring"" describes the methods of his investigation, and his resulting findings about animal psychology. Lorenz's findings"
"and ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"". The route to King Solomon's Mines described by Haggard was also referred to in the movie """", specifically the reference to Sheba's Breasts and Three Witches Mountain, which are geographical features mentioned by Quatermain in the novel. In the Graham Greene novel ""The Heart of the Matter"" (1948), the main character Scobie remembers Allan Quatermain as his childhood hero. Allan Quatermain Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel ""King Solomon's Mines"" and its sequels. ""Allan Quatermain"" was also the title of a book in this sequence. An English big"
"explorer of Colonial Africa. Selous's real-life experiences provided Haggard with the background and inspiration for this and many later stories. Haggard also owed a considerable debt to Joseph Thomson, the Scottish explorer whose book ""Through Masai Land"" was a hit in January 1885. Thomson claimed he had terrified warriors in Kenya by taking out his false teeth and claiming to be a magician, just as Captain Good does in ""King Solomon's Mines"". Contemporary James Runciman wrote an article entitled ""King Plagiarism and His Court"", interpreted as accusing Haggard of plagiarism for this. Thomson was so outraged at Haggard's alleged plagiarism"