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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7935453" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>The 1937 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029081/" target="_blank"><em><strong>King Solomon's Mines</strong></em></a> appears to be out of copyright so is easily watchable on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5KcX9MK5gQ" target="_blank"><strong>YouTube</strong></a>. It's got a fair amount of civil war fighting in it and is certainly a more faithful interpretation than that awful Richard Chamberlain TV movie version.</p><p></p><p>If my hazy memory from when I last saw the 1950 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042646" target="_blank"><strong>version</strong></a> with Stewart Granger are correct, they refer to the civil war but don't show any actual fighting apart from the mano-a-mano axe fight that resolves the situation (albeit with a different "hero" than in the book).</p><p></p><p>Wasn't there a more recent TV mini-series with a bit of the actual civil war fighting in it? Unfortunately I only caught a bit of it on freeview years ago. Checking IMDB it appears it was the 2004 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397501" target="_blank"><strong>version</strong></a> (since I vaguely remember Patrick Swayze being in it).</p><p></p><p>Can anyone comment on the 1919 silent <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261737/" target="_blank"><strong>version</strong></a>? I <em>think</em> it was on at during BFI silent movie programme years or decades ago but can't even remember whether I saw it or not…</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, to quote a classic "isn't there any romance or adventure in the world without having a flapper in it?" Is it the studios that insist on doing this, often pointlessly? It goes back an awful long time - i.e. almost a century ago the 1925 version of <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016039" target="_blank"><strong><em>The Lost World</em></strong></a> has the daughter of the explorer White who discovered said world take part in the proceedings. I don't think there are that many movie adaptations of this genre of stories that DON'T insert a female romantic interest who wasn't in the original source. Frankly I'd rather they gender-swapped a character or two and completely ignored any romantic elements this could bring up. Kind of take the Ripley in Alien approach of have a character who just happens to be female, but has no romantic role in the plot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7935453, member: 57383"] The 1937 [URL='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029081/'][I][B]King Solomon's Mines[/B][/I][/URL] appears to be out of copyright so is easily watchable on [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5KcX9MK5gQ'][B]YouTube[/B][/URL]. It's got a fair amount of civil war fighting in it and is certainly a more faithful interpretation than that awful Richard Chamberlain TV movie version. If my hazy memory from when I last saw the 1950 [URL='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042646'][B]version[/B][/URL] with Stewart Granger are correct, they refer to the civil war but don't show any actual fighting apart from the mano-a-mano axe fight that resolves the situation (albeit with a different "hero" than in the book). Wasn't there a more recent TV mini-series with a bit of the actual civil war fighting in it? Unfortunately I only caught a bit of it on freeview years ago. Checking IMDB it appears it was the 2004 [URL='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397501'][B]version[/B][/URL] (since I vaguely remember Patrick Swayze being in it). Can anyone comment on the 1919 silent [URL='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2261737/'][B]version[/B][/URL]? I [I]think[/I] it was on at during BFI silent movie programme years or decades ago but can't even remember whether I saw it or not… Yes, to quote a classic "isn't there any romance or adventure in the world without having a flapper in it?" Is it the studios that insist on doing this, often pointlessly? It goes back an awful long time - i.e. almost a century ago the 1925 version of [URL='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016039'][B][I]The Lost World[/I][/B][/URL] has the daughter of the explorer White who discovered said world take part in the proceedings. I don't think there are that many movie adaptations of this genre of stories that DON'T insert a female romantic interest who wasn't in the original source. Frankly I'd rather they gender-swapped a character or two and completely ignored any romantic elements this could bring up. Kind of take the Ripley in Alien approach of have a character who just happens to be female, but has no romantic role in the plot. [/QUOTE]
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