Elephant Boy
1937 | 82m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Robert Flaherty, Zoltan Korda |
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| Writer: | Rudyard Kipling, John Collier |
| Staring: |
| In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 12, 1937 |
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| Director: | Robert Flaherty, Zoltan Korda |
| Writer: | Rudyard Kipling, John Collier |
| Genres: | Family, Adventure, Drama |
| Keywords | expedition, human animal relationship, elephant, jungle, india, based on short story, herd, roundup, child protagonist, mahout, asian elephant |
| Production Companies | London Films Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sabu | Toomai |
| W.E. Holloway | Toomai's Father |
| Walter Hudd | Petersen |
| Allan Jeayes | Machua Appa |
| Bruce Gordon | Rham Lahl |
| D.J. Williams | Hunter |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | Commissioner |
| Iravatha | Kala Nag (uncredited) |
| Harry Lane | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| Udham Singh | Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Flaherty | Director |
| Zoltan Korda | Director |
| Rudyard Kipling | Story |
| Charles Crichton | Editor |
| Lajos Biró | Script Editor |
| André de Toth | Production Assistant |
| John Collier | Screenplay |
| Ákos Tolnay | Additional Writing |
| Teddy Baird | Production Manager, Assistant Director |
| Fred Ellis | Production Manager |
| David Flaherty | Assistant Director |
| John Pommer | Second Assistant Director |
| William Hutchinson | Set Designer |
| H.G. Cape | Sound Recordist |
| A.W. Watkins | Sound Director |
| John W. Mitchell | Boom Operator |
| W. Percy Day | Matte Painter |
| William Hornbeck | Supervising Editor |
| Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Lionel Salter | Orchestrator |
| Marcia de Silva | Additional Writing |
| John Greenwood | Original Music Composer |
| Osmond Borradaile | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alexander Korda | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
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This has something of a documentary about it as Sabu portrays the young "Toomai" - the "Elephant Boy" based on the Rudyard Kipling story published in 1893. When an elephant goes on the rampage, only the young boy - the son and grandson of a mahout - can calm it down and in so doing attracts the atte ... ntion of the leader of a hunting party "Petersen" (Walter Hudd) who agrees to take him on a hunt. What now ensues is a series of adventures that cause the boy to grow up quickly - and sometimes quite harshly. It's one of those films that rather glorifies the Raj and objectifies the local population, but having been filmed on the private reserve of the Maharajah of Mysore, the photography and authenticity of the story helps give it extra credence that, perhaps, the rather banal dialogue compromises. Sabu used to be the Maharajah's stable boy, so if nothing else the film serves as an excellent springboard for this charming and engaging young actor to get to Hollywood. Interestingly ironic that is was nominated for the "Mussolini Cup" in 1937.... I would not call this an exciting film to watch but it is - of it's time - an interesting one.