Golden Ivory

Golden Ivory is a 1954 British adventure film shot in Kenya.^[1][2][3] It was directed by George P. Breakston and starred Robert Urquhart, John Bentley and Susan Stephen.^[4][5] The film was shot in Eastmancolor with prints by Technicolor.^[6] Released in colour in the United States as Outlaw Safari, it was later released as White Huntress in black and white.

Golden Ivory
US Film poster by Albert Kallis
Directed by	George Breakston
Written by	Dermot Quinn
Produced by	John Croydon George Breakston C. Ray Stahl
Starring	Robert Urquhart John Bentley Susan Stephen
Cinematography	John Lawrence
Edited by	Ted Obolensky
Music by	Phillip Green
Production company	Summit Films
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé American International Pictures (US)
Release date	5 December 1954 (1954-12-05)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Background

The film is set in the 1890s and is centered on British pioneer settlers in Kenya. In 1957, exploitation film specialists of American International Pictures acquired the rights as the studio's first foreign made feature film,^[7] retitled it White Huntress and released it in an edited black and white movie as a double feature with a shockumentary Naked Africa.^[8]

John Bentley later had the lead in the African Patrol television series that was produced by George Breakston and shot in Kenya.

Plot

Jim and Paul Dobson are a pair of brothers who are White Hunters in 1890 British East Africa. Paul seeks to make his fortune by finding the location of an elephants' graveyard a friend told him about before he died. The penniless pair decide to get near the location and get a wagon by hiring themselves out to protect and hunt game for a wagon train of settlers heading for Blood Mountain in the land of the Masai. Paul fools their party by taking them on a more dangerous route in order to locate the ivory of the graveyard. En route they pick up Mr Seth a prospector who is vague about the whereabouts of his fellow prospectors. The party faces danger from both the local fauna and natives.

Cast

• Robert Urquhart as Jim Dobson
• John Bentley as Paul Dobson
• Susan Stephen as Ruth Meecham
• Alan Tarlton as Mr. Seth
• Howarth Wood as Thomas Meecham
• Morea Soutter as Catherine Johnson
• Tom Lithgow as Peter Johnson
• Maureen Connell as Liz Johnson
• Reginald Smart as Captain Mann
• Kip Kamoi as Maasai Chief

References

1. III, Harris M. Lentz (2010). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2009: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 9780786441747. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
2. Palmer, Scott (1988). British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987. McFarland. p. 61. ISBN 9780899503165. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
3. Cameron, Kenneth M. (1994). Africa on Film: Beyond Black and White. Continuum. p. 217. ISBN 9780826406583. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
4. BFI.org
5. McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition. Oxford University Press. p. 726. ISBN 9780719091391. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
6. Distributor's Golden Ivory Pressbooks 1 & 2 on DVD.
7. p. 166 Smith, Gary A. The American International Pictures Video Guide McFarland & Company, 2009
8. Gary A. Smith, American International Pictures: The Golden Years, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 59

External links

• Golden Ivory at IMDb