Trader Horn (1931 film)

Trader Horn is a 1931 American PreCode adventure film starring Harry Carey and Edwina Booth, and directed by W.S. Van Dyke. It is the first nondocumentary film shot on location in Africa. The film is based on the book of the same name by trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius Horn and tells of the adventures on safari in Africa.

The movie tells of the adventures of reallife trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius Trader Horn on safari in Africa. The fictional part includes the discovery of a white blonde jungle queen, the lost daughter of a missionary, played by Miss Booth. The realistic part includes a scene in which Carey as Horn swings on a vine across a river filled with genuine crocodiles, one of which comes very close to taking his leg off.Many accidents occurred during filming in Africa. Many of the crew, including the director, contracted malaria. An African crewman fell into a river and was eaten by a crocodile. Another was killed by a charging rhino which was captured on film and used in the movie. Swarms of insects, including locusts and tsetse fly, were common.citation needed ........

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