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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301720571 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6301720571 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: July 26, 1990 Running Time: 101 minutes Sales Rank: 11551 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: August 18, 1939
Rating: - Fine film, featuring one unmatched sequence every student of film should see
Lost in the flood of great films in Hollywood's greatest year (1939), Stanley and Livingstone pays more attention to historical fact than most so-called history films of that era.
Of especial interest is the footage shot in Kenya by among others, the famous Osa Johnson. The African landscape and peoples shot by this second unit crew raise S&L far above the usual Tarzanesque studio back lot scenes that supposedly depict Africa (always jungle in those days, never veldt or mountains). Supervised by one Captain A. J. Klein, the actions shots involving actual Kenyans easily surpasses ... Read More
Rating: - DVD wanted
I teach college US history in north San Diego County. As previously reviewed by another, this film is a gem! I show clips from this film in class to my students for background on the beloved story of finding Dr Livingstone while illustrating Western imperialism in Africa and the new late 19th century masculine figure emerging in this time: the adventuring Christian with commerce, Christianity, and civilization in his hands.
Melinda S. Courtney
Palomar College
Rating: - More People Should See This
I'm still waiting for this gem to be put on DVD. I doubt if a lot people are familiar with this film, and that's a shame, and perhaps the reason it hasn't been put on disc. I remember being surprised how good it was the first time I saw it. I liked it even better the second time.
What's to like? Well, Spencer Tracy, to begin with. It's also interesting to see this true story about a man living in the heart of Africa in a time when few white men had ever gone to that continent. Livinstone (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) also was a good witness for his Christian faith, and even made a strong admirer ... Read More
Rating: - DR. LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME
Darryl F. Zanuck's movie version of the historic journalistic coup has Spencer Tracy and Sir Cedric Hardwicke doing excellent work in their leading roles (Walter Brennan is hilarious in a supporting one). The film has the speed of a contemporary newspaper drama plus the substance of history. In 1866, a well-known Scottish explorer and missionary named David Livingstone left the east coast of Africa as the head of a native expedition hoping to discover the sources of the Nile. When Livingstone failed to return after three years, he was either believed dead, in prison or insane. At this point, James ... Read More
Rating: - Walter Brennan is hilarious as Spencer Tracy's sidekick
This is a fun movie, and the performance of Walter Brennan as Spencer Tracy's sidekick, provides some really great humor to the story. His timing is impeccable. I watched this movie after reading King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild; I highly recommend this book.
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