What particularly delighted me what particularly displeased me. Click the button below to add the green hell 1940 dvd to your wish list. Indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull. A brilliant film stylist, whale will always be remembered for. Green hell is a film directed by james whale with douglas fairbanks jr. Overview of green hell, 1940, directed by james whale, with douglas fairbanks, joan bennett, john howard, at turner classic movies. Gangrene, physician of fright and awardwinning nashvillebased tv horror. Voted the worst picture of the year by the students of harvard and presumably the winner of the harvard lampoon award for 1940 if such was given out back in the day, green hell is a great example of what some actors will do for a friend. Note the credits for producer of this film, the name of the gentleman was harry eddington.
Green hells rain forest is lush, and vibrant, and all the other words people usually use to describe very nice trees. Green hell universal monsters wiki fandom powered by wikia. Green hell 1940 starred george sanders, vincent price, and douglas fairbanks, jr. Its hard to beat the combination of douglas fairbanks jr. Reviews editor and roman ouija board meddler nate pointed me in the direction of a 1940s vincent price film of the same name, and a more recent eli roth with some.
This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. This is the real thinga rare, original promotional photo. Green hell was given a lavish production by universal pictures, which built a massive indoor jungle set on a sound stage. Find similar and related movies for green hell 1940 james whale on allmovie. Gallery of 6 movie poster and cover images for green hell 1940. Green hell is a crackerjack jungle adventure film in the tradition of the tarzan series or king solomons mines 1950.
Theres nothing particularly original about the movie, but it features an outstanding cast in a fastpaced, entertaining story. Viewers of the oscarwinning film green book might assume they have a sense of what it was like to travel as an africanamerican in this country during the many decades that jim crow laws. Green hell is a 1940 adventure film directed by james whale with photography by karl freund. Although long on exposition and some and an overwrought performance green hell has one of the greatest sound stage jungles ever created. Skilful dive in the rome of the first centuries with a sublime directing. And like so many of the jungle films of this era its total a drag. Released 1940, green hell stars douglas fairbanks jr.
An inca temple 125 feet high, 225 feet wide, and 45,000 square feet in area were constructed. Green hell 1940 01261940 us adventure, romance 1h 27m user score. One senses in green hell a director who wants to get out of the movie business altogether. Green hell 1940 ganzer film deutsch hd filme online.
Melodrama gets in the way of anything good and when stuff do happen, its over in a jiffy. A list of american films released in 1940 rebecca won best picture at the academy awards. Douglas fairbanks jr lot 2 original 1940s promo photos. Out of that comes green hell 1940, a uninspired jungle adventure. In the jungles of the amazon, a group of western adventures and two local native guides try to locate a lost treasure buried beneath an ancient incan city. Green hell is a sweltering struggle for survival in the amazonian rainforest. A beautiful woman has come to join her husband, a newer member of the group, who was recently killed. Well if you took either of this filmic perversions to their nth degree and then some youd have james whales green hell 1940. Gangrene takes a look at vincents next picture, green hell, 1940, directed by james whale. Green hell is a 1940 american jungle adventure film directed by james whale, starring douglas fairbanks jr. Clinging to life, the player is set on a journey of durability as the effects of solitude wear heavy not only on the body but also the mind.
The film would be subpar even for a routine studio director. A group of adventurers head deep into a south american jungle in search of ancient incan treasure. Green hell is a film directed by james whale and starring douglas fairbanks jr. A friend of cinema ocd pointed me in the direction of green hell, selling me on it with the information that vincent price considered it his worst film. Green hell 1940 cast and crew poison darts and a recent widow joan bennett upset an archaeologists douglas fairbanks jr. Price called whale a wonderful man but in spite of the films great seriousness of intent it was probably one of the funniest films ever shot. Although capably staged in studio sets by james whale and well enough cast with douglas fairbanks jr, joan bennett, george sanders and vincent price among others, it is made unendurable by the dialogue and situations devised by former oscar winner frances marion. A group of adventurers head deep into south american jungle in search of an ancient incan treasure.