{"id":75739,"date":"2021-09-03T18:16:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T01:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75739"},"modified":"2021-09-03T18:16:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T01:16:49","slug":"bwana-devil-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75739","title":{"rendered":"Bwana Devil (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;What&#8217;s all this nonsense about a man-eating lion?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-75741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Poster.png 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn late 19th century British East Africa, a man (Robert Stack) in charge of a railroad building project stymied by the presence of two man-eating lions becomes obsessed with hunting them down &#8212; and the situation turns even more perilous when his wife (Barbara Britton) appears for an unexpected visit.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Africa <\/li>\n<li>Arch Oboler Films<\/li>\n<li>Robert Stack Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis 3D adventure film by director Arch Oboler is notable for being the first feature-length film shot in color 3D, and for being the enormously popular movie watched by audience members in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/arts-entertainment\/3-d-movies-revisiting-a-classic-life-photo-of-a-rapt-film-audience\/\">the classic photograph we&#8217;ve all seen for Time Magazine<\/a>. Unfortunately, everything else about the film is notably undistinguished &#8212; from its so-so acting:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Crying.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Crying.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Crying.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Crying-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Crying-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Crying-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; to the lame special effects: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Lion4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Lion4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Lion4.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Lion4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Lion4-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Lion4-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; to the &#8220;location&#8221; shooting in the Santa Monica mountains (supplemented by more authentic 2D footage Oboler caught in 1948).  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Hunters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Hunters.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Hunters.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Hunters-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Hunters-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Hunters-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Location.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Location.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Location.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Location-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Location-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Location-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bosley Crowther got it right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1953\/02\/19\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-bwana-devil-featurelength-film-in-three.html\">in his original review for the <em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, in which he describes the film as having &#8220;little or no stimulation of a pictorial or dramatic sort.&#8221; To be honest, I was much more intrigued to read about the real-life story this movie was based on &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsavo_Man-Eaters\">the Tsavo man-eating lions<\/a> &#8212; than watching the film itself.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically innovative use of 3D filming<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Dancing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Dancing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Dancing.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Dancing-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Dancing-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bwana-Devil-Dancing-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. This one is only worth a look for its historical significance, if you&#8217;re curious. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0044462\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1953\/02\/19\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-bwana-devil-featurelength-film-in-three.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.derekwinnert.com\/bwana-devil-1952-robert-stack-barbara-britton-nigel-bruce-classic-movie-review-5198\/\">Derek Winnert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s all this nonsense about a man-eating lion?&#8221; Synopsis: In late 19th century British East Africa, a man (Robert Stack) in charge of a railroad building project stymied by the presence of two man-eating lions becomes obsessed with hunting them down &#8212; and the situation turns even more perilous when his wife (Barbara Britton) appears for an unexpected visit. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Africa Arch Oboler Films Robert Stack Films Review: This 3D adventure film by director Arch Oboler&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75739\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75739"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75757,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75739\/revisions\/75757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}