She (1935 film)

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She
Theatrical release poster.
Directed by	Lansing C. Holden Irving Pichel
Produced by	Merian C. Cooper
Written by	Book author: H. Rider Haggard Screenwriter: Dudley Nichols Ruth Rose
Starring	Helen Gahagan Randolph Scott Helen Mack Nigel Bruce Gustav von Seyffertitz
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Roy Hunt
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date(s)	July 12, 1935
Running time	95 min.
Country	United States
Budget	$501,000,986[1]
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She is a 1935 film produced by Merian C. Cooper. Cooper had originally intended to shoot the film in color, but budget cuts by RKO forced Cooper to shoot the film in black and white at the last minute.^[1] The film is based on H. Rider Haggard's novel of the same name. It stars Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott and Nigel Bruce, with music by Max Steiner. The film is set in the Arctic rather than in Africa (the setting of the original novel), depicting its ancient civilization in an Art Deco style, and features convincing scenes of destruction.

It was hoped that She would follow up on Cooper's previous success, King Kong, however the film initially lost $180,000 at the box office, although it later became a success upon re-release.^[1] The film exists today only because silent film star Buster Keaton had a copy of the original print stored in his garage, which he gave to film historian Raymond Rohauer for preservation.^[2] In 2006, Legend Films and Ray Harryhausen colorized the film as a tribute to Cooper. The colorized trailer for She premiered at the 2006 Comic-Con.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Harryhausen, Ray; Vaz, Mark. She DVD, Legend Films, 2006, audio commentary. ISBN 9601979659
2. ^ Harper, Marla (August 27, 1989). ‘She’ (NR). Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
3. ^ Comic-Con 2006 :: Programming for Friday, July 21. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.

[edit] External links

• She at the Internet Movie Database