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Savage Splendor: Directed by Lewis Cotlow. With Armand Denis, Lewis Cotlow, Carr Hartley, King Mbofe Mabinshe. The film tells of the Armand Denis/Lewis Cotlow expedition that had the two men cover 22,000 miles through Tanganyika, Belgian Congo and British East Africa.
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- Documentary
- Lewis Cotlow
- 1950-05-10
September 17, 1949. ( 1949-09-17) (U.S.) [1] Country. United States. Language. English. Savage Splendor is a 1949 documentary directed by Armand Denis and Lewis Cotlow, and starring Tim Holt . It made a profit of $250,000 and was RKO's most popular film of the year.
The film tells of the Armand Denis/Lewis Cotlow expedition that had the two men cover 22,000 miles through Tanganyika, Belgian Congo and British East Africa. The high points of their ten month trip are an impressive elephant hunt by the Pygmies of Belgian Congo, the crowning of King Mbofe Mabiashe and the capture of a rhino.
Overview. The film tells of the Armand Denis/Lewis Cotlow expedition that had the two men cover 22,000 miles through Tanganyika, Belgian Congo, and British East Africa. The high points of their ten-month trip are an impressive elephant hunt by the Pygmies of Belgian Congo, the crowning of King Mbofe Mabiashe and the capture of a rhino. Armand Denis
Savage Splendor. 1949 Directed by Armand Denis, Lewis Cotlow. Africa’s wildest secrets in blazing color! The film tells of the Armand Denis/Lewis Cotlow expedition that had the two men cover 22,000 miles through Tanganyika, Belgian Congo, and British East Africa.
- Armand Denis, Lewis Cotlow
- RKO Radio Pictures
Armand Denis and Lewis Cotlow travel to Africa with two goals: to film the African sights in color and to capture wild animals for zoos. The expedition covers 22,000 miles in ten months. Among the scenic splendors encountered are the west coast of Africa, where beautiful beaches rival those in the South Pacific, and Mount Kilimanjaro, the ...
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Filmed in Technicolor, Savage Splendor is among the best "expedition" documentaries of the 1940s and 1950s. This is a filmed record of the 10-month, 22,000-mile Armand Denis-Lewis Cotlow foray into darkest Africa.
