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Elephant Boy (1937)
director of photography:
Osmond Borradaile
cast:
Sabu, W.E. Holloway, Walter Hudd, Allan Jeayes, Bruce Gordon, D.J. Williams, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Iravatha
director:
Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltan Korda
running time:
85 min.
writer:
John Collier
synopsis
Robert Flaherty and Zoltán Korda shared best director honors at the Venice Film Festival for collaborating on this charming translation of Rudyard Kiplings Jungle Book story Toomai of the Elephants. A harmonious mix of the two filmmakers styles, Flaherty's adeptness at ethnographic documentary meeting Korda's taste for grand adventure, ELEPHANT BOY also served as the breakthrough showcase for the thirteen-year-old Sabu, whose beaming performance as a young mahout leading the British on an expedition made him a major international star.
Robert Flaherty and Zoltán Korda shared best director honors at the Venice Film Festival for collaborating on this charming translation of Rudyard Kiplings Jungle Book story Toomai of the Elephants. A harmonious mix of the two filmmakers styles, Flaherty's adeptness at ethnographic documentary meeting Korda's taste for grand adventure, ELEPHANT BOY also served as the breakthrough showcase for the thirteen-year-old Sabu, whose beaming performance as a young mahout leading the British on an expedition made him a major international star.
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