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Kongo (1932) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by William J. Cowen .

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Kongo (1932)

on Oct 21, 2015 From Journeys in Classic Film

Is Kongo a horror movie? IMDb lists it as such, and I guess for 1932 the story of African voodoo and female sacrifices would be perceived as horrific in their foreignness. But actually Kongo horrifies more in its realities surrounding drug addiction and female slavery more than anything else, even i... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: KONGO (1932)

By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 5, 2014 From Virtual Virago

Kongo (1932) certainly ranks as one of the stranger productions of the Pre-Code era and also one of the most alarmingly perverse. It began as a stage play and had already been adapted by Tod Browning in 1928 as West of Zanzibar, with the great Lon Chaney and Lionel Barrymore as the embittered rivals... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: KONGO (1932)

By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 5, 2014 From Virtual Virago

Kongo (1932) certainly ranks as one of the stranger productions of the Pre-Code era and also one of the most alarmingly perverse. It began as a stage play and had already been adapted by Tod Browning in 1928 as West of Zanzibar, with the great Lon Chaney and Lionel Barrymore as the embittered rivals... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: KONGO (1932)

By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 5, 2014 From Virtual Virago

Kongo (1932) certainly ranks as one of the stranger productions of the Pre-Code era and also one of the most alarmingly perverse. It began as a stage play and had already been adapted by Tod Browning in 1928 as West of Zanzibar, with the great Lon Chaney and Lionel Barrymore as the embittered rivals... Read full article

Yes! There are no maracas in Warner Archive’s KONGO (1932)

By Aurora on Jun 11, 2014 From Once Upon a Screen

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) manages a fairly elaborate production number to end the 1932 pre-code musical, KONGO.  A scantily clad Lupe Velez leads a conga line through jungle terrain.  Velez shakes and shimmies as she leads the procession, a celebration of the new love affair forged in the remote ... Read full article

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Kongo Quotes:

Tula: [Tula has just given a drink of "gin" to a tribal chieftain; he refuses to return the bottle] I hate to see good gin wasted on a dried-up monkey like that.
Cookie Harris: That's not gin I gave him - - that's kerosene.
[Cookie and Tula look at the chief, happily drinking the "gin," and both giggle]
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Kongo Facts
Virginia Bruce married John Gilbert during the production.
The original play opened in New York on 30 March 1926, with Walter Huston in the role of Flint.
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