Corrected entry: Near the end before the party of Quatermain is found by the tribe we see a scene where a lemur is looking at the party walking by. But Lemurs are endemic to Madagascar, meaning they are only found on that island, so where did it come from?
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
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Directed by: Andrew Marton, Compton Bennett
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Richard Carlson, Stewart Granger, Hugo Haas
Continuity mistake: When Deborah Kerr is climbing a tree her boots are clearly shown as dirty and scuffed. Shortly afterward she is seen wearing a pair of shiny new looking boots. She would hardly be carrying a spare pair whilst trekking through the jungle.
Allan Quatermain: ...in the end you begin to accept it all... you watch things hunting and being hunted, reproducing, killing and dying, it's all endless and pointless, except in the end one small pattern emerges from it all, the only certainty: one is born, one lives for a time then one dies, that is all.
Question: Umbopa's people wear colorful, patterned clothes, use metal weapons and bells. Yet there is no evidence of cotton fields, weaving equipment, mines or forges. Where did they get/make these items?
Answer: It's possible all these goods were traded for. Realistically, everything came from the MGM costume and prop department. Movies from this era seldom strove for historical or cultural accuracy. Native costumes and other possessions were often the embellished invention of imaginative costume and set designers, with little thought or regard to authenticity. The intent was to produce an exciting, colorful, entertaining movie.
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Correction: Wrong movie. This is King Solomon's Mines from 1950. The mistake is made in another movie called King Solomon's Mines from 2004, with Patrick Swayze. The correct movie in not yet listed on MM, so when resubmitting just follow the submission instructions to add the correct movie title to MM.
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