4.54-Trader Horn with Rob Thomas

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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1931 film Trader Horn. I'm joined by Rob Thomas from the Not That Rob Thomas newsletter and we talk about how the film is at times an adventure story and at others a nature documentary, the sometimes surprising amount of violence on display in the film , and the most obnoxious pith helmet this side of the Sahara.

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Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• City Lights directed by Charlie Chaplin
• White Shadows in the South Seas directed by W. S. Van Dyke
• The Thin Man directed by W. S. Van Dyke
• The Great Gatsby (1949) directed by Elliott Nugent
• Forbidden Planet (1956) directed by Fred M. Wilcox
• Hallelujah! directed by King Vidor
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington directed by Frank Capra
• Mission: Impossible directed by Brian De Palma
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey (lost film) directed by Charles Brabin
• Trader Horn (1973) directed by Lewis J. Rachmil
• Trader Hornee directed by Jonathan Lucas
• Trader Horn: The Journey Back directed by Clyde Lucas
• Space Balls directed by Mel Brooks
• Cimarron directed by Wesley Ruggles
• East Lynne directed by Frank Lloyd
• The Front Page directed by Lewis Milestone
• Skippy directed by Norman Taurog

Other referenced topics:

• Trader Horn (book) by Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn and Ethelreda Lewis
• Doom Patrol (comic)
• Doom Patrol (series)
• The Cisco Kid (series)
• New York Times review
• Time Magazine review
• Variety review
• Rip Jagger on Rip Jagger’s Dojo

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