Safari

Safari (1940)

It's a Safari of Love! Burning sands . . . burning lips! It's night-time on the glamorous Nile!

Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned adventure in her sudden love for Jim, ultimately forsaking her future with the Baron for the joys of true love.

Date of release
1940-06-14
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Adventure, Romance, Drama
Director
Edward H. Griffith

Casting

Interesting facts

Safari is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Madeleine Carroll and Tullio Carminati. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegté.

Production

Paramount bought the story in May 1938. In May 1939 they announced Madeleine Carroll would star under the direction of Edward Griffith. Her co-star was going to be Joel McCrea who had just signed a two-year contract with Paramount. Another lead role was given to Whitney Bourne who Paramount were grooming for stardom.

Beryl Markham was a consultant on the film. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. recalled that she was offered a part in the picture, and she found the process of filming “scarier than flying the Atlantic solo.”

In July W. P. Lipscomb was reportedly working on the script.

In August Carroll announced she would be getting the boat back from England to start making the film in October. By this stage Douglas Fairbanks Jr had replaced McCrea as her co star.

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