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Director
  
George Melford

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

5.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure

East of Borneo movie poster

Writer
  
Edwin H. Knopf
,
Dale Van Every

Release date
  
August 1, 1931 (1931-08-01)

Producers
  
Paul Kohner, Carl Laemmle, Jr.

Genres
  
Drama, Action Film, Adventure Film, Melodrama, Action/Adventure

Cast
  
Rose Hobart
(Linda Rudolph),
Charles Bickford
(Allan Clark),
Georges Renavent
(Prinz Hashin),
Lupita Tovar
(Neila),
Noble Johnson
(Osman)

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East of borneo 1931 jungle adventure


For the art publication, see East of Borneo (magazine).

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East of Borneo (1931) is an American Pre-Code adventure film directed by George Melford, co-written by Edwin H. Knopf and Dale Van Every, starring Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar, and Noble Johnson, and released by Universal Studios.

In 1936, artist Joseph Cornell edited this feature film into his short experimental film Rose Hobart which runs about 19 minutes.

Plot

Linda Randolph (Hobart) looks for her husband on the island of Marado just east of Borneo. Although Linda is warned that Marado's jungles are “entirely too dangerous” for a woman, she persists through dangerous raft rides and wild crocodiles. She discovers that her husband is now the personal physician to the island’s enigmatic prince. The prince lusts for Linda, and a love triangle ensues.

Production

The film was shot largely at Universal Studios. Despite being essentially a b-picture, East of Borneo featured elaborate sets. Props and set dressing used in the film were reportedly valued at $100,000; this figure includes a large $25,000 Buddha statue, a very rare small white Buddha and a long mother-of-pearl inlaid bench, silver dinner utensils and Oriental rugs and drapery.

References

East of Borneo Wikipedia
East of Borneo IMDb East of Borneo themoviedb.org