Drums of africa 1963 was a bmovie adventure starring lloyd bochner, frankie avalon and mariette hartley mixing it up with african slavers amidst stock footage. Cuortemayn refuses as he doesnt care for the impact the railroad will. Filmed on location in south africa, it features richard todd and marianne koch leading a cast of british, german and south. Clark on allmovie spliced together with plentiful strips of old. Released 1963, drums of africa stars frankieavalon, mariettehartley, lloydbochner, torinthatcher the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
In no time, the drums of africa send out a distress call, and the force of a mighty nation extracts its revenge. With enough location footage shot from king solomons mines to give drums of africa a smidgen of authenticity mgm saved a lot of bucks not sending frankie avalon and the rest of the cast to east africa for some real location shooting. Drums of africa 1963 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. We license music and sound effects to media producers of all shapes and sizes. All grooves are recorded live by professional drummer magnus brandell on a triggered drum kit, and adapted for popular drum samplers such. No way was mgm going to spend a lot on what is clearly a b picture film. Scenes of frankie avalon in drums of africa 1963 for the best quality vintage movie stills please visit. Frankie avalon, lloyd bochner, and mariette hartley in drums of africa 1963. Tribal chants, drums, and songs of africa tribal chants, drums, and songs of africa music. Mariette hartley deserved better than to be cast in this mistake of a movie which supposedly takes place in 1883. Stock footage of africa is used in this lowbudget fare wherein hartley and bochner provide the love interest and avalon sings. The americanization of emilythe sandpiperdrums of africa. Selected information sources, open epub for african. Choose from over a million free vectors, clipart graphics, vector art images, design templates, and illustrations created by artists worldwide.
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Drums of africa 1963 a singer frankie avalon, a rail engineer lloyd bochner and his girlfriend mariette hartley foil slave traders in 1897 east africa. Wallace flicks and african adventure films the strawberry media release can. Our music ends up in a wide variety of productions from independent regional advertisements. African drum pictures download free images on unsplash. Death drums along the river 1963 full movie youtube.
Clark, mariette hartley, frankie avalon, lloyd bochner. The story is set in kenya, and involves the efforts of an american uranium processing companys representative and a woman medical missionary, to thwart the. In the october 23, 1962 edition of the hollywood reporter, writer don carle gillette praised sight unseen the metrogoldwynmayer release drums of africa 1963 for marking a return to hollywood for studio filmmaking in those days of runaway productions filmed far from home for far too much money. An obvious yet unnamed target for gillettes derision was 20th. Victoire pour rafiki, film remarque a cannes, qui sort ce mercredi en france. Drums of africa 1963 was a bmovie adventure starring lloyd bochner, frankie avalon and mariette hartley mixing it up with. As david moore lloyd bochner and gutsy young brian ferrers avalon set off to inspect an african railway site, rampaging wildebeests turn their trek into a struggle for survival. With over 225,000 royalty free music tracks and sound effects ready to be downloaded on demand, if its audio you need, weve got you covered. Flipper is an american feature film released on august 14, 1963 written by arthur weiss based upon a story by ricou browning and jack cowden.
Frankie avalons beachmovie days were still ahead when he lent his boyish charm and golden pipes to this colorful tale set in 1897, blending breathtaking nature footage and sturdy performances. Drums of africa 1963 in the october 23, 1962 edition of the hollywood reporter, writer don carle gillette praised sight unseen the metrogoldwynmayer release drums of africa 1963 for marking a return to hollywood for studio filmmaking in those days of runaway productions filmed far from home for far too much money. Clark it used footage from the 1950 film of king solomons mines. An obvious yet unnamed target for gillettes derision was 20th century foxs elephantine. Drums of africa 1963 cast and crew a singer frankie avalon, a rail engineer lloyd bochner and his girlfriend mariette hartley foil slave traders in 1897 east africa. Unrated emmywinner mariette hartley and 50s heartthrob. Hes accompanied by the owners son brian and theyve lined up.
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