Savage Splendor

Savage Splendor

60 mins | Documentary | Nov. 2, 1949

The film tells of the Armand Denis/Lewis Cotlow expedition that had the two men cover 22,000 miles through Tanganyika, Belgian Congo, and British East Africa. The high points of their ten-month trip are an impressive elephant hunt by the Pygmies of Belgian Congo, the crowning of King Mbofe Mabiashe and the capture of a rhino.

Savage Splendor

60 mins | Documentary | Nov. 2, 1949

Savage Splendor
The film tells of the Armand Denis/Lewis Cotlow expedition that had the two men cover 22,000 miles through Tanganyika, Belgian Congo, and British East Africa. The high points of their ten-month trip are an impressive elephant hunt by the Pygmies of Belgian Congo, the crowning of King Mbofe Mabiashe and the capture of a rhino.
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Savage Splendor
Directors Lewis Cotlow, Armand Denis
Writers Richard Hansen

Cast

Lewis Cotlow

as Himself

Armand Denis

as Himself

Carr Hartley

as Himself

King Mbofe Mabinshe

as Himself