East of Borneo (1931)

Woman treks through jungle to find her missing husband.

Director:

George Melford

Writers:

Edwin H. Knopf, Dale Van Every (story)

Stars:

Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Rose Hobart	...	Linda Randolph
Charles Bickford	...	Dr. Allan Clark (Dr. Allan Randolph)
Georges Renavent	...	Hashim, Prince of Marudu
Lupita Tovar	...	Neila
Noble Johnson	...	Osman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom London	...	(unconfirmed)

Storyline

Woman treks through jungle to find her missing husband, who had left her years before when he believed she was having an affair. She finds him as the drunken court physician to a tyrannical jungle prince; as if that isn't bad enough, she soon realizes the the prince has eyes for her.

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Plot Keywords:

jungle

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 1931 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Leste da Ilha de Bornéu

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Dr. Allan Clark: You're making a mistake, your highness. White women are bad enough in their own environment, but when you get them into the jungle...

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Connections

Edited into Rose Hobart (1936)

User Reviews

pretty good combo of early talkie and exotic jungle pic

Once again, some genius decided to put the white credits over a white background, so we can only see about half the names during the opening. "East of Borneo" is one of the films from the Treeline/Reelmedia Action Classic collection, and the black and white edges are pretty washed out and blurred, since its from 1931. This was the fourth film for Rose Hobart (Linda Randolph) and the eighth part for Charles Bickford (Dr. Clark). Pity the filming locations are not listed, but it could have all been done on a Hollywood lot with rented animals. Linda goes trooping through the jungle to find her husband, although we're probably not really in the jungle, since she never closes the screen netting all the way to keep the flies out...lots of chanting, drumming, and someone gets et by a lion. Georges Renavent, who had been in the biz for 15 years by now, plays the ruthless and heartless Prince Hashim. Melford, the director, had been acting and directing since 1909, so while the story here is pretty simple, it does have a professional quality to it. Note that this was produced by Carl Laemmle Junior, the son of the founder of Universal Studios, so he probably got to make this exactly as he wanted it. Pretty good special effects towards the end. Gotta see for yourself....don't want to spoil any surprises for those who haven't seen it yet....