Jungle Book (1942)

Director:

Zoltan Korda

Writer:

Laurence Stallings (adaptation)
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Release Date:

3 April 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family

Tagline:

I'll show you the mysteries--the wonders of the jungle's savage heart!

Plot:

A boy raised by wolves tries to adapt to human village life; tenuously based on Kipling's stories.

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Village | India | Treasure | Greed

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins

Cast

Sabu	...	Mowgli
Joseph Calleia	...	Buldeo
John Qualen	...	The Barber
Frank Puglia	...	The Pundit
Rosemary DeCamp	...	Messua (as Rosemary De Camp)
Patricia O'Rourke	...	Mahala
Ralph Byrd	...	Durga
John Mather	...	Rao
Faith Brook	...	English Girl
Noble Johnson	...	Sikh
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bagheera	...	The Panther
Baloo	...	The Bear (uncredited)
Hathi	...	The Elephant (uncredited)
Kaa	...	The Snake (uncredited)
Shere Khan	...	The Tiger (uncredited)

Directed by
Zoltan Korda

Writing credits
Laurence Stallings		(adaptation)
Rudyard Kipling		(novel) uncredited

Produced by
Alexander Korda	....	producer

Original Music by
Miklós Rózsa		(as Miklos Rozsa)

Cinematography by
Lee Garmes		(director of photography)
W. Howard Greene		(director of photography)

Production Design by
Vincent Korda		(production designed in color by)

Art Direction by
J. McMillan Johnson
Jack Okey

Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Walter Mayo	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
André De Toth	....	second unit director (as Andre De Toth)
Lowell J. Farrell	....	assistant director (as Lowell Farell)

Art Department
Julia Heron	....	interior decorator

Sound Department
William A. Wilmarth	....	sound (as Wm. A. Wilmarth)

Special Effects by
Lawrence W. Butler	....	special effects (as Lawrence Butler)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eugene Joseff	....	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Editorial Department
William Hornbeck	....	supervising film editor

Music Department
Eugene Zador	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Charles David	....	assistant to producer
Natalie Kalmus	....	Technicolor color director
Morgan Padelford	....	associate Technicolor color director

Production Companies

• Alexander Korda Films (presents) (as Alexander Korda Films, Inc.)

Distributors

• United Artists (1942) (USA) (theatrical) (released through)
• Film Classics (1947) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Sascha Filmverleih (1948) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Deutsche London-Film Verleih (1949) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Embassy Home Entertainment (1984) (USA) (VHS) (For SFM Entertainment and London Films Productions)
• GoodTimes Home Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• United American Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Hal Roach Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Spotlite Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Digital Multimedia Limited (DML) (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Madacy Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Master Movies (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• United American Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Continental Home Vídeo (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Digiview Productions (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Double D (2004) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• Weton Wesgram (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2005) (worldwide) (TV)
• Liberty Channel / LBN / WTLU (2006) (USA) (TV)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Carlton International Media
• Criterion Collection, The (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Eclipse from the Criterion Collection (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Elephant Films (2012) (France) (video)
• Unicorn Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• VTI Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Videocast (198?) (Brazil) (VHS)

Also Known As:

"Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book" - UK (complete title), USA (complete title)
"The Jungle Book" - USA (DVD box title)

Runtime:

108 min | 102 min (restored version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G | Canada:F (Ontario) | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (certificate #7518) | West Germany:6 | Australia:PG (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Alexander Korda Films

Trivia:

Merian C. Cooper did considerable preproduction work but it was abandoned when he decided to re-enlist in the armed forces in June 1941.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Wires holding up the cobra in the treasure chamber can be seen.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Road Trip: Beer Pong (2009) (V)

The Greatest Animal Classic

I had seen this movie in late 80's when i was a kid. I loved it. When i first saw this movie, i knew it was old maybe released in late 60'- early 70's. Few days back i saw it again after many many years on TV. And I was shocked to find this movie was released in 1942. Which is years before the independence of India and this makes the movie older than most of the so called Great Hollywood Classics. During the time it was released it might not have been heard by many.Mostly forgotten over number of years. But i have no doubt its one of the first Hollywood movies to star an Asian actor in the lead.And probably the first Indian actor. Also the first color movie which involves lots of Animals.I'm not surprised that few 100 people have voted for this movie. Maybe because it was released during the world war days.I was really surprised this movie was given a rating of just over 6. And why is that? The Movies good. it involves animals..Its made for Kids. Then i felt maybe because some don't want to see an Asian actor Leading in a Hollywood Classic. When you see movies like the much hyped king kong (1933)which was released just 9 years before this movie and was a B&W Classic and involved a stuffed monkey dancing on a sky scraper to get a vote of 8 and voted by almost 18,000 people i think this justifies my Answer.