Based on a play that originally ran in 1926 with walter huston and virginia bruce, who also star in this film version, kongo is also a remake of the lon chaney silent film west of zanzibar. Cowen, the film features a cast that includes walter huston, lupe velez, conrad nagel and virginia bruce. Ebook the picture history of the italian line, 1932 1977 free read. That earlier film was directed by tod browning and stars.
An almost fiftytwo inch tall wooden kongo anthropomorphic power figure or nkisi nkondi nineteenth century dominated a glass display case in the first gallery of kongo across the waters fig. The kongo kong gimmick was created by jcw cofounder, violent j. So after finally grinding up all the way to the kongo and having enough free exp to get the kongo b layout right away as well, i thought i could get away from the below average ships like the myogi, which wasnt that bad to be perfectly honest, but the performance just suffers to much from the accuracy and. Cowen and starring walter huston, lupe velez, conrad nagel, and virginia bruce. This page was last edited on 15 september 2019, at 05. Deep in the zanzibar jungle, wheelchairbound flint walter huston rules over a native tribe with little other exposure to europeans. For this reason, while kongo still is spoken in the abovementioned countries. She was further modified in the 1930s to become a fast battleship. Cowen, walter huston, lupe velez, conrad nagel, drama, horror november 9, 2016 this remake of west of zanzibar 1928 made four years later tries to outdo the lon chaney original in morbidity. In the early 17th century, kongo armies repelled portuguese invasions from the south while kings continued to lobby for more jesuit and later italian capuchin missionaries, whom they needed, above. The character images are cut out and pasted onto the banner.
Unpleasant, revolting and disgusting, it offers no entertainment to a depressionridden public. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for kongo 1932. It is an adaptation of the 1926 broadway play of the same name that starred huston as well. Velez shakes and shimmies as she leads the procession, a celebration of the new love affair forged in the remote location between conrad nagel and virginia bruce. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of africa as a living god. Ebook download the picture history of the italian line. It was spoken by many of those who were taken from the region and sold as slaves in the americas. Wilson would go on to continue using this name through most of his independent run.
The ruthless flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of kongo like an omnipotent god, through superstition and sadism, living only for the day when he can revenge on the man who ruined his life. Leeches, slime, filthy natives, human sacrifice, virginia bruces briefly exposed right breast kongo lacks the artistry and novelty of freaks, mgms other 1932 precode shocker, but it. Kongo central, former bascongo, in the democratic republic of the congo. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors. The doomed battalion italian general 1932 roar of the dragon voronsky 1932 scarface inspector guarino 1932. Altername names for democratic republic of the congo. Browse 667 phrases and 320,740 ready translation memories.
Democratic republic of the congo wikimedia commons. In 1929 she was rebuilt as a battleship, as seen here in 192930. Congo basin congo region republic of the congo congobrazzaville fowkrepublic o the congo 19701991 democratic republic of the congo congokinshasa congo free state 18851908. With walter huston, lupe velez, conrad nagel, virginia bruce. This article is within the scope of wikiproject horror, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to fictional horror in film, literature and other media on wikipedia.
There are no maracas in warner archives kongo 1932. Watch kongo full movie in hd visit the ruthless flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of kongo like an omni. If you would like to participate, you can edit one of the articles mentioned below, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general project discussion to talk over new ideas. Kongo or kikongo is one of the bantu languages spoken by the kongo and ndundu people living in the equatorial forests of the democratic republic of the congo, the republic of the congo and angola. Cowen, leon gordon, lupe velez, conrad nagel, virginia bruce, c.
A remake of west of zanibar, this strange, gutwrenching melodrama set in the african jungles, offers a disturbing portrait of a bitter, crippled and insane megalomaniac who vents his rage via. It was made, along with many other models of japanese, german, u. Kongo is basically mgm refilming the scenario used by browning for the silent version west of. Look up simple kongo language words and translate between kongo english, kongo deutsch, kongo french, today. He rules the local natives through superstition and stage magic and he rules the few white people. Kongo, starring walter huston, is a 1932 talkie remake of tod brownings silent west of zanzibar1928that had starred lon chaney which in itself was based on the 1926 broadway play kongo that starred walter huston. Kongo is a 1932 english film stars walter huston, william j. Imdb lists it as such, and i guess for 1932 the story of african voodoo and female sacrifices would be perceived as horrific in their foreignness. They appear to be from a six sheet or a three sheet. Kongo original, play, broadway opened in new york city mar 30, 1926 and played through jul 1926. Kongo is a 1932 american precode film directed by william j. Manuel iii afonso of kongo, previously manuel martins kiditu, was the last mwenekongo ruler of the kingdom of kongo, ruling as a vassal of the portuguese empire from 1911 to 1914 the royal family of kongo chose manuel martins kiditu as ruler in 1910, on the. But actually kongo horrifies more in its realities surrounding drug addiction and female slavery more than anything else, even if its taking elements that. The film is also a remake of the 1928 silent film west of zanzibar, which was based too on the 1926 play.
This remake of west of zanzibar 1928 made four years later tries to outdo the lon chaney original in morbidity. Originally, it was probably a loose federation of small polities, but, as the kingdom expanded, conquered territories were integrated as a royal patrimony. Even the doctor hero is a drug addict and the depictions of moral corruption that infect walter huston and his cronies in. According to traditional accounts, the kingdom was founded by lukeni lua nimi about 90. Congo craton, covered by the palaeozoictorecent congo basin, an ancient precambrian craton that with four others the kaapvaal, zimbabwe, tanzania, and west african. Kongo kikongo spoken in angola democratic republic of the congo republic of the congo region central africa total speakers 7 million language family. After kongo im so sweaty and drained i hope they never realease any of these lurid jungle horrors on dvd. Kongo, former kingdom in westcentral africa, located south of the congo river presentday angola and democratic republic of the congo. The kongo languages are a clade of bantu languages coded zone h.
Congo basin, the sedimentary basin of the congo river in west equatorial africa. A scantily clad lupe velez leads a conga line through jungle terrain. Rape, torture, drug addiction, alcoholism, murder and sadomasochism. Publication date 1923 topics songs high voice with piano, songs, italian publisher boston, o. The battlecruiser kongo had been built by the british shipyard vickers in 1912. Anna magnani in tennessee williams the rose tattoo 1955 directed by daniel mann director jean cocteaus the blood of the poet 1932 starring enrique rivero lillian gish stars in broken blossoms in d. The first usssealionss195 had been sunk while in dock on the philippines on 10th december 1941. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Griffiths 1919 visual poetry kongo 1932 lupe velez torments virginia bruce in this remake of west of zanzibar 1928 guiletta masina is brilliant in juliet of the spirits 1965. Attention horror fans warner archive has released a rare obscure gem from the early thirties, director william cowens kongo 1932, an unclassifiable tale of revenge, sadism and jungle thrills boasting awesome performances and incredibly atmospheric images packed into its 86 minute running time.
A modern kongo language dictionary for young children. Metrogoldwynmayer mgm manages a fairly elaborate production number to end the 1932 precode musical, kongo. In 2010, wilson made his juggalo championship wrestling debut now donning facepaint under the new name, kongo kong, a nontalking monster heel. Hands on hips and feet planted apart firmly, the dark male figure seems to emphatically address the viewer with his forwardleaning stance, intense stare of pinpoint pupils in large white, half. For these reasons alone it is worth a cursory glance, but this is actually a well made remake of lon chaneys west of zanzibar 1928 and completely out of sync with mgms usual glossy output at this time and more bizarre than freaks, their other. A remake of west of zanibar, this strange, gutwrenching melodrama set in the african jungles, offers a disturbing portrait of a bitter, crippled and insane megalomaniac who vents his rage via mental torture against all those who get too near. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
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