Song of India (Columbia Pictures) (1949)

‘Song of India’ Adventure Film Of Savage, Forbidden Jungle Song of India Mat 1-B; Prod. Still No. X-531 Sabu and Gail Russell face the terrors of India’s wildest jungle together in Columbia Pictures’ adventure film, “Song of India,” now atethe= casi Theatre. Turhan Bey is co-starred. Exotic India Scene Of New Thriller A jungle romance, Columbia’s “Song of India” opens ...... at the: ees Theatre. Sabu, Gail Russell and Turhan Bey are starred in the film, with Anthony Caruso, Aminta Dyne and Fritz Leiber heading the supporting cast. “Song of India” was produced and directed by Albert S. Rogell from a screen play by Art Arthur and Kenneth Perkins. Loves Love Frankness in an actor is always refreshing, — especially when that frankness provides an exceptional clue to personality. Turhan Bey, currently starred with Sabu and Gail Russell in Columbia Pictures’ romantic drama, “Song of India,” at the Se teeters Theatre, is one of Hollywood’s most popular male leads, playing roles of the type made famous by Douglas Fairbanks. And Bey frankly admits that in his youth his extra-scholastic activities consisted of “fencing, tennis, love!” Song Classic Alexander Laszlo’s musical score for Columbia’s “Song of India,” which stars Sabu, Gail Russell and Turhan Bey at the Pilg ects Theatre, is based upon N. Rimsky-Korsakoff’s famous musical composition of the same name. (Review) Edge-of-the-seat excitement is IN-GStOnes fOL = sere Theatre audiences when they see “Song of India,” the Columbia jungle drama which opened there yesterday. Starring Sabu, Gail Russell and Turhan Bey, “Song of India” is definitely a “different” type of picture, and one well worth recommending. Backgrounded by both the exotic splendor of India and the wild savagery of its jungles, the film traces the deadly conflict which grows between two princes, one an enlightened, civilized and educated ruler, the other a loin-clothed “prince of the jungle.” Their quarrel is initiated by the former’s invasion of the latter’s wild domain, in which the jungle animals have not been harmed for centuries and, as a result, have learned not to harm human beings. The conflict is intensified by the romantic interest both have in a rajah’s daughter, and it reaches its dramatic climax with a law-of-the-jungle battle with knives which surpasses, for grim realism, anything shown here in recent months. As the loin-clothed “prince of the jungle,” Sabu presents a far more romantic characterization than any he has ever before brought to the screen. A new maturity is part of his role, and it is excellently presented in “Song of India.’”’ Miss Russell is equally pleasing as the Indian princess and Turhan Bey provides an invaluable portrait of a civilized being who gradually sloughs off his royal veneer to fight as a primitive man in the primitive jungle. Complementing the romantic elements of “Song of India” are the deadly tigers, leopards, crocodiles and other savage beasts around whom much of the tense excitement of the film is built. Appearing in major support of the stars are Anthony Caruso, Aminta Dyne and Fritz Leiber. “Song of India” has a musical score by Alexander Laszlo which makes enjoyable use of the N. Rimsky-Korsakoff classic. Art Arthur and Kenneth Perkins penned the screen play. Albert S. Rogell produced and directed. Sabu, Gail Russell, Turhan Bey Co-Starred in ‘Song of India’ Sabu, Gail Russell and Turhan Bey are starred in “Song of India,” new Columbia jungle drama opening ....... at the SA ee Theatre. The film, said to balance the rich splendor of exotic India with the wild savagery of its roaring jungles, has been praised by advance audiences for its romance and its realism. Sabu is seen in “Song of India” as a loin-clothed “prince of the jungle,” ruler of a wild domain in which native superstitions prevent the harming of the wild animals. Miss Russell is a rajah’s daughter bent on “hunting” the beasts with her camera. As her fiance, an Indian prince, Turhan Bey is determined on capturing the animals for later exhibition. The immediate conflict between the two men, over the fate of the jungle animals, grows in intensity with their rivalry for the girl’s love. “Song of India” reaches its dramatic climax with a knife fight between the two princes, and the desperate efforts of an injured Bengal tiger towards revenge. The forthcoming ...... The Jungle Animals, Jungle Thrills Standbys of Motion Pictures Ever since Edison, when the kinetoscope was astounding nickelodeon customers precariously seated on folding chairs in vacant stores rented for the occasion, jungle animals and jungle thrills have been a standby of motion picture entertainment. Small wonder, then, that Columbia Pictures’ “Song of India’ currently is bemusing ....... Theatre audiences. With Sabu, Gail Russell and Turhan Bey starred, “Song of India” is filled with the roaring savagery of the jungle, with rampant tigers, sleek panthers, chattering monkeys, yawning crocodiles and all the other menacing denizens of the wildlands. In the early days of filmmaking, the spectacular jungle thrills of today usually were to be found in the comedies, when escaped lions chased Keystone cops through the streets of Los Angeles, or in the serials, with Pearl White trying to keep her toes out of a crocodile’s mouth even as the rope to which she clung was being severed strand by strand. Greater sophistication and less cumbersome film equipment eventually produced such jungle masterpieces as the films brought back from Africa by the Johnsons, Osa and Martin, and by Frank Buck. To the realism of jungle exploration with gun and camera has been added the fictional excitements of the Hollywood script writer. Such films as “Trader Horn” were produced, and the Tarzan pictures, Most OFFICIAL BILLING COLUMBIA PICTURES | ooovioccocccccessecess 25°) presents SONG: OFZINDIAG so ae 100°, starring SABU °* Gail RUSSELL * Turhan BEY........... 15 oe with ANTHONY CARUSO + AMINTA DYNE ° FRITZ LEIBER Talos Screenplay by Art Arthur and Kenneth Perkins .......... 10% Produced and Directed by ALBERT S. ROGELL......... loo. Page 2 recently, “Man-Eater of Kumaon” joined the long series of adventure films which made dramatic use of the battles of fang and claw against man. Columbia’s “Song of India” is such a picture, a film combining the rich and exotic splendors of that country with the primitive codes of the village people, and the verdant magnificence of the jungle wilds. Sabu is seen as a loin-clothed “prince of the jungle,” a friend to its untamed denizens. Miss Russell is an Indian rajah’s daughter, sophisticated and urbane, and Turhan Bey her fiance, an Indian prince. Albert S. Rogell produced and directed “Song of India,” from the screenplay by Art Arthur and Kenneth Perkins. Appearing in featured support of the stars are Anthony Caruso, Aminta Dyne and Fritz Leiber. The N. Rimsky-Korsakoff classic, “Song of India,” not only titles the film but serves as the major theme for Alexander Laszlo’s musical score. ‘India’ Ends Run “Song of India,’”? Columbia’s spectacular jungle film at the Beni Theatre, ends its exciting run there on ....... The film stars Sabu, Gail Russell and Turhan Bey. Albert S. Rogell produced and directed. PRINCE AGAINST PRINCE Song of India Mat 2-C; Prod. Still No. 18 Sabu (center) is taken prisoner by Turhan Bey as Gail Russell stands by in this scene from Columbia Pictures’ stirring saga of the jungle, “Song of India,” which opens ............ atthe as Theatre. atre attraction was produced and directed by Albert S. Rogell from a screen play by Art Arthur and Kenneth Perkins. The musical score for “Song of India” was penned by composer Alexander Laszlo, and is based upon N. Rimsky-Korsakoff’s immortal work of the same name. Appearing in featured support of Sabu, Miss Russell and Turhan Bey are Anthony Caruso, aS one of Bey’s aides; Aminta Dyne, as Miss Russell’s companion on the jungle excursion, and Fritz Leiber, as a native Indian. Done Every Day The scene called for a hazardous swing by rope from one crag to another, in the mountainous area in which Columbia Pictures was shooting “Song of India,” which stars Sabu, Gail Russell and Turhan Bey at the ARN ae Theatre. The two stunt men doubling for Sabu and Bey flatly refused to do the job. “That’s all right, Al, we’ll do it ourselves,” Sabu and Turhan told producer-director Albert S. Rogell. “Too dangerous,” he said. “Shall we tell him, Sabu,’ asked Turhan, Sabu _ nodded. Thev told him. Sabu and Bey had been swinging down arross those crags every night after shooting was over. Their cars were on the other side, and after the director and the crew departed around the little lake which separated the crags, they had used the rone-swinging short-cut! Appearing in featured support of the stars are Anthony Caruso, Aminta Dyne and Fritz Leiber. Art Arthur and Kenneth Perkins penned the screenplay of “Song of India,” spectacular adventure story of India’s wildest domain. ‘Song of India’ Jungle Epic India, land of exotic splendor and jungle savagery, is the spectacular background in which Sabu, Gail Russell and Turhan Bey are starred at the ...... Theatre in Columbia Pictures’ “Song of India.” The film describes the conflict of the two men, one a native Indian prince and the other a_ loin-clothed “Prince of the Jungle,” for the love of a rajah’s daughter. Albert S. Rogell produced and directed “Song of India,” from a screen play by Art Arthur and Kenneth Perkins. Appearing in major support of the stars are Anthony Caruso, Aminta Dyne and Fritz Leiber, topping the human members of the featured cast, and a savage collection of tigers, panthers, elephants, crocodiles and other jungle beasts. Drama Stays With Sabu, Gail Russell and Turhan Bey starred, Columbia Pictures’ exotic jungle drama, “Song of India,” will be held over .dt thes a3... Theatre for another week beginning ....... Albert S. Rogell produced and directed the film, from the screen play by Art Arthur and Kenneth Perkins.