Trader Horn Overview:

Trader Horn (1931) was a Adventure - Romance Film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and produced by Irving Thalberg.

Academy Awards 1930/31 --- Ceremony Number 4 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best PictureMetro-Goldwyn-MayerNominated
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Enchanting images of Edwina Booth in Trader Horn (1931)

By Emma on Mar 16, 2017 From Lets Misbehave: A Tribute to Precode Hollywood

Trader Horn (1931) was starlet, Edwina Booth’s big break and first credited role. As Nina Trent, the White Goddess, Booth not only had the opportunity to be the female lead in the picture but be a part of one of the first ever location shoots in Africa. Her long, natural blonde hair and in... Read full article


Trader Horn

By Alyson on Feb 20, 2012 From The Best Picture Project

Trader Horn is an adventure movie, shot mainly in the wilds of Africa. ?It follows Aloysius ‘Trader’ Horn (Harry Carey) and his young assistant Peru (Duncan Renaldo). ?When they happen upon the body of Edith Trent (Olive Carey), they decide to go on and finish her quest: to find the daug... Read full article


Trader Horn & East Lynne (Missing)

By Alyson on Nov 28, 2010 From The Best Picture Project

Sadly, many films from the early 1930′s are lost or hardly available to the public. ?I will keep looking for East Lynne and Trader Horn. ?As always, any helpful advice on where to find these two, or any of the missing films, is greatly?appreciated.... Read full article


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Quotes from

Aloysius 'Trader' Horn: Aye, that's Africa for you. When you're not eating somebody you're trying to keep somebody else from eating you.


Aloysius 'Trader' Horn: They have a telegraph, though - drums. There's a sound that'll crawl up your spine and down to your gizzard. Maybe you'll hear it one of these days.


Peru: There are cannibals?
Aloysius 'Trader' Horn: Aye. A God-fearing race they are. Except, as you say, in the matter of diet.


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Facts about

An edited version of the main title theme became the basis for all MGM's Tarzan movies ('30s and '40s) main title theme music.
In 2009, Harry Carey Jr. went to Africa to film a documentary called "Trader Horn: The Journey Back", a making of of "Trader Horn".
When Africans Mutia Omoolu and Riano Tindama were brought to Hollywood for re-shoots, they were refused admission to the Hollywood Hotel because they were black.
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Best Picture Oscar 1930/31






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Also directed by W.S. Van Dyke




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