She (1935)

Directed by

Irving Pichel

Genre

fantasy film, horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man named Leo Vincey travels to a lost world in Northern Siberia with his friend and a guide's daughter. There they find an immortal queen named She who rules over an ancient civilization.

old-fashionedmysteriousslow-pacedexoticatmosphericdatedspectacularadventurous

What happens

She is a 1935 American adventure film produced by Merian C. Cooper. It is based on the 1887 novel of the same name by H. Rider Haggard. A man named Leo Vincey travels with his friend and the daughter of a guide to a mysterious place in Northern Siberia, where his ancestor reported finding the secret to immortality. They discover a lost world where a woman named She Who Must Be Obeyed - known as "She" - rules over an exotic civilization. The film stars Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott and Nigel Bruce. Cooper originally wanted to film She in color, but switched to black-and-white after last-minute budget cuts. The ancient civilization of Kor is depicted in an Art Deco style, combined with influences from Egyptian, Greek, and Mayan art. Special effects were performed through the use of miniatures and matte paintings, along with other techniques. Max Steiner, who composed the score, considered it one of his greatest works. Ruth Rose adapted the story for the screen. At its initial release in 1935, it lost money, but was more popular in 1949 when it was billed with The Last Days of Pompeii. Reception in 1935 praised the film's spectacle, but found the plot slow and uninteresting. Reviews from the end of the 20th century agreed that the sets, costumes, and special effects were impressive, but found the acting lacking. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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