![]() Patterson, the Great White Hunter who dispatched the animals. The incident was also the basis for " The Man-eaters of Tsavo", an adventure yarn written and published in 1907 by Lt. ![]() ![]() The film was based on a well-known historical event, that of the Tsavo maneaters, in which many workers building the Uganda Railway were killed. Oboler and co-producer Sid Pink scrapped 10 days of footage and started over using the Natural Vision process. Milton Gunzburg turned his focus to independent producers and demonstrated Natural Vision to Arch Oboler, producer and writer of radio's popular Lights Out show, who was impressed enough to option it for his next film project, "The Lions of Gulu". Natural Vision appeared to be dead and the Gunzburgs were back to square one until a meeting with Arch Oboler changed the history of films. Only John Arnold, who headed the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer camera department, was impressed enough to convince MGM to take an option on it but they quickly let the option lapse. Both Columbia and Paramount passed it up. 20th Century Fox was focusing on the introduction of CinemaScope, and had no interest in another new process. They shopped it around Hollywood with little or no interest. One time screen writer Milton Gunzburg and brother Julian thought they had a solution with their Natural Vision 3-D film process. Cinerama had premiered Septemat the Broadway Theatre in New York and was packing them in but its bulky and expensive three camera system was impractical if not impossible to duplicate in all but the largest theatres. TV was the culprit and Hollywood was looking for a way to lure audiences back. It was 1951 and theatre attendance had down-spiralled from 90 million in 1948 to 46 million a few years later. Jack kills the lions and proves he is not a weakling. A grim battle between Jack and the lions endangers both Jack and his wife. After the game hunters are killed by the lions, Jack sets out once and for all to kill them. Hayward desperately attempts to overcome the situation but the slaughter continues.īritain sends three big-game hunters to kill the lions. A pair of man-eating lions are on the loose and completely disrupt the undertaking. Two men in charge of the mission are Jack Hayward and Dr. Thousands of workers are building the Uganda Railway, Africa's first railroad, and intense heat and sickness make it a formidable task. The film is set in British East Africa in the early 20th century. The film's tagline was: "The Miracle of the Age!!! A LION in your lap! A LOVER in your arms!" It stars Robert Stack, Barbara Britton and Nigel Bruce. It started the 3-D boom in the US film making industry from 1952 to 1954. It was written, directed, and produced by Arch Oboler, and is considered the first color, American 3-D feature. "Bwana Devil" is a 1952 drama based on the true story of the Tsavo maneaters. Released = flagicon|USA November 30, 1952 Caption = Original film poster for United Artists release of "Bwana Devil"
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