History Trivia / KingSolomonsMines

* BillingDisplacement: Creator/DeborahKerr is billed before Stewart Granger, who was unknown in the US at the time.

** Audiences at the initial screenings [[{{Narm}} laughed their heads off]] at the scene in which Elizabeth Curtis (a Victorian ProperLady) cuts her RapunzelHair off and it then cuts to her with a perfectly coiffed 1950s hairdo. Producers considered removing the scenes because of it, but couldn't find another way to explain Elizabeth's change of hairstyle.

* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: An elephant stampede was filmed on location, but the footage was lost when the [[RealityEnsues cast and crew had to abruptly flee the stampeding animals]]. It was recreated using trained elephants in Hollywood.

** Creator/ErrolFlynn was originally cast as Alan Quartermain, but turned it down, as he did not desire to sleep in a tent on location in Africa. Instead he did ''Kim'' (1950), which was filmed in India, but the accommodations for the actors were at a local resort.

* CastIncest: In the sequel, Alan Quartermain's brother is played by Creator/RichardChamberlain's romantic partner.

** Creator/JohnHurt turned down the role of Alan Quartermain.

* TroubledProduction: The shoot lasted six months and was torturous. Creator/SharonStone proved so difficult to work with that - as her marriage was falling apart at the time - that the rest of the crew played mean pranks on her. The film's budget was very low and filmmakers were even worried that the shoot was cursed.

!!''King Solomon's Mines'' (novel)
* The lost civilization in Haggard's novel was largely inspired by the enormous, abandoned stone cities in [[RealLife real life]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Zimbabwe}} Zimbabwe.]]

* TheCastShowoff: Creator/PaulRobeson, the baritone singer, plays Ignosi, and gets to sing a few songs.

* TheCastShowoff: Paul Robeson, the baritone singer, plays Ignosi, and gets to sing a few songs.

* BillingDisplacement: Deborah Kerr is billed before Stewart Granger, who was unknown in the US at the time.

* FakeShemp: Hugo Haas had all his scenes filmed on a sound stage, with a stand-in used for the location shots.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: Deborah Kerr once again plays an EnglishRose...who has to undergo an AdrenalineMakeover to survive in the African jungle.

** An elephant stampede was filmed on location, but the footage was lost when the [[RealityEnsues cast and crew had to abruptly flee the stampeding animals]]. It was recreated using trained elephants in Hollywood.
** Creator/DeborahKerr was lobbying hard to star in ''Film/TheAfricanQueen'' at the time this was put into production. As Warner Bros had the rights to that, she was given the role of Elizabeth in ''King Solomon's Mines'' instead.

* CastIncest: In the sequel, Alan Quartermain's brother is played by Richard Chamberlain's romantic partner.
* CreatorBacklash: Creator/SharonStone called the film "a bad hairdo running through the jungle" and had such a horrible time filming that she did ''Film/PoliceAcademy 4'' just to have some fun.

* NoBudget: Richard Chamberlain recalled being told that the budget was about $10 million. He joked that it was more like $3.75.
* TroubledProduction: The shoot lasted six months and was torturous. Sharon Stone proved so difficult to work with that - as her marriage was falling apart at the time - that the rest of the crew played mean pranks on her. The film's budget was very low and filmmakers were even worried that the shoot was cursed.

** In 2011, a new sequel was proposed by Menahem Golan called ''Allan Quatermain and the Jewel of the East''. The script was written by Menahem Golan and Richard Albiston, to be directed by Golan himself. The plot concerned Quatermain attempting to rescue his daughter from Chinese treasure hunters in the Congo. According to the 2015 documentary ''Golan: A Farewell to Mr. Cinema'', Richard Chamberlain had agreed to return as the title character, but Golan died before the film began shooting.

!!''King Solomon's Mines'' (1985 film)

* FakeNationality: Creator/JohnRhysDavies (Welsh) plays a Turk and Creator/HerbertLom (Hungarian) plays a German.

* FakeNationality: Creator/JohnRhysDavies (Welsh) plays a Turk and Herbert Lom (Hungarian) plays a German.

* NoBudget: Richard Chamberlain recalled being told that the budget was about $10 million. He joked that it was more like $3.70.

* The lost civilization in Haggard's novel was largely inspired by the enormous stone ruins in [[RealLife real life]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Zimbabwe}} Zimbabwe.]]

* RecycledSoundtrack: The sequel rehashes the score from the original.

* CreatorBacklash: Sharon Stone called the film "a bad hairdo running through the jungle" and had such a horrible time filming that she did ''Film/PoliceAcademy 4'' just to have some fun.

** Sharon Stone was cast by mistake. Menahem Golan said "I want that Stone woman" - meaning Kathleen Turner, who had starred in ''Film/RomancingTheStone''.
** John Hurt turned down the role of Alan Quartermain.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Rumor had it that the sexual tension between Stewart Granger and Creator/DeborahKerr crossed over into real life too, with the two actors having an extra-marital affair.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/ErrolFlynn was originally cast as Alan Quartermain, but turned it down, as he did not desire to sleep in a tent on location in Africa. Instead he did ''Kim'' (1950), which was filmed in India, but the accommodations for the actors were at a local resort.

* NoBudget: Richard Chamberlain recalled being told that the budget was about $10 million. He joked that it was more like $3.70.

!!''King Solomon's Mines'' (1973 film)