The Green Goddess
US (1930): Adventure
A talkie remake of George Arliss' 1923 silent, with Arliss recreating his role as the Rajah of Rukh. The rest of the cast is new, though, headed by Ralph Forbes, H.B. Warner and Alice Joyce. The film was made in 1929, but withheld from release because Arliss thought Disraeli was a better film for his talkie debut.
An airplane carrying three Brits -- Major Crespin (Warner), his wife Lucille (Joyce), and Dr. Trahern (Forbes) -- crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to execute his three half-brothers in neighboring India. His subjects believe that their Green Goddess has given them the lives of the three Brits as payment for the lives of the Rajah's brothers. They will execute them when the brothers are executed. Trahern and the Crespins must figure a way to use the Rajah's radio to call India for help.
Alfred E. Green directs for Warner Bros. this time around.
1 nomination
· Actor 1929-30: George Arliss (co-nomination with Disraeli)