H. Rider Haggard

Nascimento : 1856-06-22, Bradenham, Norfolk, England, UK

Morte : 1925-05-14

Filmes

Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls
Novel
Filmed on location in South Africa, a retelling of H. Rider Haggard's classic novel "King Solomon's Mines," featuring the adventurer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones.
High Adventure
Novel
Chris, slick adventurous grandson of legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain, searches for the mythical treasure of Alexander the Great with the help of a pretty German girl, while eluding a dangerous greedy gangster.
She Who Must Be Obeyed
Novel
Leo Vincey receives a map from his late father, leading him to the legendary city of Kor in search of an explanation for his mysterious ancestry. He is accompanied by his girlfriend Roxanne. He discovers that he is the only descendant of an Egyptian priest who had been executed for the crime of falling in love with the Egyptian Princess. The ruling queen Ayesha, or rather She, is the same Egyptian Princess of centuries ago, her beauty and youth look being preserved by magic. She becomes convinced that Leo is the reincarnation of her former lover, and wants to kill him. Leo and Roxanne will have to fight against surprise attacks on them, but survival in that foreign land with strange customs, is difficult. Leo is terribly attracted to She's beauty, but at the same time he fears for her obscure spirit, and finally he must take a decision - to run away from her, or to love her and die.
Allan Quatermain e a Cidade do Ouro Perdido
Story
Após seu irmão Robeson (Martin Rabbett) desaparecer em meio a uma exploração na África, durante a busca pela lendária tribo branca, Allan Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) decide seguir seus passos para encontrá-lo. No caminho ele chega à cidade do ouro perdido, controlada pelo lorde Agon (Henry Silva), que a mantém através de seus escravos brancos.
As Minas do Rei Salomão
Novel
Na África do início do século 20, o aventureiro e caçador de tesouros Allan Quatermain é contratado pela jovem norte-americana Jesse Huston para procurar seu pai arqueólogo, que desapareceu enquanto organizava uma expedição às lendárias Minas do Rei Salomão. Além de diversos perigos, Quatermain e Jesse também enfrentarão um destacamento alemão, liderado pelo Coronel Bockner e um grupo de mercenários sob o comando do vilão turco Dogati. Todos eles em busca da fortuna em diamantes escondida no interior das minas.
She
Novel
In a backward post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle orgiastic werewolves, a psychic communist, a tutu-wearing giant, a mad scientist, and gladiators before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.
King Solomon's Treasure
Book
Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.
A Vingança da Deusa
Novel
A bela jovem européia, Carol, é possuída pelo espírito de Ayesha – “Aquela, que deve ser obedecida” – e levada à cidade perdida de Kuma, onde está destinada a se tornar rainha.
Ela
Novel
The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.
Watusi O Gigante Africano
Novel
Harry Quartermain (George Montgomery) é o filho do homem que primeiro partiu na tentativa de achar as riquezas do rei Salomão. Ele está determinado em obter sucesso, onde seu pai fracassou. Harry vai para a África com seu amigo Rick Cobb (David Farrar) e, durante a jornada, Erica Neuler (Taina Elg) passa a acompanhá-los. Ela é a filha de um missionário, que foi morto por uma tribo local. O trio luta contra serpentes mortais, crocodilos e outros perigos da selva, no entanto Harry não consegue esconder seu antagonismo em relação a Erica, pois ela é alemã e a mãe de Harry foi morta no mar por alemães durante a 1ª Guerra Mundial. Só a determinação de achar as minas e uma certa ambivalência dos sentimentos de Harry para Erica e vice-versa fazem com que o trio se mantenha unido para tentar seu objetivo.
As Minas do Rei Salomão
Novel
Allan Quatermain é um caçador de tesouros que é convencido por Jesse Huston a ajudá-la a procurar o pai.
King Solomon's Mines
Novel
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
She
Novel
Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads out with family friend Horace Holly to try to discover the land and its secret of immortality, said to be contained within a mystic fire. Picking up Tanya, a guide's daughter, in the frozen Russian arctic, they stumble upon Kor, revealed to be a hidden civilization ruled over by an immortal queen, called She, who believes Vincey is her long-lost lover John Vincey, Leo's ancestor.
She
Novel
Mr. Blackwell discovers a relic that informs him about Blythe (as Ayesha, or "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed"), who loved his father and others in the ancestral line. Blackwell accompanies pal Heinrich George and handyman Tom Reynolds to Arabia.
Moon of Israel
Novel
A Jewish slave girl falls in love with the Pharaoh's son during the Exodus.
Beatrice
Novel
A silent film directed by Herbert Brenon
Heart and Soul
Novel
Desperate to change her vixenish image, Theda Bara was called upon to play a sweet young thing (she was nearly 30) who sacrifices herself for the happiness of her sister (Claire Whitney).
She
Novel
A centuries-lasting relationship between Ayesha and her oft-reincarnated true love. She, H. Rider Haggard's fanciful novel about the immortal queen of a lost tribe, has been filmed at least 10 times, with seven versions emerging between the years 1910 and 1930.
Hidden Valley
Idea
"In Hidden Valley," Valkyrien is a white goddess who has been captured by savage blacks in South Africa. She is found by a young missionary, played by Boyd Marshall, and rescued from a sacrificial altar. Valkyrien was selected as the most perfectly formed girl in Denmark in a competition conducted by the government. The dance of the white goddess before the natives is one of the most beautiful scenes in the production. The Moving Picture World, August 5, 1916
The Grasp of Greed
Novel
En route to Australia, beautiful authoress Alice Gordon (Louise Lovely) is shipwrecked on a desert island in the company of wealthy book publisher John Meeson. Sensing that his days are numbered, and lacking pencil and paper, Meeson tattoos his last will and testament on Alice's lovely back.
She
Novel
An explorer is the reincarnated lover of a 2000-year-old queen. First adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's novel, unfortunately lost.
Jess
Story
Silas Croft was a kindly old Englishman who had a farm in South Africa. With him resided his two nieces, whom he had taken from their drunken, worthless father when they were of a tender age. Jess, the elder, was brilliant and educated; Bess, the younger was beautiful, but frankly admitted that she did not possess the mental attainments of Jess. The two were great friends, and Jess, although the senior by only three years, had almost a motherly affection for her pretty little sister. Croft, finding old age stealing upon him, advertised for a partner, stipulating that he must be a gentleman. Probably it was his secret idea that the right man might come along, and fall in love with his favorite, beautiful Bessie.
She
Novel
She was the first attempt in film to depict the story of H. Rider Haggard's 1886 novel She: A History of Adventure.
The Mystical Flame
Novel
A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The handkerchief, after being twirled about a wand, is changed to a napkin, and afterward to a tablecloth. Out of the table cloth comes a servant.
The Pillar of Fire
Novel
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an angelic woman emerges from the pot. The devil and the pot vanish as the woman performs a dance, waving about her diaphanous sleeves until she conjures forth another fire, then she rises amongst the smoke into the air.